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October 19, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves host The future of the Manawanui wreckage and potential compensation payments remain a major talking point in Samoa. The Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground on a reef off the south coast of Upolu in October last year and sank. New ... <a title="‘We’re eating tinned fish’ – Samoa villagers plead for Manawanui wreckage compensation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/19/were-eating-tinned-fish-samoa-villagers-plead-for-manawanui-wreckage-compensation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re eating tinned fish’ – Samoa villagers plead for Manawanui wreckage compensation">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist People on Guam are “disappointed” and “heartbroken” that radiation exposure compensation is not being extended to them, says the president of the Pacific Association for Radiation Survivors (PARS), Robert Celestial. He said they were disappointed for many reasons. “Congress seems to not understand that we are no different than ... <a title="Guam nuclear radiation survivors ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from compensation bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/guam-nuclear-radiation-survivors-heartbroken-over-exclusion-from-compensation-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Guam nuclear radiation survivors ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from compensation bill">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2024
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea. The lawsuit against Rio Tinto and its subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is seeking compensation, expected ... <a title="Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/13/rio-tinto-class-action-begins-over-toxic-bougainville-mine-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2024
By Dale Luma in Port Moresby “We want grants and not concessional loans,” is the crisp message from Papua New Guinea businesses directly affected by the Black Wednesday looting four months ago. The businesses, which lost millions after the January 10 rioting and looting, say they need grants as part of the government’s Restock and ... <a title="PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/01/png-businesses-want-grants-not-loans-over-black-wednesday-riots/" aria-label="Read more about PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2022
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist After two weeks of negotiations at the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP27) talks at an Egyptian resort, it is now down to the wire. Diplomats have created proposals on the controversial loss and damage agenda that will be decided upon by politicians. Robust discussions at the resort town ... <a title="COP27 finale: Leaders debate climate damage funding for Pacific nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/19/cop27-finale-leaders-debate-climate-damage-funding-for-pacific-nations/" aria-label="Read more about COP27 finale: Leaders debate climate damage funding for Pacific nations">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French nuclear compensation commission CIVEN says that last year it paid out US$16.6 million to victims of France’s nuclear weapons tests. France tested 193 atomic weapons in French Polynesia over three decades from 1966 to 1996 after abandoning its testing regime in Algeria. In its report for 2021, the commission said it ... <a title="France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/28/france-pays-out-us16m-on-nearly-100-tahiti-nuclear-compensation-claims/" aria-label="Read more about France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Over the past 50 years, France has continued to deny the tragedies of nuclear testing in French Occupied Polynesia by propagating the theory of “clean nuclear tests”. Image: Youngsolwara Pacific Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Moana activists, campaigners, scholars, researchers and Green MPs gathered today in a show of solidarity for Tahiti’s Ma’ohi Lives Matter rally ... <a title="NZ nuclear-free activists, campaigners join Tahiti’s Mā’ohi Lives Matter rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/nz-nuclear-free-activists-campaigners-join-tahitis-maohi-lives-matter-rally/" aria-label="Read more about NZ nuclear-free activists, campaigners join Tahiti’s Mā’ohi Lives Matter rally">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
RNZ News A co-founder of the Polynesian Panthers says the government should allow overstayers to remain in New Zealand after it formally apologises for the Dawn Raids later this month. An emotional Minister for Pacific Peoples, ‘Aupito William Sio, also revealed today harrowing details of his own family’s subjection to the notorious police raids of ... <a title="‘Terror in our society that money can’t pay for’, Polynesian Panthers founder tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/terror-in-our-society-that-money-cant-pay-for-polynesian-panthers-founder-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror in our society that money can’t pay for’, Polynesian Panthers founder tells NZ">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
RNZ Pacific The chair of the board of French Polynesia’s social security agency CPS has called on the French state to pay for the medical costs caused by its nuclear weapons tests. Patrick Galenon, who is also a leading trade unionist, has written to the French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu as France plans a high-level ... <a title="France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/france-asked-to-pay-for-tahiti-nuke-victims-ahead-of-paris-summit/" aria-label="Read more about France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris summit">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The French nuclear compensation commission, CIVEN, says it will soon report on how to respond to last month’s Supreme Court reinstatement of some compensation claims from French Polynesia. The court approved the validity of two claims by nuclear weapons test victims thrown out last year, saying the old eligibility criteria were still ... <a title="France drags its heel over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/france-drags-its-heel-over-nuclear-compensation-claims-from-tahiti/" aria-label="Read more about France drags its heel over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti">Read more</a>
