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March 27, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A rift within French Polynesia’s ruling Tavini Huiraatira party has widened this week, pitting the leadership “old guard” against a younger generation embodied by the territory’s President, Moetai Brotherson. The main reason for the rift is the outcome of the recent French municipal elections, especially in ... <a title="Rift widens within French Polynesia’s ruling party following municipal election losses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/rift-widens-within-french-polynesias-ruling-party-following-municipal-election-losses/" aria-label="Read more about Rift widens within French Polynesia’s ruling party following municipal election losses">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Norfolk Island sees its United States tariff as an acknowledgment of independence from Australia. Norfolk Island, despite being an Australian territory, has been included on Trump’s tariff list. The territory has been given a 29 percent tariff, despite Australia getting only 10 percent. It is home to just over ... <a title="‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s independence hopes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/not-an-extension-of-australia-trumps-tariffs-reinforces-norfolk-islands-independence-hopes/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s independence hopes">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Pape’ete As the ballots were counted after the first day of voting in Mā’ohi Nui/French Polynesia territorial election first round, the “blue wave” of the pro-independence party Tavini Huira’atira led by Oscar Temaru topped the seven party lists competing. Tavini was followed by the pro-French incumbent governing party Tapura ... <a title="Tahiti’s pro-independence party tops vote — another winning streak?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/18/tahitis-pro-independence-party-tops-vote-another-winning-streak/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s pro-independence party tops vote — another winning streak?">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
Tabloid Jubi The Civil Organisations Solidarity for Papua Land has condemned Indonesia’s Papua expansion plan of forming three new provinces risks causing new social conflicts. And the group has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to cancel the plan, according to a statement reports Jubi. The group — comprising the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua), ... <a title="Civil group appeals to Jokowi to cancel Papuan expansion plan to ‘halt conflict’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/civil-group-appeals-to-jokowi-to-cancel-papuan-expansion-plan-to-halt-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Civil group appeals to Jokowi to cancel Papuan expansion plan to ‘halt conflict’">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have been accused of beating two Papuan students with rattan sticks – severely injuring them — while 20 other students have been injured and the Morning Star flag seized in a crackdown on separate protests yesterday across the two Melanesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. The protesters were ... <a title="Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/04/police-beat-papuan-protesters-with-rattan-sticks-20-injured-flag-seized/" aria-label="Read more about Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag seized">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month — just hours before the nomination deadline. The three are Pascale Haiti, Jonathan Tariha’a and Sylviane Terooatea. Haiti, a former member of the French Polynesian Assembly, is the partner of party founder and leader Gaston Flosse, ... <a title="Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/flosses-amuitahiraa-party-names-candidates-for-french-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says that the unilateral creation of three new provinces in Papua by the Indonesian central government is like repeating the management model of Dutch colonial power. National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head researcher Cahyo Pamungkas, who is part of the coalition, said that this policy ... <a title="Humanitarian group slams plan to divide Papua after draft law approved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/humanitarian-group-slams-plan-to-divide-papua-after-draft-law-approved/" aria-label="Read more about Humanitarian group slams plan to divide Papua after draft law approved">Read more</a>
