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April 7, 2020
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Is David Clark the best possible Minister of Health to be leading New Zealand through the Coronavirus crisis? Confidence in Clark has plummeted with today’s revelation that the Health minister made another recreational trip during the lockdown that appears to breach the Government’s own rules. The Prime Minister has decided not ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Clark really continue as Minister of Health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-can-david-clark-really-continue-as-minister-of-health/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Clark really continue as Minister of Health?">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Health minister demoted, Bridges defends commute 1News: ‘I got it wrong’ – David Clark says he’ll continue as Health Minister at PM’s discretion after breaking lockdown rules Newshub: Health Minister Dr David Clark ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 07 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-07-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 07 2020">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Health Minister David Clark has revealed that he took a trip to the beach during the alert level 4 lockdown and has offered to resign. Dr Clark said he drove his family 20km from his house in Dunedin to Doctor’s Point Beach for a walk during the first weekend of ... <a title="NZ Health Minister offers to resign over beach trip in virus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/nz-health-minister-offers-to-resign-over-beach-trip-in-virus-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Health Minister offers to resign over beach trip in virus lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Article by Keith Rankin A Plea for Political Commentary with a Semblance of Accuracy Once again it was very disappointing to hear a radio programme poo-pooing the idea of a Universal Basic Income by misrepresenting it. Refer: (The Panel, National Radio, 6 April 2020) https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/thepanel/audio/2018741718/a-universal-basic-income-to-all-its-citizens And my previous attempt (Keith Rankin on Universal Basic Income ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Universal Basic Income (or Basic Universal Income) and Covid‑19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/keith-rankin-universal-basic-income-or-basic-universal-income-and-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Universal Basic Income (or Basic Universal Income) and Covid‑19">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Public health strategy Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): How hard, how early? The numbers behind New Zealand’s quick lockdown David Fisher (Herald): Coronavirus data of New Zealand cases missing and inconsistent – scientist says good ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 06 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-06-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 06 2020">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Haiqing Yu of RMIT University and Michael Keane of Curtin University China has gradually emerged out of its shadow of despair as the epicentre where the coronavirus pandemic started. Now, there is face saving required – as well as agenda-setting in the global power play. China played a decisive role in combating the ... <a title="Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/04/masking-power-in-the-age-of-contagion-chinas-two-faces-over-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Masking power in the age of contagion: China’s two faces over coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Erick J. Padilla Rosas From Eugene, Oregon The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge to countries with high levels of poverty, limited medical infrastructure, and a lack of universal access to health care. So far, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Puerto Rico is 286 ... <a title="Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/puerto-rico-and-covid-19-a-precarious-healthcare-system-faces-serious-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about Puerto Rico and COVID-19: A Precarious Healthcare System Faces Serious Challenges">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Media Henry Cooke (Stuff): There’s no easy way for Government to save media drowning. But a fast fix is needed Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Bauer’s shocking fall reveals the government’s poisonous media dilemma Mark ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 03 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-03-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 03 2020">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Enforcing the lockdown, civil liberties Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Democracy on hold Heather Roy (Democracy Project): The Long Road Back to Full Democracy Elizabeth Stanley (Newsroom): Fear, crime and justice in pandemic times Geoffrey Miller ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 02 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-02-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 02 2020">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Public health strategy Derek Cheng (Herald): Lockdown ‘not enough’, top professor tells Govt video conference Derek Cheng (Herald): Just when you thought the Opposition had become irrelevant (paywalled) James Fyfe (Newshub): Sir David Skegg urges ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 01 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-01-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 01 2020">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA’s Editorial Board From Washington DC The defense of human life in the Americas, in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, has become an ethical imperative for progressive forces throughout the region and beyond. The manner in which each government is now responding to the crisis ... <a title="COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/covid-19-pandemic-spotlights-ethical-dimension-of-hemispheric-affairs/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura A New Zealand employee of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia was shot dead on Monday by gunmen in Timika, the capital city of Mimika regency in Papua. The employee, identified as 57-year-old Graeme Thomas Wall, according to RNZ Pacific, was engaged in construction work with colleagues on ... <a title="NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/nz-mine-worker-killed-two-others-wounded-in-freeport-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting">Read more</a>
