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August 20, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The New Zealand Green Party co-leader suspended over criticising government MPs over a “spineless” stance over Gaza has called for action. Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said in an interview with Al Jazeera that public pressure was mounting on governments to end the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The politician continues to push for ... <a title="Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right side of history’ over Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/suspended-green-mp-tells-al-jazeera-nz-must-stand-on-right-side-of-history-over-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right side of history’ over Palestine">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Eighty years after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the Second World War, the threat of nuclear fallout remains. Last Monday, the UN Human Rights Council issued a formal communication to the Japanese government regarding serious concerns raised by Pacific ... <a title="Activists call for Pacific nuclear justice, global unity and victim support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/activists-call-for-pacific-nuclear-justice-global-unity-and-victim-support/" aria-label="Read more about Activists call for Pacific nuclear justice, global unity and victim support">Read more</a>
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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 26, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Japan yesterday began the decades-long release of more than one million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean in defiance of protests across the region. Protesters in Auckland decried New Zealand’s “convenient silence” on Japan’s nuclear waste release at a rally. Among the crowd was a young ... <a title="‘The ocean is suffering’ – protesters fume over NZ silence on Fukushima wastewater dump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/26/the-ocean-is-suffering-protesters-fume-over-nz-silence-on-fukushima-wastewater-dump/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The ocean is suffering’ – protesters fume over NZ silence on Fukushima wastewater dump">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Aotearoa, the longest running women’s peace group in New Zealand, has called on the Japanese government to change its plan to release treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean. The protest comes as Pacific leaders remain ... <a title="NZ women’s peace group protests over imminent Fukushima nuclear wastewater release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/23/nz-womens-peace-group-protests-over-imminent-fukushima-nuclear-wastewater-release/" aria-label="Read more about NZ women’s peace group protests over imminent Fukushima nuclear wastewater release">Read more</a>
