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May 4, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These two charts show the total number of cases and deaths, by country, over the seven days ended 2 May 2020. In these charts a number of countries with populations below 50,000 have been omitted; countries which have shown in earlier charts. The first chart is sequenced by death rates (orange). ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Cases and Casualties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-new-cases-and-casualties/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Cases and Casualties">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific’s Melanesian affairs correspondent A West Papuan church leader has been “invited” by Indonesian police to “clarify” an article he wrote about a shooting incident in which a New Zealander was killed. The shooting attack, which occurred at the offices of mining giant Freeport in Papua’s Mimika regency on March 30, ... <a title="West Papuan church leader invited by Indonesian police to ‘clarify’ article" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/west-papuan-church-leader-invited-by-indonesian-police-to-clarify-article/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan church leader invited by Indonesian police to ‘clarify’ article">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
By RNZ Pacific New Zealanders left behind in India are asking for additional repatriation flights to evacuate them, after the government did not have enough capacity to return everyone who wanted to come home in the face of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. More than 700 citizens and permanent residents returned on the three flights from ... <a title="Stranded New Zealanders still hope for India flights – two new covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/stranded-new-zealanders-still-hope-for-india-flights-two-new-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Stranded New Zealanders still hope for India flights – two new covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch The jailing of the Jakarta Six – five Papuans and the first Indonesian to be convicted for a Papuan protest – in Indonesia last month has focused global attention on the plight of political prisoners in the face of a failing struggle against the ... <a title="Jailing of Jakarta Six fuels virus fears over Papuan political prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/03/jailing-of-jakarta-six-fuels-virus-fears-over-papuan-political-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about Jailing of Jakarta Six fuels virus fears over Papuan political prisoners">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has reported six new cases of covid-19 today – double the number yesterday – and one further death in the coronavirus pandemic, while two clusters have also closed. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were six new cases of covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed and ... <a title="Six new NZ coronavirus cases and one further death reported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/02/six-new-nz-coronavirus-cases-and-one-further-death-reported/" aria-label="Read more about Six new NZ coronavirus cases and one further death reported">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2020
EDITORIAL: By Kaniva News staff Last month’s announcement by Minister for Pacific Peoples ‘Aupito William Sio that overstayers qualify for health care during the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is welcome. While Kaniva News does not condone remaining illegally in New Zealand, we know that overstayers’ families and children are particularly vulnerable in the current crisis. Many ... <a title="Kaniva News: Amnesty time for NZ overstayers to help check virus spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/02/kaniva-news-amnesty-time-for-nz-overstayers-to-help-check-virus-spread/" aria-label="Read more about Kaniva News: Amnesty time for NZ overstayers to help check virus spread">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, Te Manu Korihi reporter of RNZ News Community checkpoints have garnered support from New Zealand local councils, police and hundreds of volunteers determined to keep their communities safe – but they remain a polarising topic among some MPs. A social justice advocate says it is underpinned by racism – and an ... <a title="MPs’ questioning of NZ legal iwi checkpoints ‘really is racism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/mps-questioning-of-nz-legal-iwi-checkpoints-really-is-racism/" aria-label="Read more about MPs’ questioning of NZ legal iwi checkpoints ‘really is racism’">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
By Radio Australia There have been very few new covid-19 cases confirmed in the Pacific this week. The total number of reported cases since March stands at 261, but because the number of people who have recovered continues to grow, the actual number of active cases is now less than 40. The coronavirus emergency has ... <a title="Pacific Beat: How Pacific governments use coronavirus crisis to curb media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/pacific-beat-how-pacific-governments-use-coronavirus-crisis-to-curb-media/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Beat: How Pacific governments use coronavirus crisis to curb media">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. At the end of this week, I have represented the latest summary charts with a log 10 scale, rather than the previous log 2 scale. This means that, as well as accurately showing the exponential growth pattern, the charts now emphasise ten-fold increases of Covid19 fatalities. At the top of the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: April Summary Charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-april-summary-charts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: April Summary Charts">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
By Basten Gokkon of Mongabay Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia’s Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown in an attempt to minimise the spread of the novel coronavirus. The region, which comprises the provinces of West Papua and Papua, is the least developed in Indonesia, with scant public health facilities, poor road connectivity, ... <a title="Indigenous Papuans initiate own lockdowns in face of coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/indigenous-papuans-initiate-own-lockdowns-in-face-of-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Papuans initiate own lockdowns in face of coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
By RNZ News An immigration consultant is warning an entrenched underclass of unlawful workers will emerge unless the government provides emergency benefits to unemployed immigrants. About one in ten of the workforce is an overseas worker on a temporary visa. The Ministry of Social Development has previously signalled that those who have lost their jobs ... <a title="Jobless immigrants face exploitation, poverty due to virus, says NZ adviser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/jobless-immigrants-face-exploitation-poverty-due-to-virus-says-nz-adviser/" aria-label="Read more about Jobless immigrants face exploitation, poverty due to virus, says NZ adviser">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
By António Sampaio in Dili Xanana Gusmão, president of the second largest Timorese party, has criticised the decision to extend Timor-Leste’s state of emergency, considering that it is not justified at the present time and can bring increased risks to the economy of families and the country. Thus, and according to a circular to which ... <a title="Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/xanana-gusmao-opposes-extending-state-of-emergency-in-timor-leste/" aria-label="Read more about Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
