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May 10, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala The importance of media freedom is recognised each year globally on May 3. This year the Pacific Island country of Tonga commemorated World Press Freedom Day just a week after one of the most frightening threats to that freedom which took place at a media outlet. A hooded man brandishing a ... <a title="Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/tongan-armed-threat-against-journalist-troubles-pacific-media-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of court battles, police raids, and vicious online abuse. The 2026 World Press Freedom Index, released last Thursday by Reporters Without Borders, shows Fiji climbing to ... <a title="Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fijis-media-win-in-world-press-freedom-index-overshadowed-by-threats-and-court-summons/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala, publisher of Talanoa ‘o Tonga As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a view of US President Donald Trump, one way or another, as I thought that he would sooner or later get over his incredible childishness and tyrannical behavior, and start doing something ... <a title="Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/kalafi-moala-my-view-of-tyrannical-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
By Kalafi Moala in Nuku’alofa On this World Press Freedom Day, we in the Pacific stand together to defend and promote the right to freedom of expression — now facing new and complex challenges in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This year’s global theme is “Reporting a Brave New World: The impact of Artificial ... <a title="PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex AI challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/pina-on-world-press-freedom-day-facing-new-and-complex-ai-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex AI challenges">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist World Press Freedom Day has been marked by journalists around the world, including the Pacific. Launched by the United Nations in 1998, May 3 is a day of solidarity among the world’s media, in particular with journalists who are being persecuted in autocratic nations and war zones. It serves ... <a title="Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/pacific-journalists-around-region-mark-progress-but-warn-of-new-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific As Tonga’s recovery from the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami ramps up there is growing concern for the psychological and emotional wellbeing of survivors. According to the government, 84 percent of the population has been impacted, with assessments of the widespread destruction still being conducted. Two Tongans and a British national were killed ... <a title="Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/concern-grows-over-psychological-trauma-amid-tongas-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2021
RNZ Pacific Tonga has new noble MPs and at least one returning MP among the people’s representatives, according to preliminary election results. The polls have closed in the kingdom and counting is underway. However, results for the kingdom’s nobles was announced this afternoon by the Supervisor of Elections, Pita Vuki. About 60,000 Tongan voters have ... <a title="Three new noble MPs elected in Tonga as preliminary results trickle in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/18/three-new-noble-mps-elected-in-tonga-as-preliminary-results-trickle-in/" aria-label="Read more about Three new noble MPs elected in Tonga as preliminary results trickle in">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The new video produced by Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi for AUT’s Pacific Media Centre. By Sri Krishnamurthi “It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and information, says former contributing editor Alex Perrottet summing up the value of the Pacific Media Centre’s Pacific ... <a title="‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/pacific-media-watch-the-genesis-a-new-freedom-ethics-and-plurality-doco/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project’s Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom By Sri Krishnamurthi After 30 years as chief editor and publisher of Tonga’s flagship Taimi ‘o Tonga newspaper, the iconic Pacific media personality Kalafi Moala has sold his business and is looking to move on. He ... <a title="Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/iconic-tongan-publisher-kalafi-moala-eyes-new-digital-media-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge">Read more</a>
