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January 26, 2026
RNZ Pacific Samoan playwright, author and poet Papali’i Sia Figiel has died in prison, according to local media reports. Local media, citing sources at the country’s main correctional facility in Apia, are reporting that Papali’i, 58, was found dead in her prison cell on Monday. She was being held at Tanumalala Prison, awaiting her next ... <a title="Samoan playwright found dead in prison, local media report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/samoan-playwright-found-dead-in-prison-local-media-report/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan playwright found dead in prison, local media report">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Saige England I unequivocally support Irish author Sally Rooney with all my heart and soul. The author risks imprisonment for donating funds from her books and the TV series based on Normal People to a Palestinian group. Once again the United Kingdom tells Palestinians who they should support. Go figure.In her opinion piece ... <a title="Saige England: Why I have spent a decade proudly standing with Palestinians and I will never stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/saige-england-why-i-have-spent-a-decade-proudly-standing-with-palestinians-and-i-will-never-stop/" aria-label="Read more about Saige England: Why I have spent a decade proudly standing with Palestinians and I will never stop">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi From Island girl to an airline pilot seems like the Disney fantasy Moana yet nothing could further from the truth when it comes to Silva McLeod who turned fantasy into reality with heartbreak along the way. Born in the small Tongan village of Vava’u in the days when we watched and ... <a title="Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’ says Tongan pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/fantasy-like-moana-no-i-just-wanted-to-tell-my-story-says-tongan-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’ says Tongan pilot">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2022
By Rappler National Artist for Literature F Sionil Jose has died in the Philippines. He was 97. His death was announced by the Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) in a Facebook post. According to the post, Jose was declared dead at 9:30 pm last evening at the Makati Medical Center, where ... <a title="Filipino national artist, critic and columnist F Sionil Jose dies at 97" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/10/filipino-national-artist-critic-and-columnist-f-sionil-jose-dies-at-97/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino national artist, critic and columnist F Sionil Jose dies at 97">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (USP), and his wife Sandra Price on the morning of Thursday, February 4, during their long and unexpected plane journey back to Brisbane after their shock expulsion from Fiji brought back ... <a title="Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/fijis-actions-threaten-to-unwind-the-pacifics-great-experiment-in-regional-education-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2020
By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since November. He had travelled to Christchurch for a writers’ festival on a one-month visa and was supported by Amnesty International. He was detained in Manus Island and in Port ... <a title="NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/nz-grants-kurdish-iranian-author-behrouz-boochani-refugee-status/" aria-label="Read more about NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status">Read more</a>
