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February 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ange Fitzgerald, Professor, Associate Dean (Education) and Director (Initial Teacher Education), RMIT University Cottonbro Studio/Pexels There is a new push for private schools to open their grounds and facilities to the broader community. North Sydney mayor Zoe Baker, wants to ask top private schools in her area ... <a title="Should private schools share their facilities with public students?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/should-private-schools-share-their-facilities-with-public-students-199965/" aria-label="Read more about Should private schools share their facilities with public students?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
Almost 30,000 homes have no power and major supply chains have been disrupted in Aotearoa New Zealand — and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is also warning that more fatalities from Cyclone Gabrielle remain possible. Hipkins said it was now seven days after the cyclone had passed through and the true extent of the devastation and ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Lives ‘turned upside down . . . destroyed’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/cyclone-gabrielle-lives-turned-upside-down-destroyed-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Lives ‘turned upside down . . . destroyed’, says PM">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
By Shayal Devi in Suva FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama remains as Leader of the Opposition despite his suspension from Parliament on Friday for breach of privilege, according to Fiji constitutional lawyer Richard Naidu. Naidu told the Sunday Times he believed that Bainimarama was entitled to retain the salary and other rights that go with the ... <a title="Bainimarama ‘keeps his job’ as opposition leader, says Naidu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/bainimarama-keeps-his-job-as-opposition-leader-says-naidu/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama ‘keeps his job’ as opposition leader, says Naidu">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
RNZ News The number of people in Aotearoa New Zealand whose deaths have been officially linked to Cyclone Gabrielle has risen to 11, with confirmation of two further deaths today. In a statement, police said a person who passed away in their Onekawa home on Thursday is “believed to have died in circumstances related to ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Death toll rises to 11, Civil Defence targets isolated communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/cyclone-gabrielle-death-toll-rises-to-11-civil-defence-targets-isolated-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Death toll rises to 11, Civil Defence targets isolated communities">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2023
A powerful day in the history of the Gisborne Herald. Video: Gisborne Herald RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand’s media were in emergency mode yet again this week, offering hours of extra coverage on air, online and in print. Outlets in the hardest-hit places reported the basics — even without access to basics like power, communications and ... <a title="Mediawatch on Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/mediawatch-on-gabrielle-im-proud-to-be-working-on-this-newspaper/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch on Gabrielle: ‘I’m proud to be working on this newspaper’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist In the midst of all the destruction from Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand, Pasifika voices singing songs of praise and gratitude have rung out in church halls across Hawke’s Bay. Pacific churches have been sanctuaries for RSE workers in the region, some of whom were clinging desperately to ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-pasifika-songs-of-gratitude-ring-out-across-hawkes-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has been suspended for three years as an MP for breaching parliamentary privilege. It comes after the ex-prime minister said the President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, had failed to protect the constitution and the rule of law in his opening statement for the 2023 parliamentary session on Monday. The ... <a title="Former Fiji PM Bainimarama suspended over breaching parliamentary privilege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/former-fiji-pm-bainimarama-suspended-over-breaching-parliamentary-privilege/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji PM Bainimarama suspended over breaching parliamentary privilege">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is rising — now 9 — and many areas in Hawke’s Bay have been left as disaster zones with rescues, rather than recovery, still the focus. Power, internet and phone service is still patchy for many people in the ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle zone: ‘I’d call it an apocalypse’ says survivor – death toll 9" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-zone-id-call-it-an-apocalypse-says-survivor-death-toll-9/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle zone: ‘I’d call it an apocalypse’ says survivor – death toll 9">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Mark Bloomberg, University of Canterbury The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of 2023, are merely the latest examples of more frequent erosion-triggering rainfall events over the past decade. Inevitably with the heavy ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-triggers-more-destructive-forestry-slash-nz-must-change-how-it-grows-trees/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
PNG Post-Courier An anti-corruption NGO in Papua New Guinea has criticised the haste with which the government is conducting consultation on a draft National Media Development Policy that could undermine media freedom. The Community Coalition Against Corruption (CCAC) has called on the Department of Information and Communication Technologies to extend the time and breadth of ... <a title="NGO group criticises ‘haste over media policy’ that may hit PNG freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/ngo-group-criticises-haste-over-media-policy-that-may-hit-png-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about NGO group criticises ‘haste over media policy’ that may hit PNG freedom">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
Jubi News in Jayapura An indigenous Papuan negotiation team has traversed rugged highlands forests in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province in search of the New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens, who was taken hostage by rebels last week. The crisis over the captive pilot held by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya ... <a title="Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/indigenous-papuan-negotiators-walk-to-forest-hideout-to-seek-release-of-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of pilot">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
RNZ News New Zealanders should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to increase, says Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. He said at a media briefing in Gisborne that every available resource was being used to help find those who are missing and to rescue those who were known about ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns of more fatalities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-nz-death-toll-now-7-pm-hipkins-warns-of-more-fatalities/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns of more fatalities">Read more</a>
