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By LiveNews Publisher / January 17, 2019 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, cyber security, cybersecurity, data mining, Democracy, Digital activism, Digital data, Digital policy, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, GCSB, Government, Government Spying, Intelligence, Intelligence agencies, KB, KB, Labour, Labour Party, Law, Law enforcement, Lead, leadership, Legal issues, Legislation, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, News Media, NZ Politics, Political freedom, Political Integrity, political protest, Political rights, Political Stability, Political Transition, Politics, Secret agents, Security, Security Intelligence / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government fix spying in the public service?
Political Roundup: Will the Government fix spying in the public service? by Dr Bryce Edwards The week before Christmas was dominated by what may actually have been the most important political issue of the year in New Zealand – revelations that government agencies have spied on New Zealanders through the use of private investigators. The […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / January 2, 2019 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, KB, KB, Lead, leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Political history, Political Integrity, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: New Zealand’s worst performing politicians
Political Roundup: New Zealand’s worst performing politicians by Dr Bryce Edwards For obvious reasons, Jami-Lee Ross, Clare Curran, and Iain Lees-Galloway gathered the most negative ratings in the end-of-year reviews. But there was also some cutting commentary on the disappointing performances of the likes of Simon Bridges, Kelvin Davis, David Clark, and Amy Adams. Former […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / January 2, 2019 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, KB, KB, Lead, leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Political Integrity, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: New Zealand’s top politicians
Political Roundup: New Zealand’s top politicians by Dr Bryce Edwards The verdicts are finally in, and there’s a consensus that 2018 was a huge year for New Zealand politicians. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern received the most nominations for politician of the year, but there was a real variety of opinion about the other stand-out performers […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / December 5, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Employment, Employment Law, Evening Report, Human Rights, KB, KB, Law, Lead, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, National Party, New Zealand, New Zealand National Party, News Media, NZ Politics, Political Integrity, Political rights, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the Maggie Barry bullying allegations
Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the Maggie Barry bullying allegations Allegations of bullying and illegal activity in Parliament continue to dog National MP Maggie Barry, with leaks and anonymous interviews from former staff coming out daily since the Herald broke the story on Saturday. National MP Maggie Barry. Image sourced from Wikimedia.org. Photograph by Mark […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / December 3, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Employment, Employment Law, Evening Report, Evidence, KB, KB, Lead, leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, National Party, National Party Leader, New Zealand, New Zealand National Party, News Media, NZ Politics, Parliamentary Services, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political rights, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament
Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament by Dr Bryce Edwards National MP Maggie Barry. Image sourced from Wikimedia.org. Photograph by Mark Tantrum. The bad behaviour of New Zealand politicians has been a major focus of this year in politics. Actually, this has been happening throughout the world recently, as the growing mood against […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 30, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Elections, Evening Report, General election, Human Rights, KB, KB, Lead, leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Political freedom, Political history, Political Integrity, Political rights, Political Transition, Politics, Suffrage / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Suffrage reality check – prisoners still can’t vote
Political Roundup: Suffrage reality check – prisoners still can’t vote by Dr Bryce Edwards. Dr Bryce Edwards. Yesterday marked 125 years to the day since women first voted in a New Zealand General Election. However, celebrations received a reality check when an inconvenient truth resurfaced in a new campaign – the fact that not all […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 28, 2018 / 24/7 News, Academic Analysis, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific Human Rights, Bryce Edwards, China, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese influence, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Free speech, freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Intelligence, Intelligence agencies, KB, KB, Lead, leadership, Legal issues, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Peoples Republic of China, Political freedom, Political Integrity, political protest, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Navigating allegations of illegal foreign state meddling in New Zealand
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Navigating allegations of illegal foreign state meddling in New Zealand Dr Bryce Edwards. One of this year’s most potentially explosive and dangerous political issues has been allegations of foreign meddling against the University of Canterbury’s Prof Anne-Marie Brady because of her role as a critic of Chinese state political interference. It’s […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 16, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, Democracy, DJF, Editor's Picks, Ethical Space, Ethics, Evening Report, Exploitation, freedom of expression, Freedom of Information, Freedom of speech, Health, Human Rights, Investigation, Jami-Lee Ross, Journalism accuracy, KB, KB, Law, Lead, leadership, Media, Media ethics, Media Freedom, media integrity, Media Intelligence, Media law, media lens, Media persecution, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, NZ Politics, Political Donations, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Media’s fraught role in the Jami-Lee Ross scandal
Dr Bryce Edwards. The media has played a central role in this year’s huge scandal involving MP Jami-Lee Ross. Journalists, broadcasters, and political commentators have reported on the scandal – including choosing to withhold some information – and interpreted it all. Inevitably questions have been asked about how well the media have performed, and the […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 26, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, DJF, Donations, Editor's Picks, Elections, Electoral Commission, Evening Report, KB, KB, Lead, Legal issues, Legislation, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Political Donations, Political Integrity, Political rights, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should taxpayers fund political parties?
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should taxpayers fund political parties? Dr Bryce Edwards. One of the more substantial and contentious political issues to arise out of the Jami-Lee Ross mega-scandal concerns electoral finance rules, and the increasingly promoted idea that taxpayers should fund the parties, so that they are less reliant on private funding. The Government […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 25, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, DJF, Editor's Picks, Editorial, Elections, Electoral Commission, Ethics, Evening Report, General election, Health, Health and Fitness, health care, Health emergency, Health services, Human Rights, Human rights journalism, Indepth, Inquiry, Investigation, Jami-Lee Ross, journalism, Journalists, Judiciary, Judith Collins, KB, KB, Law, Law enforcement, Lead, leadership, Legal issues, Mainstream media, Media ethics, media integrity, Media Intelligence, Mental Health, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, National Party, National Party Leader, New Zealand, New Zealand National Party, News Media, News sources, NZ Politics, Opinion, Parliament, Paula Bennett, Police, Political Integrity, Political rights, Political Stability, Politics, Simon Bridges / Comments Off on Evening Report Analysis – National Affairs and the Public Interest
Evening Report Analysis – National Affairs and the Public Interest, by Selwyn Manning. Former National Party MP, and current independent Member of Parliament, Jami-Lee Ross. Accusations have surfaced alleging the current National Party leadership conspired to politically destroy Jami-Lee Ross – this after details of his affair with a fellow party MP became known to […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 7, 2018 / 24/7 News, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, Editor's Picks, Ethics, Evening Report, fairness, Health, Inquiry, Investigation, Jami-Lee Ross, Lead, leadership, Legal issues, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, National Party, National Party Leader, New Zealand, New Zealand National Party, News Media, NZ Politics, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political rights, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An Embarrassing week for National
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An Embarrassing week for National Published 5 October Dr Bryce Edwards. “Embarrassing” is the word of the week for the National Party. Leader Simon Bridges applied the term in various ways to MP Jami-Lee Ross, when explaining that Ross’ personal circumstances required his temporary departure from Parliament. Bridges described Ross’ personal […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 3, 2018 / 24/7 News, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Citizenship, Conservative, Critical Politics, Demographics, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Human Rights, Humanitarian relief, Immigration, Lead, Media, Media Intelligence, Migrants, Migration, Migration law, Migration policy, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, New Zealand First, News Media, NZ Politics, Political history, Political Integrity, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First’s “virtue signalling” against immigrants
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First’s “virtue signalling” against immigrants Dr Bryce Edwards. When we think about “culture wars” and “identity politics” what most readily comes to mind are leftwing-liberal fights over what is commonly referred to as “political correctness” and allegations of “virtue signalling” and being “woke”. But the other side of the culture […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / September 25, 2018 / 24/7 News, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Identity, Jacinda Ardern, journalism, Lead, leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Political freedom, Political history, Political Integrity, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern’s stardust and substance on display in New York
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern’s stardust and substance on display in New York Dr Bryce Edwards. The phrase “stardust and substance” continues to epitomise much of the thinking about Jacinda Ardern as she spends a week in New York gathering both media profile and making diplomatic speeches. To her admirers, it’s a nice phrase that […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / September 22, 2018 / 24/7 News, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Lead, leadership, Maori politics, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political rights, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why is Meka Whaitiri fit to be an MP but not a Minister?
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why is Meka Whaitiri fit to be an MP but not a Minister? Dr Bryce Edwards. New Zealanders hate to hear stories of mistreatment by arrogant, rude, or demanding celebrities, politicians, or bosses. And to be accused of bullying or violence against your own staff is the ultimate low. That’s what […]
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