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April 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathomi Gatwiri, Senior lecturer, Southern Cross University Film review: Rosemary’s Way, directed by Ros Horin. I love finding myself new heroes. Rosemary Kariuki is an extraordinary change-maker and leader I have recently added to my list. As the 2021 recipient of the Australian of the Year Local ... <a title="‘She beams goodness and light’: Rosemary’s Way is about a hero transforming the lives of migrant and refugee women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/26/she-beams-goodness-and-light-rosemarys-way-is-about-a-hero-transforming-the-lives-of-migrant-and-refugee-women-159124/" aria-label="Read more about ‘She beams goodness and light’: Rosemary’s Way is about a hero transforming the lives of migrant and refugee women">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Marshall Islands has issued a plea for help and a call to action at the US Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Addressing the virtual meeting on Friday, President David Kabua laid out the existential threat facing his country and the Pacific. Kabua was the lone Pacific leader invited by US President Joe ... <a title="Marshall Islands as lone Pacific voice at climate summit pleads for help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/marshall-islands-as-lone-pacific-voice-at-climate-summit-pleads-for-help/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands as lone Pacific voice at climate summit pleads for help">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Chinese official characterised the US return to the international climate scene, not unfairly, as a “truant getting back to class”, reports Climate Change News. Joe Biden just about scraped a pass with his first assignment this week, and inspired varying degrees of improvement from his slacker pals Japan, Canada and ... <a title="Biden’s pledge a start to restoring US climate change credibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/bidens-pledge-a-start-to-restoring-us-climate-change-credibility/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s pledge a start to restoring US climate change credibility">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
RNZ News A New Zealand veteran who fought in Korea told of his experience of war and the horror of seeing napalm used for the first time. Gordon Sutherland, from Johnsonville, attended today’s Anzac Day dawn national service in Wellington. “I’ll always remember what an experience it was to see, sitting on the hill, on ... <a title="Anzac Day war stories: The horror of napalm in Korea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/anzac-day-war-stories-the-horror-of-napalm-in-korea/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac Day war stories: The horror of napalm in Korea">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom In late 1913 one of the most famous men in Britain arrived in Pago Pago. Rupert Brooke, 26, was a literary sensation at the time and was taking an escape from celebrity to explore the South Seas: “I want to walk a thousand miles, and write a thousand ... <a title="An Anzac story: Sāmoa’s link to that wartime foreign field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/an-anzac-story-samoas-link-to-that-wartime-foreign-field/" aria-label="Read more about An Anzac story: Sāmoa’s link to that wartime foreign field">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2021
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The struggle of the Palestinians is integral to a larger struggle for fundamental human rights that can be witnessed throughout the Middle East. IMAGE: France 24 By RAMZY BAROUD COVID-19 cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, have reached record highs, largely due to the arrival of ... <a title="A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan: May the voices of the oppressed be heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/25/a-palestinian-prayer-for-ramadan-may-the-voices-of-the-oppressed-be-heard/" aria-label="Read more about A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan: May the voices of the oppressed be heard">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Perth is the latest Australian city to head into a snap lockdown aimed at stamping out a coronavirus cluster resulting from another breach in CBD hotel quarantine. The three-day lockdown, covering Perth and the Peel region south of the city, ... <a title="Here we go again — Perth’s snap lockdown raises familiar hotel quarantine questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/24/here-we-go-again-perths-snap-lockdown-raises-familiar-hotel-quarantine-questions-159649/" aria-label="Read more about Here we go again — Perth’s snap lockdown raises familiar hotel quarantine questions">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. While, for Covid19, India is the big news story this week, there has been a general upsurge in the wider region, with substantial upsurges in Nepal, Bangladesh (which seems to have peaked), and Thailand. Malaysia had many cases around January, and is now facing another resurgence. Re India, we should note that ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: South and East Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-south-and-east-asia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: South and East Asia">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
By Reza Gunadha and Chyntia Sami Bhayangkara in Jayapura Victor Mambor, journalist and editor of the Papua-based Tabloid Jubi, has become the target of a terrorist act this week. A car that he owns which was parked on the road near his home in the Papuan capital of Jayapura was vandalised by unknown individuals between ... <a title="Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/tabloid-jubi-journalist-victor-mambor-terrorised-over-papua-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Papuan protesters outside the United Nations headquarters yesterday after John Anari was gagged again from making a full statement at the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. Image: Screenshot from the WPLO YouTube channel COMMENT: By Andrew Johnson Gagged again! West Papuan Liberation Organisation (WPLO) representative John Anari was allowed to introduce himself at the ... <a title="Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/papuan-protest-outside-un-after-anari-gagged-for-second-time/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
By Rebecca Kuku in Port MoresbyPapua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has defended the adjournment of Parliament for four months, saying this is for the health and safety of everyone. He said he was not willing to “sacrifice the health of our elected leaders while at the same time, observe the parliamentary process that ... <a title="PNG Parliament adjourned for general health and safety, says Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/png-parliament-adjourned-for-general-health-and-safety-says-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Parliament adjourned for general health and safety, says Marape">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy, this week invested social justice advocate and former Green Party MP Keith Locke as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to human rights advocacy”. Locke described the the award in the New Year Honours list as recognition of the great work ... <a title="Locke invested with NZ Order of Merit for his human rights advocacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/locke-invested-with-nz-order-of-merit-for-his-human-rights-advocacy/" aria-label="Read more about Locke invested with NZ Order of Merit for his human rights advocacy">Read more</a>
