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July 15, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist New Zealand will not send top government representation to the Cook Islands for its 60th Constitution Day celebrations in three weeks’ time. Instead, Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro will represent Aotearoa in Rarotonga. On August 4, Cook Islands will mark 60 years of self-governance in free association with New Zealand. ... <a title="Luxon and Peters to miss Cook Islands’ 60th Constitution Day celebrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/15/luxon-and-peters-to-miss-cook-islands-60th-constitution-day-celebrations/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon and Peters to miss Cook Islands’ 60th Constitution Day celebrations">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell In February 2025, Dr Diana Sarfati resigned, not unexpectedly, as Director-General of Health after only two years into her five-year term. As a medical specialist, and in her role as developing the successful cancer control agency, she had extensive experience in New Zealand’s health system. However, she did not conform to ... <a title="Health chief ‘conductor of an orchestra who’s never played an instrument’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/health-chief-conductor-of-an-orchestra-whos-never-played-an-instrument/" aria-label="Read more about Health chief ‘conductor of an orchestra who’s never played an instrument’">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
RNZ News The prime ministers of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea have signed a new statement of partnership marking 50 years of bilateral relations between the two countries. The document — which focuses on education, trade, security, agriculture and fisheries — was signed by Christopher Luxon and James Marape at the Beehive in Wellington ... <a title="PNG’s Marape and NZ’s Luxon sign new partnership marking 50 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/pngs-marape-and-nzs-luxon-sign-new-partnership-marking-50-years/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape and NZ’s Luxon sign new partnership marking 50 years">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Two independent Jewish Voices groups in Aotearoa New Zealand have written an open letter to the government condemning the Zionist “colonisation” project leading to genocide and criticising the role of the NZ Jewish Council for its “unelected” and “uncritical support” for Israel. The groups, Alternative Jewish Voices and Dayenu: New Zealand Jews ... <a title="Open letter from local Jewish Voices condemns Zionist ‘colonisation’ project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/open-letter-from-local-jewish-voices-condemns-zionist-colonisation-project/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from local Jewish Voices condemns Zionist ‘colonisation’ project">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2025
By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist New Zealand should be robust in its response to the “unacceptable” situation in Gaza but it must also back its allies against threats by the US President, says an international relations academic. Otago University professor of international relations Robert Patman said the rest of the world also “should ... <a title="NZ must take robust Gaza stance – ‘stop tip-toeing’ around Trump, warns academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/09/nz-must-take-robust-gaza-stance-stop-tip-toeing-around-trump-warns-academic/" aria-label="Read more about NZ must take robust Gaza stance – ‘stop tip-toeing’ around Trump, warns academic">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2025
LETTER: By John Minto With the temporary ceasefire agreement, we should take our hats off to the Palestinian people of Gaza who have withstood a total military onslaught from Israel but without surrendering or shifting from their land. Over 15 months Israel has dropped well over 70,000 tonnes of bombs on this tiny 360 sq ... <a title="John Minto: A triumph of the human spirit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/19/john-minto-a-triumph-of-the-human-spirit/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: A triumph of the human spirit">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2024
By Ella Stewart, (Ngāpuhi, Te Māhurehure, Ngāti Manu), RNZ longform journalist, Te Ao Māori On a sticky day in January, dozens of nannies and aunties from Tainui shook and waved fronds of greenery as they called manuhiri onto Tuurangawaewae Marae. More than 10,000 people had responded to a rare call for unity from the Māori ... <a title="Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/29/hui-protests-kotahitanga-and-a-new-kuini-a-historic-year-for-maoridom/" aria-label="Read more about Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
RNZ News More than 35,000 people today gathered as Aotearoa New Zealand’s Hīkoi mō te Tiriti overflowed from Parliament’s grounds and onto nearby streets in the capital Wellington Pōneke. Eru Kapa-Kingi told the crowd “Māori nation has been born” today and that “Te Tiriti is forever”. ACT leader David Seymour was met with chants of ... <a title="Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/hikoi-day-9-35000-join-as-treaty-principles-bill-protest-reaches-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches Parliament">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2024
By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter Survivors of abuse in care arrived at Parliament today to hear the formal apology from the state which oversaw and inflicted harm on children. Public sector leaders from Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry of Health, New Zealand Police, and Ministry of Education also apologised, as did the public service ... <a title="NZ abuse in care apology called PR stunt,’tokenistic’ by some survivors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/12/nz-abuse-in-care-apology-called-pr-stunttokenistic-by-some-survivors/" aria-label="Read more about NZ abuse in care apology called PR stunt,’tokenistic’ by some survivors">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland. He was holding a press conference yesterday after a walkabout with police to discuss concerns with businesses in the CBD. Luxon was talking with media when one of his security officers could be seen coming ... <a title="PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/pm-luxons-security-cut-short-visit-ahead-of-palestine-protest/" aria-label="Read more about PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will stop over in Port Moresby today for a quick bilateral with Prime Minister James Marape before setting off to Japan. Luxon hosted Chinese Premier Li Qiang in New Zealand this week before flying off to Japan through Port Moresby. Luxon has recently returned from a trip ... <a title="NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/16/nzs-luxon-briefly-stopping-over-to-see-marape-in-port-moresby/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand will make its annual payment of $1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as scheduled. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has confirmed the news in a tweet. “This follows careful consideration of the UN’s response — including through external and internal investigations — to serious allegations against ... <a title="NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/nz-to-make-unrwa-payment-after-gaza-controversy-says-peters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters">Read more</a>
