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October 10, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk By officially passing the controversial Omnibus Law on Job Creation this week, Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR), has triggered widespread protests and accusations of “betrayal”, reports CNN Indonesia. The House passed the law in a plenary session on Monday and accelerated the scheduled ratification – which had been planned for Thursday, ... <a title="Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/10/environmental-movement-condemns-indonesias-betrayal-of-the-people/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Ford, University of Canterbury; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury, and Kevin Watson, University of Canterbury When New Zealand Health Minister Chris Hipkins recently quipped that the Green Party is “to some extent the conscience of the Labour Party” he was not simply referring to polls suggesting Labour may need the Greens’ support ... <a title="How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/how-the-greens-have-changed-the-nz-language-of-economic-debate/" aria-label="Read more about How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggested that ten percent of the world’s population may have been infected with Covid19. While my estimates fall well short of this number for the world as a whole, they certainly show many countries with higher infection rates to date than ten percent. The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid-19 Case Estimates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-case-estimates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid-19 Case Estimates">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter A third referendum on independence from France looms in New Caledonia unless talks over the next six months satisfy the aspirations of the Kanak people for more self-rule. On Saturday, the French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu is due in New Caledonia to gauge the positions of local politicians while ... <a title="Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/opponents-scramble-to-avoid-new-caledonias-third-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2020
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Aucklanders are being warned not to be caught napping again when it comes to the covid-19 pandemic. New Zealand’s largest city is preparing to join the rest of the country in alert level 1 from Thursday. But some experts are worried the government has kept no extra precautions ... <a title="Aucklanders warned not to fall into a ‘slumber’ again over covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/06/aucklanders-warned-not-to-fall-into-a-slumber-again-over-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Aucklanders warned not to fall into a ‘slumber’ again over covid">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2020
By RNZ News Housing and climate change caused the most heated exchanges at TVNZ’s young voters debate in New Zealand last night, an event far more colourful than last week’s debate between Labour leader and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and National leader Judith Collins. Kiri Allan from Labour, Simeon Brown from National, Chlöe Swarbrick from ... <a title="Politicians try to woo young voters in fiery NZ election debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/29/politicians-try-to-woo-young-voters-in-fiery-nz-election-debate/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians try to woo young voters in fiery NZ election debate">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua By RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcibly dispersed hundreds of West Papuan university students holding a demonstration in the provincial capital of Jayapura. The students were peacefully protesting against the extension of special autonomy status in ... <a title="Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/armed-indonesian-police-break-up-papuan-protest-at-university/" aria-label="Read more about Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s opposition has called on the government to explain the paralysing martial law type restrictions that has crippled the economy and will take years to return to normal, reports the PNG Post-Courier. Opposition Leader Belden Namah said blaming covid-19 was not good enough and has called for an immediate ... <a title="PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/png-oppositions-namah-calls-for-end-to-martial-law-like-restrictions/" aria-label="Read more about PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti’s prison and infected 20 people. The French High Commission said that after two cases were detected among corrections staff, tests had revealed an initial tally of 13. A second round of testing then found another four cases among staff and three among the ... <a title="Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/tahitis-nuutania-prison-detects-covid-19-outbreak-with-20-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
By Ivany Atina Arbi in Jakarta Indonesia saw a one-day record of 4465 new covid-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 257,388 nationwide, government data shows. More than 4000 new covid-19 cases have been reported per day since Monday. At least 9977 people have succumbed to the disease so far, ... <a title="Survey shows many Indonesians think ‘covid doesn’t exist’ amid new spike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/survey-shows-many-indonesians-think-covid-doesnt-exist-amid-new-spike/" aria-label="Read more about Survey shows many Indonesians think ‘covid doesn’t exist’ amid new spike">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
By Michael Field French Polynesian authorities are conceding the Pacific territory of 280,000 people will probably have 100,000 cases of covid-19 by the end of the year. Most of those affected will be young Polynesians and authorities seem comforted by this, as their medical system can cope and they expect few deaths. There are indications ... <a title="100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/100000-polynesians-with-covid-by-years-end-warn-tahiti-officials/" aria-label="Read more about 100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
COMMENT: By Ziena Jalil Diversity was in the spotlight last week. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori were embraced throughout organisations and homes. We also had the annual Diversity Awards NZ celebrating the organisations championing diversity and inclusion in workplaces. Tellingly, most award recipients talked about ensuring our workplaces ... <a title="Ziena Jalil: Why ticking the diversity boxes keeps missing the mark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/ziena-jalil-why-ticking-the-diversity-boxes-keeps-missing-the-mark/" aria-label="Read more about Ziena Jalil: Why ticking the diversity boxes keeps missing the mark">Read more</a>
