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October 30, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – By David Robie in Vinzons, Philippines More than five years ago I wrote an article for the Pacific Media Centre addressing community radio broadcasting in the Philippines, with a special focus on the rice-producing township of Vinzons in Bicol. At the time — January 2020 — ... <a title="Filipino radio storytelling and community empowerment – a Vinzons update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/filipino-radio-storytelling-and-community-empowerment-a-vinzons-update/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino radio storytelling and community empowerment – a Vinzons update">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has challenged Defence Minister Judith Collins over her “can’t be trusted” backing for controversial BlackSky Technology satellite launches and called on the Prime Minister to withdraw approval. National co-chair John Minto today wrote to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon — who is currently in Korea for the ... <a title="PSNA condemns Collins for ‘can’t be trusted’ stance on Gaza over satellites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/psna-condemns-collins-for-cant-be-trusted-stance-on-gaza-over-satellites/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA condemns Collins for ‘can’t be trusted’ stance on Gaza over satellites">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sussan Ley will survive “the killing season”, as commentators dub the fag end of the political year. But she’s in bad shape. In an Essential poll published this week, Ley polled just 13% when people were asked who, from a ... <a title="View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/view-from-the-hill-pressure-on-embattled-ley-to-do-a-deal-on-epbc-reform-268102/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Haswell, Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology The federal government is considering enforcement action against oil and gas company Inpex after it admitted serious reporting errors that significantly underestimated hazardous emissions released from its liquefied ... <a title="Darwin residents are worried about toxic chemicals and gas leaks. We need laws to protect clean air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/darwin-residents-are-worried-about-toxic-chemicals-and-gas-leaks-we-need-laws-to-protect-clean-air-268200/" aria-label="Read more about Darwin residents are worried about toxic chemicals and gas leaks. We need laws to protect clean air">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This weekend, the aged care sector will see a major shakeup that’s been a long time coming. The reforms include a statement of rights for older people who are receiving publicly funded care, as well as putting the system on ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sam Rae on big changes to aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sam-rae-on-big-changes-to-aged-care-268559/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sam Rae on big changes to aged care">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent A Marshall Islands lawmaker has called on Pacific legislatures to establish and strengthen their national human rights commissions to help address the region’s nuclear testing legacy. “Our people in the Marshall Islands carry voices of our lives that are shaped by this nuclear legacy,” ... <a title="Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/pacific-lawmakers-call-for-creation-of-human-rights-commissions-to-fight-nuclear-testing-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Inflation jumped 1.3% in the September quarter, above economists’ and the Reserve Bank’s own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut in interest rates next week. The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released the consumer ... <a title="Higher than expected inflation report dashes hopes for further RBA rate cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/higher-than-expected-inflation-report-dashes-hopes-for-further-rba-rate-cuts-268387/" aria-label="Read more about Higher than expected inflation report dashes hopes for further RBA rate cuts">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 29, 2025.
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shadi Rouhshahbaz, Associate Research Fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University Three years ago, protests erupted across Iran after the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. The Islamic Republic cracked down ... <a title="‘I want my daughter to see a strong, free mother’: Iranian women keep hope alive with daily acts of resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/i-want-my-daughter-to-see-a-strong-free-mother-iranian-women-keep-hope-alive-with-daily-acts-of-resistance-264873/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I want my daughter to see a strong, free mother’: Iranian women keep hope alive with daily acts of resistance">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Nico Soro/Getty Every day, almost 2 million Australians visit the Bureau of Meteorology website for weather information. The data gathered and processed by the government agency’s radars, weather stations and supercomputers are converted into short and medium-term forecasts ... <a title="Stormy weather: here’s what went wrong with the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/stormy-weather-heres-what-went-wrong-with-the-bureau-of-meteorologys-website-redesign-268490/" aria-label="Read more about Stormy weather: here’s what went wrong with the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former National MP has launched a petition calling for “equality and respect” in New Zealand’s immigration visa treatment of Pacific Islanders, saying “many are shocked when they learn the truth”. In a full page advertisement in The New Zealand Herald newspaper today, Anae Arthur Anae condemned the New Zealand government’s visa ... <a title="Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/former-mp-anae-calls-for-pacific-justice-over-immigration-in-petition/" aria-label="Read more about Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
RNZ Pacific Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has confirmed that his Finance Minister — and one of three deputies — has resigned after being charged by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog. Local media first reported that Professor Biman Prasad, the man in charge of government finances, had been charged with corruption-related offences under Fiji’s political party ... <a title="‘Political chaos’ – Fiji PM Rabuka confirms Biman Prasad’s resignation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/political-chaos-fiji-pm-rabuka-confirms-biman-prasads-resignation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Political chaos’ – Fiji PM Rabuka confirms Biman Prasad’s resignation">Read more</a>
