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August 16, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board It has become obvious in recent weeks that the strategy of Samoa’s oldest political party is to “repeat a lie long enough that it becomes the truth”. And these untruths have been disbursed through multiple platforms: television, radio and social media as well as through protest marches and ... <a title="Samoa Observer: The ‘failed state’ fallacy and HRPP propaganda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/samoa-observer-the-failed-state-fallacy-and-hrpp-propaganda/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: The ‘failed state’ fallacy and HRPP propaganda">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra People aged 20-39, who were identified by the Doherty Institute modelling as super spreaders of COVID, will be targeted for the one million Pfizer doses the Morrison government has purchased from Poland. Of these, 530,000 doses will be sent urgently ... <a title="Pfizer from Poland directed to young super spreaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/15/pfizer-from-poland-directed-to-young-super-spreaders-166155/" aria-label="Read more about Pfizer from Poland directed to young super spreaders">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Civil Society Alliance — which is made up of a number of organisations in Indonesia and Timor-Leste — is urging President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to revoke the Bintang Jasa Utama (1st Class Star of Service) award for “civil bravery and courage” in times of adversity which was given to former ... <a title="Rights groups urge Jokowi to revoke ‘betrayal’ medal for Timorese war criminal Eurico Guterres" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/rights-groups-urge-jokowi-to-revoke-betrayal-medal-for-timorese-war-criminal-eurico-guterres/" aria-label="Read more about Rights groups urge Jokowi to revoke ‘betrayal’ medal for Timorese war criminal Eurico Guterres">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The #HoldTheLine (#HTL) Coalition has welcomed the dismissal of a cyber-libel charge against Rappler CEO and founder Maria Ressa in the Philippines — the second “spurious” charge against Ressa to be dropped in just two months, says Reporters Without Borders. The #HTL coalition calls for all remaining charges to be immediately ... <a title="#HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/holdtheline-coalition-welcomes-new-dismissal-of-cyber-libel-charge-against-rapplers-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Two days after President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Mā’ohi Nui last month, where the French leader urged the local population to get vaccinated against the danger of the new delta variant of the covid pandemic already on the islands, High Commissioner Domique Sorain and territorial President Édouard Fritch announced a ... <a title="Tahiti’s ‘wedding of the year’ turns into political row over covid hypocrisy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/tahitis-wedding-of-the-year-turns-into-political-row-over-covid-hypocrisy/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s ‘wedding of the year’ turns into political row over covid hypocrisy">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
By Litia Cava in Suva Former Fiji opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka has submitted his application to register his newly proposed political party — the “People’s Aliance”. A statement released by the Fijian Elections Office stated that the Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem, was now processing the application to register the party. According to the ... <a title="Rabuka makes move – former Fiji PM registers proposed ‘People’s Alliance’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/rabuka-makes-move-former-fiji-pm-registers-proposed-peoples-alliance/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka makes move – former Fiji PM registers proposed ‘People’s Alliance’">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific The New Zealand government says it has full confidence Samoa’s new government and its judiciary will continue to act with integrity. This comes after former prime minister, Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, claimed that the recent actions of the judiciary had “shattered” the constitution and the law of the jungle now applied. Tuila’epa claimed the ... <a title="NZ reaffirms support for Samoa’s Fiame, as Tuila’epa grumbles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/nz-reaffirms-support-for-samoas-fiame-as-tuilaepa-grumbles/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reaffirms support for Samoa’s Fiame, as Tuila’epa grumbles">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hoadley, Associate Professor, University of Auckland The US ambassador to the USSR, George Kennan, chats with a reporter in 1952 after the Soviets told the US State Department that Kennan must be recalled immediately. Bettmann/contributor/Getty Images This piece is part of a new series in collaboration ... <a title="George Kennan urged American leadership and patience to counter the Soviets. Instead, the Cold War ensued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/george-kennan-urged-american-leadership-and-patience-to-counter-the-soviets-instead-the-cold-war-ensued-156306/" aria-label="Read more about George Kennan urged American leadership and patience to counter the Soviets. Instead, the Cold War ensued">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Green, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Author provided The Kimberley region is host to Australia’s oldest known rock paintings. But people were carving engravings into some of these rocks before they were creating paintings. Rock art sites on Balanggarra Country in the northeast Kimberley region ... <a title="Light and shade: how the natural ‘glazes’ on the walls of Kimberley rock shelters help reveal the world the artists lived in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/light-and-shade-how-the-natural-glazes-on-the-walls-of-kimberley-rock-shelters-help-reveal-the-world-the-artists-lived-in-164952/" aria-label="Read more about Light and shade: how the natural ‘glazes’ on the walls of Kimberley rock shelters help reveal the world the artists lived in">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarryd Pla, Senior Lecturer in Quantum Engineering, UNSW Serwan Asaad/UNSW, Author provided Vaccine and drug development, artificial intelligence, transport and logistics, climate science — these are all areas that stand to be transformed by the development of a full-scale quantum computer. And there has been explosive growth ... <a title="How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/how-a-simple-crystal-could-help-pave-the-way-to-full-scale-quantum-computing-165956/" aria-label="Read more about How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. By joining the Government, the Greens promised to give Labour the spine it needed to act decisively on housing, inequality, climate change and other pressing issues. This hasn’t happened. In fact, rather than being the progressive backbone of the current government, some allege the Greens are helping to “greenwash” Jacinda Ardern’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are the Greens just “Labour’s little helper?”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-are-the-greens-just-labours-little-helper/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Are the Greens just “Labour’s little helper?”">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In our age of unnuanced media reporting, cynicism, and political correctness, words and meanings are subject – perhaps increasingly – to an effective process of cancellation. It’s not a new process, in the past certain words might be replaced by others – eg ‘race’ replaced by ‘ethnicity’, ‘illegitimate’ replaced by ‘ex-nuptial’, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Loss of Language, and the Future of Science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/keith-rankin-essay-loss-of-language-and-the-future-of-science/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Loss of Language, and the Future of Science">Read more</a>
