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May 21, 2020
By Mong Palatino of Global Voices A book excerpt published by The Guardian narrates the survival of six shipwrecked Tongan boys on an island for 15 months in 1965. The story received more than seven million hits in just four days, but some Tongans have pointed out that the story, which foregrounds the point of ... <a title="Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the Flies’ story?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/wheres-the-pacific-voice-in-the-viral-real-lord-of-the-flies-story/" aria-label="Read more about Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the Flies’ story?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The governor of Papua New Guinea’s West Sepik province says people are still defying the official border closure and crossing into Indonesia. Vanimo, the capital of PNG’s West Sepik province, a gateway into Indonesia’s Papua Province and its capital Jayapura Papua New Guinea closed its border with the neighbouring country three months ... <a title="People still slipping across Indonesian border, says PNG governor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/people-still-slipping-across-indonesian-border-says-png-governor/" aria-label="Read more about People still slipping across Indonesian border, says PNG governor">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News The federal government has lodged an appeal to overturn a Federal Court decision recognising the Australian citizenship of a man born in pre-independence Papua New Guinea. Troyzone Zen Lee won a four-year battle with the federal government last month after being told in 2016 he was not an Australian ... <a title="Canberra appeals court ruling that PNG-born man is Australian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/canberra-appeals-court-ruling-that-png-born-man-is-australian/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra appeals court ruling that PNG-born man is Australian">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Australian war correspondent and investigative journalist John Martinkus warns the West Papuan conflict is “reigniting” and “that’s happening now with new weapons and 20-year-olds”. Speaking to a group via Zoom – including Pacific Media Watch – last night at the launch of his new book The ... <a title="West Papua author warns conflict is ‘re-igniting’ with new weapons, youth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/west-papua-author-warns-conflict-is-re-igniting-with-new-weapons-youth/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua author warns conflict is ‘re-igniting’ with new weapons, youth">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Following yesterday’s parliamentary row in the national chamber of Timor-Leste, chaotic scenes were streamed live on social media today for more than half an hour live as police were called. Media consultant Bob Howarth reports that the police were called into the Parliament with rival politicians screaming insults and makng threatening gestures. ... <a title="Chaos in Timor-Leste parliament as politicians try to ‘gag’ deputy speaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/chaos-in-timor-leste-parliament-as-politicians-try-to-gag-deputy-speaker/" aria-label="Read more about Chaos in Timor-Leste parliament as politicians try to ‘gag’ deputy speaker">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ Manu Korihi reporter New Zealand’s border restrictions have cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua’s oldest tourism business, Whakarewarewa Village, forcing its people to re-invent its services in order to survive. Ngāti Wāhiao has opened its doors to tourists there for more than 120 years, offering tours ... <a title="Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/whakarewarewa-a-silence-not-heard-in-100-years-thanks-to-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
By Evaristo Soares Martins and Robert Baird in Dili The Vice-President of Timor-Leste’s National Parliament, Maria Angelina Sarmento, has been physically removed from a plenary session after she tried to claim the president’s chair. The chamber erupted into farce yesterday as members of parliamentary President – or Speaker – Arão Noé Amaral’s CNRT party blocked ... <a title="Vice-president forced out of Timorese Parliament in bitter row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/vice-president-forced-out-of-timorese-parliament-in-bitter-row/" aria-label="Read more about Vice-president forced out of Timorese Parliament in bitter row">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
By Gynnie Kero in Madang Five men have died in a shootout with Papua New Guinea police near Madang after they tried to hold up a bus police officers were travelling in on the Lae-Madang highway. Madang commander Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said police were tipped off about the planned hold-up of the bus, and ... <a title="Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/five-holdup-bandits-killed-by-png-police-posing-as-bus-passengers/" aria-label="Read more about Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discusses a new book today on West Papua, The Road: Uprising in West Papua, reviewed by Professor David Robie, in his weekly 95bFM segment Southern Cross. The book is authored by Australian investigative journalist John Martinkus who has covered wars and conflicts in Asia and ... <a title="Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/southern-cross-features-the-road-and-papuan-repression/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
REVIEW: By David Robie The 4300-km Trans-Papuan Highway costing some US$1.4 billion was supposed to bring “wealth, development and prosperity” to the isolated regions of West Papua. At least, that’s how the planners and politicians envisaged the highway far away in their Jakarta offices. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is so enthusiastic about the project as ... <a title="West Papua’s highway of blood – a case of development or destruction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/west-papuas-highway-of-blood-a-case-of-development-or-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s highway of blood – a case of development or destruction?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
By RNZ News Many people have revelled in a return to a simpler life in recent weeks. While lockdown restrictions are eased in many places around the world, people will return to a faster-paced, more cluttered lifestyle. But does it have to be that way? Can we live a simpler life post-lockdown? With a dramatic ... <a title="Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/covid-19-pandemic-spells-end-of-neoliberal-era-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2020
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer You might not know his face, but Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most valuable and memorable contributors to the daily Covid-19 briefings. He explains what it has been like covering a pandemic in a still Pākehā-dominated press gallery. The near-daily media briefings on Covid-19 often ... <a title="A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/17/a-lone-maori-voice-raising-te-ao-issues-at-the-covid-19-briefings/" aria-label="Read more about A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings">Read more</a>
