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May 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content He Puapua document and the National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): Whose race card is this anyway? Judith Collins and David ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 5 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-5-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 5 2021">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a reprieve with a travel bubble with New Zealand less than two weeks away. It will start on May 17, with Air New Zealand offering flights from May 18. During yesterday’s announcement, Cook Islands Prime Minister ... <a title="Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/cook-islands-pm-on-travel-bubble-today-we-start-to-rebuild/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with journalist Maria Ressa, who faces a possible lifetime in prison in the Philippines. A new website features hundreds of videos from prominent supporters around the world – with a call ... <a title="#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/holdtheline-hundreds-of-maria-ressa-supporters-post-pressure-videos/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content China and New Zealand Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Ardern’s speech was not an attack on China, or even a shift away ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 4 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-4-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 4 2021">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content National Party: “Separatism” and He Puapua Matthew Hooton (Herald): Judith Collins’ speech raises important issues for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Graham Adams (Democracy ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 3 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-3-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 3 2021">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you. On May Day – International Workers Day – we have launched a new union: UTU for Workers Union. Our mission is to build a working class, grassroots, campaigning movement to stop exploitation and end workplace abuse in Aotearoa-New ... <a title="May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/may-day-time-to-reverse-decades-of-relentless-attacks-on-workers-unions/" aria-label="Read more about May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Only seven governors out of Papua New Guinea’s 21 provinces and Bougainville attended a meeting in the capital Port Moresby to discuss issues surrounding the covid-19 pandemic crisis and the National General Elections due next year. However, while Prime Minister James Marape confirmed seven had attended, only four were ... <a title="Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/only-seven-governors-attend-pngs-covid-crisis-planning-meeting/" aria-label="Read more about Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year. Most of the country is on lockdown from 8pm tonight to 4am on Monday local time. This comes amid a new covid-19 case confirmed by the Health Ministry, taking the total ... <a title="Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/fiji-tightens-lockdown-as-covid-cases-rise-in-viti-levu/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2021
By David Robie Branding armed Papuan groups as “terrorists” has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, some describing the move as desperation and the “worst ever” action by President Joko Widodo’s administration. Many warn that this draconian militarist approach to the Papuan independence struggle will lead to further ... <a title="Branding armed Papuan resistance as ‘terrorists’ angers rights groups, sparks media warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/01/branding-armed-papuan-resistance-as-terrorists-angers-rights-groups-sparks-media-warning/" aria-label="Read more about Branding armed Papuan resistance as ‘terrorists’ angers rights groups, sparks media warning">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing crisis Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Government’s fix for its housing problems are just a game of whack-a-mole (paywalled) Amelia Wade (Newshub): Even if house ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-30-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2021">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific Deported Canadian academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia is still vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South Pacific, says chancellor Lionel Aingimea. Professor Ahluwalia and his wife, nursing lecturer Sandra Price, were forced to leave Fiji in early February after the Fiji government claimed the couple had breached provisions in their work permits. ... <a title="Ahluwalia still USP’s vice-chancellor, says Aingimea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/ahluwalia-still-usps-vice-chancellor-says-aingimea/" aria-label="Read more about Ahluwalia still USP’s vice-chancellor, says Aingimea">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Health reforms: Māori Health Authority Jo Moir (Newsroom): Collins ignores facts for political point-scoring Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National leader Judith Collins’ ‘segregation’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-29-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2021">Read more</a>
