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August 9, 2024
By Mick Hall A leading peace campaigner is calling Aotearoa New Zealand’s decision to stay away from a peace event in Nagasaki paying tribute to victims of the Japanese city’s 1945 nuclear bombing “outrageous”. Former trade union leader Robert Reid said New Zealand could have acted as a strong independent Pacific voice by attending today’s ... <a title="Advocate slams NZ snub of Nagasaki peace tribute as ‘outrageous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/advocate-slams-nz-snub-of-nagasaki-peace-tribute-as-outrageous/" aria-label="Read more about Advocate slams NZ snub of Nagasaki peace tribute as ‘outrageous’">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel. It was born in sin, and it continues to live in sin, writes Jonathan Cook. COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook The headline above, about yet another Israeli operation to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians in the tiny, besieged and utterly destroyed enclave of Gaza, was ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/jonathan-cook-nothings-changed-since-1948-except-now-israels-excuses-dont-work/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne ABC chair Kim Williams has attracted considerable attention with his criticism of the broadcaster’s online news choices. Williams has taken issue with what he sees as the ABC prioritising lifestyle stories over hard news. In the process, he has raised an important issue of principle. Is it ... <a title="Kim Williams is right to criticise how the ABC covers news, but he needs to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/kim-williams-is-right-to-criticise-how-the-abc-covers-news-but-he-needs-to-fix-it/" aria-label="Read more about Kim Williams is right to criticise how the ABC covers news, but he needs to fix it">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist France is “checking” whether a high-level mission to New Caledonia will be possible prior to or after the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Summit in Tonga at the end of the month. Forum leaders have written to French President Emmanuel Macron requesting to send a Forum Ministerial Committee to Nouméa ... <a title="France ‘decides who enters’ New Caledonia: French diplomat on Pacific leaders request" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/france-decides-who-enters-new-caledonia-french-diplomat-on-pacific-leaders-request/" aria-label="Read more about France ‘decides who enters’ New Caledonia: French diplomat on Pacific leaders request">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
By Maxim Bock, Queensland University of Technology Fiji journalist Felix Chaudhary recalls how the harassment began: “Initially, I was verbally warned to stop.” “And not only warned but threatened as well. I think I was a bit ‘gung-ho’ at the time and I kind of took it lightly until the day I was taken to ... <a title="Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/surviving-harassment-in-journalism-how-felix-chaudhary-kept-on-top/" aria-label="Read more about Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist in Guam The Chamorros are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands — politically divided between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Today, Chamorro culture continues to be preserved through the sharing of language and teaching via The Guam Museum. But the battle to be heard and ... <a title="‘It sucks’: Guam’s complex indigenous Chamorro people relationship with US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/it-sucks-guams-complex-indigenous-chamorro-people-relationship-with-us/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It sucks’: Guam’s complex indigenous Chamorro people relationship with US">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
By Clifton Kissel in Port Vila The Australian Associated Press (AAP) news agency has provided a vital training opportunity for journalists at the Vanuatu Daily Post. Last week, 12 reporters participated in a training session held at the Daily Post where AAP offered free access to its website and platforms, marking a significant step in ... <a title="Daily Post journalists boost global reporting skills with AAP training" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/daily-post-journalists-boost-global-reporting-skills-with-aap-training/" aria-label="Read more about Daily Post journalists boost global reporting skills with AAP training">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia’s homeboy Kauli Vaast has won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s shortboard finals of the Paris 2024 surfing event and in the process made history in Teahupo’o. Radio 1 reports Vaast 22, an indigenous Tahitian, beat Australia’s Jack Robinson to become the first ... <a title="French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/french-polynesias-homeboy-king-of-teahupoo-wins-olympic-surf-gold/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The West Papuan resistance movement OPM has blamed the tragic death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of the troubled Melanesian region on Indonesia’s security forces and “every nation supporting barbarity”. In a statement today, the OPM (Free Papua Organisation) chairman-commander Jeffrey Bomanak claimed his movement had undertaken ... <a title="OPM blames Indonesia over tragic death of NZ helicopter pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/opm-blames-indonesia-over-tragic-death-of-nz-helicopter-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about OPM blames Indonesia over tragic death of NZ helicopter pilot">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2024
People accused under Papua New Guinea’s Cybercrime Code Act may not always find free speech protection offered by the Constitution. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that this law does not contravene the provisions of Section 46 which provides for freedom of expression. The decision is a serious warning to offending users ... <a title="Landmark PNG Supreme Court ruling toughens cybercrime law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/06/landmark-png-supreme-court-ruling-toughens-cybercrime-law/" aria-label="Read more about Landmark PNG Supreme Court ruling toughens cybercrime law">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times Australian constitutional law expert Professor Anthony Regan believes Fiji’s Coalition government came into power “by the skin of its teeth”. In the face of that, he believes it is not an option to leave the 2013 Constitution “as it is!” Professor Regan spoke at the Fiji ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Democracy – ‘by the skin of its teeth’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/the-fiji-times-democracy-by-the-skin-of-its-teeth/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Democracy – ‘by the skin of its teeth’">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2024
On Wednesday next week, the people of Kiribati go to the polls in the first of two votes for a new government. The second vote is on Monday, August 19, after which nominations will be made for president with that vote to happen in September or October. Don Wiseman spoke with RNZ Pacific correspondent in ... <a title="What are the issues facing Kiribati as it prepares for elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/05/what-are-the-issues-facing-kiribati-as-it-prepares-for-elections/" aria-label="Read more about What are the issues facing Kiribati as it prepares for elections?">Read more</a>
