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March 23, 2026
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire Climate crisis concerns shouldn’t overshadow the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, where there are lingering health and sociopolitical insecurities. For example, there are concerns in French Polynesia about the mysterious fate of a former anti-nuclear investigative journalist and editor of the now closed Les ... <a title="From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/from-nuclear-to-climate-crisis-survivors-unfinished-business-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2026
Asia Pacific Report An exiled leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has condemned Indonesia’s “cruel and humiliating” arbitrary arrest of 12 West Papuan local farmers in Tambrauw Regency this week and has demanded their release. According to Human Rights Monitor, the arrests took place on March 18, after Indonesia conducted military ... <a title="Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/21/wenda-condemns-cruel-arbitrary-arrests-of-west-papuans-in-tambrauw/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell When Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, was assassinated in the opening stages of the US-Israeli war against Iran, I didn’t mourn. Khamenei was not someone who deserved to be mourned notwithstanding my contempt for the increasing use of assassination by aggressor nations; in this case the United States and ... <a title="Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/ian-powell-iran-us-imperialism-and-the-new-zealand-lapdog/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
The Labor government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled. Michael West Media reports. SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephanie Tran The Albanese government has rejected a proposal to strip tax-deductible status from Australian charities found to be supporting illegal occupations, amid mounting scrutiny over ... <a title="Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/australian-charities-funding-israels-illegal-settlements-untouchable-says-labor-govt/" aria-label="Read more about Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
By Joshua Carroll A global coalition of activists is preparing to launch the largest ever flotilla of aid ships aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), made up of civil society and grassroots groups from South Africa, Spain, Ireland, Türkiye, Norway, Brazil, France — and Aotearoa New Zealand — ... <a title="Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/activists-plan-largest-flotilla-yet-to-break-israels-siege-of-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to understand what just happened. You only need to understand what the world runs on. Oil. Gas. Shipping lanes. Insurance rates. Container schedules. Energy prices that decide whether factories hum or go dark, whether households heat or ... <a title="Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/irans-samson-option-deterrence-restored-or-nothing-the-logic-behind-tehrans-next-move/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic behind Tehran’s next move">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Greenpeace AotearoaThousands of people have signed a petition demanding New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stand up and condemn the illegal attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel. Greenpeace delivered the petition to opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins in Wellington today. Standing on the steps of Parliament, Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Dr Russel ... <a title="Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/thousands-urge-nz-prime-minister-luxon-to-condemn-illegal-us-israeli-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
INTERVIEW: C.J. Polychroniou and Idan Landau Israel’s war on Iran is a direct result of a political culture that depends for survival upon a permanent state of war, says Israeli academic and left-wing activist Idan Landau in the interview that follows. He observes that Israeli society on the whole has embraced a fascist mindset, “reflecting ... <a title="Israel caught in a permanent state of war mindset – peace is taboo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/israel-caught-in-a-permanent-state-of-war-mindset-peace-is-taboo/" aria-label="Read more about Israel caught in a permanent state of war mindset – peace is taboo">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Every week, health prevailing, I march with our Palestinian friends and their supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand. And my country is one which — under Britain — was colonised. Colonisation perpetrates injustices against indigenous people. This legacy is still felt by Indigenous people today. All around the world we must dismantle ... <a title="Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral courage of abolitionists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/saige-england-journalists-must-stand-up-and-report-with-the-moral-courage-of-abolitionists/" aria-label="Read more about Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral courage of abolitionists">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Nermeen Shaikh, with Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the US and Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, we go now to Jerusalem, where we’re joined by Orly Noy. She’s an Iranian Israeli political activist and editor of the Hebrew-language news site Local ... <a title="As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/as-israel-keeps-bombing-iran-palestinians-face-growing-violence-in-west-bank/" aria-label="Read more about As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West Bank">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The United States and Fiji have filed separate declarations of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging the country is committing genocide in Gaza. While the US explicitly rejects the allegation that Israel is committing genocide, Fiji raises issues about how the 1948 ... <a title="US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/us-fiji-intervene-for-israel-in-south-africas-gaza-genocide-case-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control and barbarism is triumphant. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges The war on Iran and the obliteration of Gaza is the beginning. Welcome to the new world order. The age ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The world according to Gaza – it’s only the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/chris-hedges-the-world-according-to-gaza-its-only-the-start/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The world according to Gaza – it’s only the start">Read more</a>
