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January 20, 2024
RNZ Pacific Waikato Tainui estimate at least 10,000 people have been welcomed onto Tūrangawaewae marae to participate in an Aotearoa New Zealand national hui called by Kiingi Tuuheitia. Kiingi Tuuheitia extended the invite last month after iwi leaders highlighted the need for a unified response to coalition government policy impacting Māori and the 1840 Te ... <a title="More than 10,000 turn out for NZ’s national Hui-ā-Iwi at Tūrangawaewae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/more-than-10000-turn-out-for-nzs-national-hui-a-iwi-at-turangawaewae/" aria-label="Read more about More than 10,000 turn out for NZ’s national Hui-ā-Iwi at Tūrangawaewae">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Annie Te One, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington In his maiden speech to Parliament in 2020, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi told his fellow MPs: You know what it feels like to have a pebble in your shoe? That will be my job here. A constant, annoying to those ... <a title="NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power broker – the rise and rise of Te Pāti Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/22/nz-election-2023-from-pebble-in-the-shoe-to-future-power-broker-the-rise-and-rise-of-te-pati-maori/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power broker – the rise and rise of Te Pāti Māori">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Maree Mahony, RNZ digital journalist Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have faced off in a fast-paced but unspectacular debate in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election campaign with co-governance and gangs among the issues producing the liveliest exchanges. It was the first time the two leaders had squared off ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/nz-election-2023-hipkins-and-luxon-in-fast-paced-debate-but-fail-to-excite-pundits/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
By Alisha Evans for Te Ao Māori , Local Democracy Reporting After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has voted to establish Māori wards at the next election. Applause then waiata rang out from the packed public gallery as the councillors ... <a title="NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/nzs-western-bay-of-plenty-councillors-vote-for-maori-wards-a-momentous-day/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University Many different arguments for and against the Voice to Parliament have been heard in the lead-up to this year’s referendum in Australia. This has included some media and politicians drawing comparisons between the Voice and South Africa’s apartheid regime. Cory Bernardi, a Sky News commentator, argued, for instance, ... <a title="The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this misinformation is undermining democratic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/the-voice-isnt-apartheid-or-a-veto-over-parliament-this-misinformation-is-undermining-democratic-debate/" aria-label="Read more about The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this misinformation is undermining democratic debate">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
RNZ News Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has used her valedictory speech to Parliament to ask the House to take the politics out of climate change. In her speech, Ardern said when she became prime minister she knew she wanted climate change to be “front and centre”. “I called it our nuclear moment ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory plea – ‘take politics out of climate change’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/jacinda-arderns-valedictory-plea-take-politics-out-of-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory plea – ‘take politics out of climate change’">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University As part of its aspiration to be “Tiriti-led”, the University of Otago has embarked on a consultation process to re-brand. The proposed change involves a new logo and a new, deeply symbolic Māori name: Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. Universities occasionally change logos, names and marketing strategies. All New Zealand ... <a title="NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/nz-universities-are-not-normal-crown-institutions-they-shouldnt-be-tiriti-led/" aria-label="Read more about NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described today’s Waitangi Day dawn service as moving and says he welcomes the shift away from a focus on politics. Hundreds of people gathered before dawn to commemorate 183 years since Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed. Hipkins said the national day had a greater focus ... <a title="Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/prime-minister-hipkins-welcomes-less-politics-more-commemoration-on-waitangi-day/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato; Claire Breen, University of Waikato, and Valmaine Toki, University of Waikato The heated (and often confused) debate about “co-governance” in Aotearoa New Zealand inevitably leads back to its source, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. But, as its long-contested meanings demonstrate, very little in the Treaty of Waitangi is straightforward. ... <a title="NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty deserves more attention in the age of ‘co-governance’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/nzs-waitangi-day-2023-why-article-3-of-the-treaty-deserves-more-attention-in-the-age-of-co-governance/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty deserves more attention in the age of ‘co-governance’">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury THE DAILY BLOG’S 2022 INFAMOUS MEDIA GONGS Last month The Daily Blog offered its New Year infamous news media gongs — and blasts — for 2022. In this extract, editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury names the mainstream media “blind spots”. Graham Adams over at The Platform made the argument this year ... <a title="Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/06/martyn-bradburys-17-editorial-no-go-zones-for-the-nz-media/" aria-label="Read more about Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour’s fraught battle to retain the Māori vote Labour’s poll results are trending down. Yesterday’s Curia poll put the party down two points to just 33 per cent, while National is up three points to 37 per cent. When it comes to next year’s election, a key constituency for ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s fraught battle to retain the Māori vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-fraught-battle-to-retain-the-maori-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s fraught battle to retain the Māori vote">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Why New Zealand’s shift to a republic will be thwarted The death of Queen Elizabeth and the ascension to the throne of King Charles has reignited the debate on whether New Zealand should become a republic. But despite strong arguments in favour of shifting to a republic, such ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why New Zealand’s shift to a republic will be thwarted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-new-zealands-shift-to-a-republic-will-be-thwarted/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why New Zealand’s shift to a republic will be thwarted">Read more</a>
