Parliament, and end of year reviews Bryce Edwards (Guardian): The secret of Jacinda Ardern’s success lies in her conservatism Chris Trotter (Interest): Jacinda Ardern knows that it’s restoration people want – not revolution Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): New Zealand’s 2020 report card: doing well but could try harder
December 23rd 2020 The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) recently conducted a survey of their members’ views on the subject of taking the knee before all professional football games in the UK. Over 400 players responded to the survey and around 80% expressed their support for taking the knee. This was
Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter: 2021 will be about brown poverty and white guilt Steve Braunias (Guardian): Photos of New Zealand politicians and their bookcases are creepily revealing Claire Trevett (Herald): The lol-lights and comedy awards of 2020 (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Fact or Fiction: the 2020
Housing Dan Satherley and Rosie Gordon (Newshub): Housing crisis: Rents up everywhere, as demand far outstrips supply Miriam Bell (RNZ): Median rent now 21 per cent higher than in 2015, Trade Me data shows Marta Steeman (Stuff): Construction sector slump forecast with calls for Government action Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Auckland
Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter (Interest): How the state was reclaimed for the people Richard Shaw (The Conversation): 2020 hindsight: can New Zealand apply the political lessons of COVID-19 in the year ahead? ‘Stuff political reporters’ (Stuff): How good were our political predictions for 2020? Well … we
IINZ israelinstitute.nz Many things changed in 2020 all around the world. However, the disproportionate attack on Israel at the United Nations continued. There were 17 resolutions passed by the General Assembly that singled out the Jewish state, while only 8 other countries were mentioned in 7 other resolutions. Those
Parliament, and end of year reviews Claire Robinson (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern should make Speaker Trevor Mallard pay the price for his costly ‘mistake’ Tova O’Brien (Guardian): It’s been an ugly year for New Zealand politics but there are grounds for optimism in 2021 Henry Cooke (Stuff): Green Party
A New Zealand-born boy embroiled in an international tug-of-love is looking forward to celebrating his first real Kiwi Christmas. Eighteen months ago, Dylan Laybourn, 13, was reunited with his father Bruce and older sister Gerry, but they didn’t get to celebrate with all the family. “For me, it was
December 19th 2020 A different kind of disaster became imminent following on from my letter of two days ago. Below is a picture of the Fowey river at Lostwithiel, Cornwall in normal times. Last night we stayed indoors, sheltering from the torrential rain and being told about even heavier rain
Karl D. Stephanro mercatornet.com Faithful Muslims are required to pray five times a day, facing toward Mecca. In our smartphone era, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with an app that reminds the Muslim user that it’s time to pray, and conveniently uses
