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May 5, 2026
By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of court battles, police raids, and vicious online abuse. The 2026 World Press Freedom Index, released last Thursday by Reporters Without Borders, shows Fiji climbing to ... <a title="Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fijis-media-win-in-world-press-freedom-index-overshadowed-by-threats-and-court-summons/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons">Read more</a>
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Asia Pacific Report - John Minto
Forough Amin in her opinion piece “The consequences of selective morality” (The Press, 28 April 2026) argues that the Palestine solidarity movement’s call for sanctions against Israel is “selective morality”. She says we should be calling out all human rights abuses everywhere — which in her case means Iran.
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April 26, 2026
Asia Pacific Report An official of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) praised this month’s High Court judicial ruling over New Zealand Superfund “unreasonable and unlawful” investment policies towards Israeli companies — but warned that the fund management would need to shape up. Speaking at the PSNA rally at Te Komititanga Square today in week ... <a title="Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/26/public-praise-for-high-court-ruling-on-nz-superfund-policies-on-israeli-companies/" aria-label="Read more about Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The planning and policy committee of New Zealand’s largest city today voted decisively to review its procurement policies to ensure it is in step with the UN Human Rights Council which has listed companies complicit with illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territory. Auckland Council is the local body governing a ... <a title="Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/19/auckland-council-committee-votes-to-review-illegal-israeli-settlement-policies/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Prabhat Patnaik It is the people of the Global South, not governments, who must resist this subversion of the concepts of the “nation’ and of non-alignment. The Indian government’s position on the US-Israeli war against Iran shows an unbelievable degree of pusillanimity. India attended the recent meeting of about 50 countries called by ... <a title="Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/neoliberalism-caused-two-fractures-in-the-world-why-irans-resistance-is-so-vital/" aria-label="Read more about Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The planning and policy committee of New Zealand’s largest city today voted decisively to investigate sanctioning companies listed by the UN Human Right Council that are alleged to be complicit with the illegal Israeli occupation and settlements in Palestine Territory. Auckland Council is the local body governing a “super city” with a ... <a title="Auckland council votes to probe sanctioning Israel over war crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/auckland-council-votes-to-probe-sanctioning-israel-over-war-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland council votes to probe sanctioning Israel over war crimes">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kaveh As an Iranian living in New Zealand, I wake up every morning to the quiet green hills and the calm sea, but my mind is always thousands of kilometres away in Iran. The news from home hits differently when you are far away. You feel helpless, but you sometimes also see things ... <a title="Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their own future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/why-iran-will-never-break-and-iranians-will-decide-their-own-future/" aria-label="Read more about Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their own future">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of protesters took part in the “Stop Wars Aotearoa” rallies across New Zealand today, calling for an end to the illegal war on Iran and the brutal onslaught on Lebanon this week breaching a fragile two-week truce. While high-powered delegations from Iran and the United States were arriving in Islamabad for ... <a title="Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/12/protesters-rally-across-aotearoa-in-condemnation-of-israel-us-warmongering-and-shameful-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich An hour before Trump said he’d cause the death of a “whole civilisation” if Iran didn’t open the strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official said the shipping channel would be reopened for two weeks if the United States stopped bombing Iran. The US has now stopped bombing Iran. So we’re back ... <a title="Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/robert-reich-lessons-on-how-to-defeat-donald-trump-every-time/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2026
There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Michael West Media reports on Australia’s quiet complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown When the bombs fell on Gaza, Australia was quiet. When the hospitals were destroyed, when ... <a title="Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/08/ignoring-genocide-the-bill-for-australias-silence-has-arrived/" aria-label="Read more about Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, of Sh’ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices Vietnam survived Nixon’s madman theory and the world survived the era of mutually assured destruction. Now we face the moment of two super-empowered shitheads. There is nothing nicer to call them. Who will stop two self-obsessed, very old men, already dedicated to tearing down ... <a title="‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back from the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/08/someone-everyone-stop-them-and-now-trump-has-pulled-back-from-the-brink/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back from the brink">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
OPEN LETTER: By Nureddin Abdurahman to NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters Minister, You are about to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time of real global tension. Moments like this define countries. My great-grandfather fought fascism. In 1935, when fascist Italy invaded my country of birth, Ethiopia, then Abyssinia, Emperor Haile Selassie ... <a title="Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/open-letter-to-peters-we-fought-fascism-why-are-we-silent-now/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent now?">Read more</a>
