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July 2, 2020
By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have attended political demonstrations here. Beijing’s new national security law, passed on Tuesday, criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, but will also effectively shut down protest action and freedom ... <a title="Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/hong-kong-protesters-in-nz-worried-about-new-national-security-law/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards The Greens have shaken up the election campaign with the announcement of their radical poverty and action plan to reform welfare provision and introduce a new wealth tax for millionaires. It’s a big-thinking, controversial policy and has generated a lot of disagreement over how radical it is, whether it could ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-greens-zeitgeist-poverty-and-tax-action-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan">Read more</a>
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July 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 Fishing industry Michael Morrah (Newshub): Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash blames pressure from NZ First for delay in fishing boat cameras in recording Herald: NZ First blamed for delay in fishing boat cameras by ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-01-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2020">Read more</a>
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June 30, 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 Greens Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Labour Will Not Win With A Yeah-Nah Strategy Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Taxing weath: a necessary step, or unachievable pipe dream? Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Greens’ wealth tax will appeal to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 30 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-30-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 30 2020">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
By Gordon Campbell, editor of Werewolf For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of covid-19 would think New Zealand was actually Brazil, or Texas. The media language has been full of claims of “botches” at the border, and laxness and inexcusable errors that amounted to a “national disgrace.” Amid all ... <a title="Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/gordon-campbell-media-collusion-with-nationals-attack-lines-the-real-disgrace/" aria-label="Read more about Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace">Read more</a>
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June 29, 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 Election Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Elections are meant to be a contest of ideas, but 2020 is in danger of being hijacked by the intolerant mob Bryce Edwards (Guardian): We are in a period ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 29 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-29-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 29 2020">Read more</a>
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June 26, 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 1News – Colmar Brunton Poll Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): National’s purpose renewed as NZ First struggles Jason Walls (Herald): National’s poll bump – It’s too early for leader Todd Muller to break out the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2020">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in the reinstatement of its suspended vice-chancellor may have opened a pathway for political will among leaders and politicians of forum member countries to push for better governance in regional institutions. It may have also put the spotlight on our ... <a title="USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/usp-saga-lesson-for-pacific-future-no-more-looking-the-other-way/" aria-label="Read more about USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2020
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. With the New Zealand General Election campaign looming, parties in the Labour-led coalition government are openly parading their differences (rather than common-ground) before the voting public. It’s a situation that can be interpreted as being typical of MMP politics. But it also causes voters to rethink its record-level support for its ... <a title="Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For Labour To Abandon NZF?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/election-campaign-looms-is-it-time-for-labour-to-abandon-new-zealand-first/" aria-label="Read more about Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For Labour To Abandon NZF?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Miss Universe NZ 2019 beauty queen Diamond Langi is being trolled by thousands of Indonesians on social media for speaking up about discrimination against West Papuans. “The post I had made was #FreeWestPapua with a video showcasing the discrimination West Papuans have had to endure for ... <a title="Indonesian trolls target Tongan beauty Diamond Langi over Papuan solidarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/indonesian-trolls-target-tongan-beauty-diamond-langi-over-papuan-solidarity/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian trolls target Tongan beauty Diamond Langi over Papuan solidarity">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s “intransigence” over wanting to allow Australians in before New Zealanders out to the covid-free Pacific does not stand up to scrutiny, says a Cook Islands resort owner and doctor. “If we unwittingly let the virus cross the Tasman, our country will take a huge hit,” says New Zealand-based John ... <a title="Forget Australia, open up to covid-free Pacific bubble, says Cook Islander" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/forget-australia-open-up-to-covid-free-pacific-bubble-says-cook-islander/" aria-label="Read more about Forget Australia, open up to covid-free Pacific bubble, says Cook Islander">Read more</a>
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June 25, 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 Auckland light rail, coalition tensions Henry Cooke (Stuff): Phil Twyford, minister of embarrassing failures Audrey Young (Herald): Pressure on Transport Minister Phil Twyford over light rail being ditched (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Political utu in ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 25 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-25-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 25 2020">Read more</a>
