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April 17, 2023
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand government has committed $15 million to support Solomon Islands provincial administrations to strengthen climate resilience at the grassroots level. Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni, who is on a three-country Pacific tour, made the announcement in Honiara today, with the funding coming out of the $1.3 billion ... <a title="NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/nz-boosts-support-for-grassroots-climate-action-in-solomon-islands/" aria-label="Read more about NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change warns “there’s going to be a lot of hardship” for people waiting for their crops to grow back as dry rations are distributed to communities. Minister Ralph Regenvanu said the main food push started in the middle of last week, with only a small ... <a title="Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/vanuatu-minister-says-harvests-will-take-time-to-recover-after-cyclones/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2021
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific deputy news editor Experts are warning that development gains across the Pacific region over the past 10 years could be undone due to the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic. The aid organisation World Vision wants a once in a life time multinational effort to rebuild Pacific livelihoods that have been ... <a title="Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/18/aftershocks-of-covid-19-threaten-to-undo-gains-across-pacific-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama describes FRIEND as a “proxy for the opposition”. Video: Fiji Village By Dhanjay Deo in Suva Opposition National Federation Party (NFP) leader Professor Biman Prasad says this week’s attack by Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum on the non-government organisation, Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises Development (FRIEND) is “shameful and disgraceful”. Prasad said ... <a title="Prasad condemns Fiji AG’s attack on FRIEND as ‘shameful, disgraceful’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/prasad-condemns-fiji-ags-attack-on-friend-as-shameful-disgraceful/" aria-label="Read more about Prasad condemns Fiji AG’s attack on FRIEND as ‘shameful, disgraceful’">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues that members believe the New Zealand government should be pursuing with Indonesia. Leary has a strong track record on Pacific human rights issues having worked in Fiji as a television ... <a title="West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/west-papua-action-group-raises-human-rights-issues-with-taieri-mp/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
By RNZ Pacific More than 4000 people are still in evacuation centres in Fiji nearly two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck. Relief supplies are getting out to affected areas, but there is growing concern about the risk of disease. Officials said 4035 people were in 84 evacuation centres, most of them in the northern ... <a title="Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/thousands-still-in-evacuation-centres-in-fiji-after-tropical-cyclone-yasa/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2020
By Ben Bilua of Wansolwara News Solomon Islands students studying at universities in Fiji have braved the rain to donate food, clothing and cash to 18 families who were badly affected by last month’s Tropical Cyclone Harold. Solomon Islands Students Association (SISA) president Peter Maclean and Solomon Islands Education Attaché to Fiji Francis Tavava led ... <a title="Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/solomon-islands-students-help-out-fiji-victims-of-tc-harold-restore-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore lives">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand is providing NZ$1 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Suva, Fiji, to support its Pacific Action Plan for Covid-19 coronavirus preparedness and response. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced that New Zealand is partnering with countries in the Pacific to ensure they are prepared for, and able ... <a title="NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/nz-pledges-1m-for-who-in-coronavirus-support-to-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fiji expects a total value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2019-2020 to be F$154.4 million, reports FBC News. According to FBC’s northern editor Elenoa Turagaiviu, this will consist of $13.8 million to be disbursed as cash grants and $140.6 million of aid-in-kind contributions. According to the 2019-2020 Budget Supplement, the ... <a title="$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/154m-earmarked-for-development-assistance-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about $154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is coming under increasing pressure from his own MPs to switch the country’s political allegiance from Taiwan to China, report local news media. Solomon Islands is one of 17 nations that give diplomatic recognition to Taiwan, which provides Solomon Islands with many millions of dollars in ... <a title="Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/solomons-pm-under-pressure-to-switch-allegiance-from-taiwan-to-china/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
By Sri Krishnamurthi A new Pacific aid mapping tool developed by the Lowy Institute think tank is set to immeasurably improve transparency in aid in the region. In an Auckland first, the aid mapping tool was put on show last night by the NZ Institute for Pacific Research as a curtainraiser to the two-day inaugural ... <a title="Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/pacific-aid-mapping-tool-aimed-at-improving-transparency-in-region/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2018
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