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March 18, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand’s National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and closer alignment with the US, which supports a Netanyahu government strongly opposed to a Palestinian state In the last 17 months, Gaza has been the scene of what ... <a title="New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/new-zealand-and-gaza-confronting-and-not-confronting-the-unspeakable/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Columbia Journalism School Freedom of the press — a bedrock principle of American democracy — is under threat in the United States. Here at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism we are witnessing and experiencing an alarming chill. We write to affirm our commitment to supporting and exercising First Amendment rights for students, faculty, and ... <a title="Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/free-press-under-threat-in-us-columbia-j-school-speaks-out/" aria-label="Read more about Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A Fijian academic believes Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s failed attempt to garner enough parliamentary support to change the country’s 2013 Constitution “is only the beginning”. Last week, Rabuka fell short in his efforts to secure the support of three-quarters of the members of Parliament to amend sections 159 and ... <a title="Fijian academic says PM’s plans to change constitution ‘might take a while’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/fijian-academic-says-pms-plans-to-change-constitution-might-take-a-while/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian academic says PM’s plans to change constitution ‘might take a while’">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Peter Cronau for Declassified Australia Australia is caught in a jam, between an assertive American ally and a bold Chinese trading partner. America is accelerating its pivot to the Indo-Pacific, building up its fighting forces and expanding its military bases. As Australia tries to navigate a pathway between America’s and Australia’s national ... <a title="Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/australias-defence-navigating-us-china-tensions-in-changing-world/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former US diplomat, Nabeel Khoury, says President Donald Trump’s decision to launch attacks against the Houthis is misguided, and this will not subdue them. “For our president who came in wanting to avoid war and wanting to be a man of peace, he’s going about it the wrong way,” he said. ... <a title="Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/former-us-envoy-slams-air-attacks-on-houthis-nz-protesters-recite-poetry/" aria-label="Read more about Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recalled that 20 journalists were killed during the six-year Philippines presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, a regime marked by fierce repression of the press. Former president Duterte was arrested earlier this week as part of an International Criminal Court investigation into crimes against ... <a title="Former Filipino Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/former-filipino-dutertes-arrest-by-the-icc-20-journalists-killed-during-his-presidency/" aria-label="Read more about Former Filipino Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Hagatna, Guam Debate on Guam’s future as a US territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a US state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and expansionist declarations by the Trump administration. Located closer to Beijing than Hawai’i, Guam serves as a key US ... <a title="Guam at decolonisation ‘crossroads’ with resolution on US statehood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/guam-at-decolonisation-crossroads-with-resolution-on-us-statehood/" aria-label="Read more about Guam at decolonisation ‘crossroads’ with resolution on US statehood">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Greg Barns When it comes to antisemitism, politicians in Australia are often quick to jump on the claim without waiting for evidence. With notable and laudable exceptions like the Greens and independents such as Tasmanian federal MP Andrew Wilkie, it seems any allegation will do when it comes to the opportunity to imply ... <a title="No apologies over fabricated terror plot from pollies or lobby groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/15/no-apologies-over-fabricated-terror-plot-from-pollies-or-lobby-groups/" aria-label="Read more about No apologies over fabricated terror plot from pollies or lobby groups">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2025
By Emma Andrews, RNZ Henare te Ua Māori journalism intern Māori contributions to the Aotearoa New Zealand economy have far surpassed the projected goal of “$100 billion by 2030”, a new report has revealed. The report conducted by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) and Te Puni Kōkiri, Te Ōhanga Māori 2023, shows ... <a title="Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/15/dramatic-growth-of-nzs-maori-economy-highlights-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The late Member of Parliament Jeton Anjain and the people of the nuclear test-affected Rongelap Atoll changed the course of the history of the Marshall Islands by using Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship to evacuate their radioactive home islands ... <a title="Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/15/marshall-islands-how-the-rongelap-evacuation-changed-the-course-of-history/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis New Zealand-based Canadian billionaire James Grenon owes the people of this country an immediate explanation of his intentions regarding media conglomerate NZME. This cannot wait until a shareholders’ meeting at the end of April. Is his investment in the owner of The New Zealand Herald and NewstalkZB nothing more than a ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Canadian billionaire must explain his designs on NZME – now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/14/gavin-ellis-canadian-billionaire-must-explain-his-designs-on-nzme-now/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Canadian billionaire must explain his designs on NZME – now">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2025
By Sera Sefeti and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Pacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from the key declaration of the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This year CSW69 will review and assess the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration, ... <a title="Pacific ‘shock’ as diluted UN women’s declaration ditches reproductive rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/14/pacific-shock-as-diluted-un-womens-declaration-ditches-reproductive-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘shock’ as diluted UN women’s declaration ditches reproductive rights">Read more</a>
