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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Richardson, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Te Puna Ako Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning, University of Waikato Media coverage of the recent fires in Los Angeles showed the heartbreaking damage in Pacific Palisades and elsewhere across Los Angeles County. People lost not only their houses ... <a title="Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/wanting-to-return-to-normal-after-a-disaster-is-understandable-but-often-problematic-247884/" aria-label="Read more about Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Among his first official acts on returning to the White House, President Donald Trump issued an executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship”. Implicit in this vaguely written document: the United States is done fighting mis- and disinformation online, reports the Paris-based global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). ... <a title="Trump’s ‘free speech’ vision comes at expense of press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/trumps-free-speech-vision-comes-at-expense-of-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ‘free speech’ vision comes at expense of press freedom">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2025
By Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson For Doddy Morris, a journalist with the Vanuatu Daily Post, the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Vanuatu last month on December 17, 2024, was more than just a story — it was a personal tragedy. Amid the chaos, Morris learned his brother, an Anglican priest, had died. “My mom called me ... <a title="Ni-Vanuatu journalist Doddy Morris balances grief and duty in the aftermath of earthquake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/26/ni-vanuatu-journalist-doddy-morris-balances-grief-and-duty-in-the-aftermath-of-earthquake/" aria-label="Read more about Ni-Vanuatu journalist Doddy Morris balances grief and duty in the aftermath of earthquake">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2025
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has misled the Australian Parliament and is liable to prosecution — not that government will lift a finger to enforce the law, reports Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael West Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has misled the Australian Parliament. In a submission to the Senate, the company claimed, “Foxtel also ... <a title="News Corp lies to Australian Parliament in lobbying putsch to change media laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/26/news-corp-lies-to-australian-parliament-in-lobbying-putsch-to-change-media-laws/" aria-label="Read more about News Corp lies to Australian Parliament in lobbying putsch to change media laws">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A co-founder of a national Palestinian solidarity network in Aotearoa New Zealand today praised the “heroic” resilience and sacrifice of the people of Gaza in the face of Israel’s ruthless attempt to destroy the besieged enclave of more than 2 million people. Speaking at the first solidarity rally in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau ... <a title="NZ Palestinian network co-founder Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/26/nz-palestinian-network-co-founder-janfrie-wakim-praises-heroic-gaza-calls-for-more-action/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestinian network co-founder Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Neale Daniher, a campaigner in the fight against motor neurone disease and a former champion Essendon footballer, is the 2025 Australian of the Year, Himself a sufferer from the deadly disease Daniher, 63, who lives in Victoria, co-founded the charity ... <a title="Motor neurone disease campaigner, former AFL champion Neale Daniher, is 2025 Australian of the Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/25/motor-neurone-disease-campaigner-former-afl-champion-neale-daniher-is-2025-australian-of-the-year-248302/" aria-label="Read more about Motor neurone disease campaigner, former AFL champion Neale Daniher, is 2025 Australian of the Year">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton has chosen a dark horse in naming David Coleman for the key shadow foreign affairs portfolio, in a reshuffle that also seeks to boost the opposition’s credentials with women. Coleman has been communications spokesman. He led the opposition’s ... <a title="Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/25/peter-duttons-reshuffle-david-coleman-the-surprise-choice-as-shadow-foreign-minister-248303/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2025
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews Vanuatu’s top lawyer has called out the United States for “bad behavior” after newly inaugurated President Donald Trump withdrew the world’s biggest historic emitter of greenhouse gasses from the Paris Agreement for a second time. The Pacific nation’s Attorney-General Arnold Loughman, who led Vanuatu’s landmark International Court of Justice climate ... <a title="Vanuatu AG condemns Trump’s Paris climate treaty exit as ‘troubling precedent’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/25/vanuatu-ag-condemns-trumps-paris-climate-treaty-exit-as-troubling-precedent/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu AG condemns Trump’s Paris climate treaty exit as ‘troubling precedent’">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2025
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager RNZ International (RNZI) began broadcasting to the Pacific region 35 years ago — on 24 January 1990, the same day the Auckland Commonwealth Games opened. Its news bulletins and programmes were carried by a brand new 100kW transmitter. The service was rebranded as RNZ Pacific in 2017. However its ... <a title="RNZ Pacific – 35 years of broadcasting trusted news to the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/25/rnz-pacific-35-years-of-broadcasting-trusted-news-to-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Pacific – 35 years of broadcasting trusted news to the region">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (FPSN) and its allies have called for “justice and accountability” over Israel’s 15 months of genocide and war crimes. The Pacific-based network met in a solidarity gathering last night in the capital Suva hosted by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre and issued a statement. “A moment ... <a title="Fiji solidarity network welcomes Gaza ceasefire but calls for ‘justice, accountability’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/fiji-solidarity-network-welcomes-gaza-ceasefire-but-calls-for-justice-accountability/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji solidarity network welcomes Gaza ceasefire but calls for ‘justice, accountability’">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Andriana Syvanych/Shutterstock Most of us are fortunate that, when we turn on the tap, clean, safe and high-quality water comes out. But a senate inquiry into the presence of PFAS or ... <a title="How we treat catchment water to make it safe to drink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/how-we-treat-catchment-water-to-make-it-safe-to-drink-242206/" aria-label="Read more about How we treat catchment water to make it safe to drink">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Richardson, Professor of Human Resource Management, Head of School of Management, Curtin University Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock US President Donald Trump has called time on working from home. An executive order signed on the first day of his presidency this week requires all federal government departments and agencies to: ... <a title="Trump has called time on working from home. Here’s why the world shouldn’t mindlessly follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/trump-has-called-time-on-working-from-home-heres-why-the-world-shouldnt-mindlessly-follow-248036/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has called time on working from home. Here’s why the world shouldn’t mindlessly follow">Read more</a>
