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April 29, 2026
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A woman whose great-grandparents — all eight of them — were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into her debut novel. The result is Banjara, a novel partly based on what she found, which is told through the eyes of two women more than 100 years apart. Author, ... <a title="Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/girmitiya-ancestry-the-inspiration-behind-fiji-writers-debut-novel/" aria-label="Read more about Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) is like a big house or boat, says Reverend Dr Ambirek G. Socratez Yoman, owned by the people and the nation of West Papua. Upon this big boat rests prayers, hopes, longings, struggles, dreams, and ideals with a profound sense of justice, ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the Papuan dream in Vanuatu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/yamin-kogoya-rev-yomans-message-of-hope-and-prayers-for-the-papuan-dream-in-vanuatu/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the Papuan dream in Vanuatu">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Anton Lutz The sun rises over a strange landscape. Come with me and meet these people over here. Even though they have stayed awake all night, now that the sun has risen, they are jumping up and down, singing happy songs and even expressing tears of joy. Next to them, there is a ... <a title="Break this cycle of sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/break-this-cycle-of-sorcery-related-violence-in-papua-new-guinea/" aria-label="Read more about Break this cycle of sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea">Read more</a>
