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January 31, 2026
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal / RNZ Pacific correspondent The death earlier this month of a 26-year veteran of the US Army from the Micronesian island of Kosrae, who was an ardent advocate for healthcare benefits for island veterans, highlights the ongoing lack of promised US healthcare support for those who served in ... <a title="Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/31/micronesia-island-us-military-veterans-struggle-to-get-healthcare/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent United States immigration and deportation enforcement continues to ramp up, impacting on Marshallese and Micronesians in new and unprecedented ways. The Trump administration’s directive to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and deport massive numbers of potentially illegal aliens, including those with convictions from decades ... <a title="ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/19/ice-deportation-action-lands-marshallese-micronesians-in-guantanamo-terror-base/" aria-label="Read more about ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
The first of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior crew and the return of Rainbow Warrior III 40 years later on a nuclear justice research mission. SPECIAL REPORT: By Shiva Gounden in Majuro Family isn’t just ... <a title="‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ – Rainbow Warrior in Marshall Islands 40 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/were-not-just-welcoming-you-as-allies-but-as-family-rainbow-warrior-in-marshall-islands-40-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ – Rainbow Warrior in Marshall Islands 40 years on">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer Marshall Islands defence provisions could “fairly easily” be considered to run against the nuclear-free treaty that they are now a signatory to, says a veteran Pacific journalist and editor. The South Pacific’s nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament treaty, known as the Treaty of ... <a title="Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/10/concern-us-presence-could-run-against-marshall-islands-nuclear-free-treaty/" aria-label="Read more about Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90 percent of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funding means “nothing’s safe right now,” a regional political analyst says. President Donald Trump’s government has said it is slashing about US$60 billion in overall US development and humanitarian assistance around ... <a title="Political analyst hopes NZ, Australia will ‘step up’ over USAID cuts gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/political-analyst-hopes-nz-australia-will-step-up-over-usaid-cuts-gap/" aria-label="Read more about Political analyst hopes NZ, Australia will ‘step up’ over USAID cuts gap">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed to 20-year extensions of funding arrangements as part of security and defence treaties. The Federated States of Micronesia signed off on a nearly-final Compact ... <a title="US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/us-envoy-gets-two-of-three-north-pacific-nations-to-sign-defence-deals/" aria-label="Read more about US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2023
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan, editor-in-chief of the Pacific Island Times The Federated States of Micronesia will receive more US economic assistance under the Compact of Free Association in exchange for the Pacific nation’s broader role in regional security that entails expanded military use of its land, water and air. “Of paramount importance is that our nation’s ... <a title="US to boost aid to Micronesia in exchange for broader military role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/17/us-to-boost-aid-to-micronesia-in-exchange-for-broader-military-role/" aria-label="Read more about US to boost aid to Micronesia in exchange for broader military role">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2022
RNZ Pacific The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution aimed at assisting the Marshall Islands to get justice in the aftermath of the United States nuclear testing. “We have suffered the cancer of the nuclear legacy for far too long and we need to find a way forward to a better future ... <a title="UNHRC adopts resolution to help Marshall Islands over nuclear legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/11/unhrc-adopts-resolution-to-help-marshall-islands-over-nuclear-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about UNHRC adopts resolution to help Marshall Islands over nuclear legacy">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2022
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent On the eve of the US Pacific Islands Summit in Washington, a key ally in the region called off a scheduled negotiating session for a treaty Washington views as an essential hedge against China in the region. The Marshall Islands and the ... <a title="Marshall Islands calls off talks after no US response on nuclear legacy plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/26/marshall-islands-calls-off-talks-after-no-us-response-on-nuclear-legacy-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands calls off talks after no US response on nuclear legacy plan">Read more</a>
