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May 1, 2019
By Frankiy Kapin and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Pangu Pati – the political party that gave Papua and New Guinea independence from Australia – may finally splutter on its colourful history and wind up with no members in PNG’s Parliament by next week. Its apparent death knell was announced yesterday by party leader Sam ... <a title="PNG’s Pangu in turmoil – facing no MPs as no confidence vote looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/pngs-pangu-in-turmoil-facing-no-mps-as-no-confidence-vote-looms/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Pangu in turmoil – facing no MPs as no confidence vote looms">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
The Greens were going to be the principled core of the Labour-led Government, but instead are regarded by many as having been largely ineffective and submissive in power. This is leading supporters and others on the political left to ask some difficult questions about the direction the Greens are going in, and whether they will ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What happened to the Greens’ dream?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-what-happened-to-the-greens-dream/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What happened to the Greens’ dream?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2019 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 Census David Hargreaves (Interest): Never mind the gaps – pull the plug Jason Walls (Herald): Watch: Jacinda Ardern makes first pre-Budget reveal – Govt ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2019">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Franzalbert Joku, a former leading West Papuan independence campaigner who changed sides and became an Indonesian government supporter, has died in Jayapura. Joku, a former journalist who controversially advocated autonomy for Papua within Indonesia rather than independence, died on Sunday aged 66 after illness linked with heart disease and ... <a title="West Papuan leader who advocated compromise with Jakarta dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/west-papuan-leader-who-advocated-compromise-with-jakarta-dies/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan leader who advocated compromise with Jakarta dies">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is winning praise for her campaign to clean up the internet, and in particular for her announcement of the “Christchurch Call” Summit to be held with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next month. And if they can come up with some meaningful and effective ways to make the internet less ... <a title="Political Roundup: Ardern’s “Christchurch Call” might not be so simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/political-roundup-arderns-christchurch-call-might-not-be-so-simple/" aria-label="Read more about Political Roundup: Ardern’s “Christchurch Call” might not be so simple">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2019 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 Budget, inequality, poverty Branko Marcetic (Spinoff): Stop demonising the boomers Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Purse strings hold the key to ‘wellbeing’, but will the coming ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-29-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2019">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A Nauru opposition MP has been jailed on an assault charge. Jaden Dogireiy has been given a sentence of 13 months, which means he will be automatically disqualified from Parliament. Dogireiy’s sentence comes after he had been acquitted in the Magistrate’s Court but the state appealed and Supreme Court judge Mohammed Khan ... <a title="Opposition MP jailed – Nauru 19 protesters await appeal ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/29/opposition-mp-jailed-nauru-19-protesters-await-appeal-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition MP jailed – Nauru 19 protesters await appeal ruling">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Simon Bridges’ hold on the National Party leadership is still in trouble, with destabilising factors making his continued survival unlikely. I wrote about this several weeks ago, reporting that a series of gaffes and leadership mis-steps had set off a fresh round of questioning about whether Bridges can continue in the role – see: Simon Bridges’ ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ destabilised leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-simon-bridges-destabilised-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ destabilised leadership">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 26 2019 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 Tax, budget, inequality Listener Editorial: Wasn’t the capital gains tax part of the ‘transformational’ Labour Government? Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Cutting capital gains tax ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 26 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-26-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 26 2019">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day by Dr Bryce Edwards It’s a very different Anzac Day this year. In recent years this remembrance day has been steadily transforming. Most notably, becoming more popular, with attendance at ceremonies up, and an apparently more interested population in general. Last year’s centenary also bolstered the importance ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-different-sort-of-anzac-day/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
By Rosalie Nongebatu, editor of Wansolwara A Solomon Islands academic says the only body that can find a legitimate solution to his country’s current crisis is the National Parliament. Senior politics lecturer at the Suva-based University of the South Pacific, Dr Gordon Nanau, said this following the unrest and rioting in Honiara yesterday by a ... <a title="‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of Honiara riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/leave-it-up-to-parliament-says-usp-academic-in-wake-of-honiara-riots/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of Honiara riots">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Police say some people decided to take the law into their own hands and marched through some streets of the capital, fighting, causing public disturbances and property damage, reports the Solomon Star. RNZ Pacific reports that an uneasy calm has returned to the capital while Sogavare rejected accusations his past governments have “failed” Malaita over ... <a title="30 arrested in Honiara post-election riots as calm returns to capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/30-arrested-in-honiara-post-election-riots-as-calm-returns-to-capital/" aria-label="Read more about 30 arrested in Honiara post-election riots as calm returns to capital">Read more</a>
