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October 16, 2022
MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Once again Aotearoa New Zealand’s local elections were plagued by low voter turnout and a lack of engagement. Is the media coverage, or lack thereof, contributing to the problem — and what can it do to help? In dozens of campaign trail appearances, new Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown ... <a title="Mediawatch: Coverage vital for NZ’s democracy but fact-checking in short supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/mediawatch-coverage-vital-for-nzs-democracy-but-fact-checking-in-short-supply/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Coverage vital for NZ’s democracy but fact-checking in short supply">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2022
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila Talks among Vanuatu political parties have started for the formation of a coalition government following Thursday’s snap election. The talks have started as it appears that none of the political parties which contested the ballot won a simple majority in the 52-seat Parliament. Sources from former ... <a title="Lobbying begins for new coalition government in Vanuatu after vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/lobbying-begins-for-new-coalition-government-in-vanuatu-after-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Lobbying begins for new coalition government in Vanuatu after vote">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2022
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji MP and the leader of the opposition National Federation Party, Professor Biman Prasad, is accusing Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s ruling FijiFirst Party of suppressing opposition parties with newly amended electoral laws ahead of the country’s general elections this year. “These are draconian pieces of electoral laws which are ... <a title="Draconian Fiji ‘nowhere near genuine democracy’, says NFP’s Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/draconian-fiji-nowhere-near-genuine-democracy-says-nfps-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Draconian Fiji ‘nowhere near genuine democracy’, says NFP’s Prasad">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Professor Dominic O’Sullivan At this year’s local government elections, average voter turnout was 36 percent. This is comparable to the 2019 figure. It compares with voter turnout of 81.5 percent at the last general election. Local Government New Zealand says that a review into why people don’t vote should be carried out before ... <a title="Dominic O’Sullivan: The role of Te Tiriti in boosting local government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/dominic-osullivan-the-role-of-te-tiriti-in-boosting-local-government/" aria-label="Read more about Dominic O’Sullivan: The role of Te Tiriti in boosting local government">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2022
Pacific Media Watch The #HoldTheLine Coalition has urged President Marcos of the Philippines to end persecution of journalists and independent media by dropping all charges against Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate Maria Ressa and her co-accused. This week, the Philippine Court of Appeals rejected Ressa’s motion for a reconsideration of her 2020 conviction on a trumped-up ... <a title="Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/keep-maria-ressa-out-of-jail-holdtheline-tells-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra unknown Government-funded paid parental leave will be extended, and more pressure placed on fathers to share caring for babies, under an initiative to be unveiled by Anthony Albanese on Saturday. Parental leave will be lengthened by six weeks, phased in, ... <a title="Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/15/paid-parental-leave-extended-to-26-weeks-by-2026-with-pressure-on-dads-to-share-more-early-caring-192506/" aria-label="Read more about Paid parental leave extended to 26 weeks by 2026, with pressure on dads to share more early caring">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tony Fala Community organisers representing multiple Aotearoa struggles gathered at the Ponsonby Community Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau last Sunday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Ponsonby People’s Union (1972-1979). Organised by former PPU activists, representatives of many Aotearoa social justice movements and struggles from around the country came ... <a title="Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/honouring-the-peoples-fight-against-hardship-repression-and-racism/" aria-label="Read more about Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, there are two central questions. The first is whether these protests involving women and girls across Iran are different from upheavals in the past, or ... <a title="Women-led protests in Iran gather momentum – but will they be enough to bring about change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/women-led-protests-in-iran-gather-momentum-but-will-they-be-enough-to-bring-about-change/" aria-label="Read more about Women-led protests in Iran gather momentum – but will they be enough to bring about change?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindsay A. Pearce, Research Associate, Curtin University From October 16 to 27, United Nations will pay a special visit to look at some of the hidden corners of Australian society. A UN torture prevention subcommittee will be making unannounced visits to various places of detention. These could ... <a title="Why is a UN torture prevention committee visiting Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/why-is-a-un-torture-prevention-committee-visiting-australia-192169/" aria-label="Read more about Why is a UN torture prevention committee visiting Australia?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tuthill, Astrophysicist, University of Sydney NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / JPL / Caltech In July, a puzzling new image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal concentric geometric rungs had even astronomers scratching their heads. The picture, which looks like a ... <a title="Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What’s behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/alien-megastructures-cosmic-thumbprint-whats-behind-a-james-webb-telescope-photo-that-had-even-astronomers-stumped-192249/" aria-label="Read more about Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What’s behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nasim Salehi, Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator, Southern Cross University AAP/EPA/Stringer The “Women, Life, Freedom” movement that has taken hold in Iran in recent weeks is not new. Young Iranian women have been involved in small but consistent evolutionary actions during the entire 44 years of the ... <a title="Not ‘powerless victims’: how young Iranian women have long led a quiet revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/not-powerless-victims-how-young-iranian-women-have-long-led-a-quiet-revolution-192188/" aria-label="Read more about Not ‘powerless victims’: how young Iranian women have long led a quiet revolution">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Mannell, Research Fellow in Digital Childhoods, Deakin University Channel Ten This week, Todd Sampson’s documentary Mirror Mirror: Love & Hate screened on Channel Ten. The documentary focuses on harms that occur through social media and online platforms. It raises important points about the need for awareness ... <a title="Todd Sampson’s ‘Mirror Mirror’ raises the alarm on our lives online – but not all its claims are supported by evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/todd-sampsons-mirror-mirror-raises-the-alarm-on-our-lives-online-but-not-all-its-claims-are-supported-by-evidence-192395/" aria-label="Read more about Todd Sampson’s ‘Mirror Mirror’ raises the alarm on our lives online – but not all its claims are supported by evidence">Read more</a>
