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May 17, 2026
Fijian Media Association Fiji’s media workers finally got to celebrate their World Press Freedom Day this week 11 days late — on Thursday, May 14. The event was pushed back from its traditional May 3 global date — which fell on a Sunday this year — to accommodate a packed news cycle dominated by parliamentary ... <a title="Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn of threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/fijis-journalists-celebrate-belated-world-press-freedom-day-but-warn-of-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn of threats">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three days before World Press Freedom Day, journalists in the Asia-Pacific region were quick to check out their ranking. Overall the prognosis wasn’t very flattering. No country in the region was ... <a title="Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/improvements-in-pacific-media-freedom-but-a-shameful-silence-on-gaza-death-trap/" aria-label="Read more about Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
By Kim Wingerei Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s the scam? The scam is that so far, not a single Australian or New Zealand mainstream media outlet has reported on it, let alone dared show the “haunting images” from ... <a title="Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/palestinian-photojournalist-wins-pulitzer-for-breaking-news-photography/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
By Atereano Mateariki, RNZ Pacific journalist Previously it was reporting on governments or politics that brought trouble for Tonga’s journalists — now it’s reporting on drugs or gangs. Tongan journalists are coming to terms with new pressures on media freedom over reporting on the country’s drug crisis, and the role of gangs in it. This ... <a title="Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/tongan-media-faces-new-type-of-challenge-following-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat">Read more</a>
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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 9, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Oriini Kaipara The treatment of Maiki Sherman has been deeply upsetting to witness. To see the first wahine Māori ever rise to the role of political editor at 1News — only to now resign under such intense public and political pressure — is heartbreaking. Maiki is one of the sharpest political journalists in ... <a title="Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt failing to win public trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/09/oriini-kaipara-this-reeks-of-foul-play-by-a-nz-govt-failing-to-win-public-trust/" aria-label="Read more about Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt failing to win public trust">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
RNZ News TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman has resigned, posting on social media that today, Friday, was her last day at TVNZ. The broadcaster confirmed Maiki Sherman had resigned from her role. “As the first wahine Māori to lead 1News’ political team, Maiki has made a significant contribution to our journalism,” TVNZ said in a ... <a title="TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/tvnzs-first-wahine-maori-political-editor-maiki-sherman-resigns/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Wansolwara News The University of the South Pacific (USP) Journalism Programme has marked the 2026 World Press Freedom Day this year in partnership with the Fiji National University (FNU) School of Language, Communication and Literature. A successful collaboration between two universities, the event highlighted a strong partnership focused on advancing journalism education in the Pacific. ... <a title="Media programmes at USP, FNU join forces for World Press Freedom Day talanoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/media-programmes-at-usp-fnu-join-forces-for-world-press-freedom-day-talanoa/" aria-label="Read more about Media programmes at USP, FNU join forces for World Press Freedom Day talanoa">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
RNZ Pacific A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving a life sentence in Tonga for methamphetamine importation. The incident, in which an unknown individual threatened the journalist at the Kele’a Publications office in Nuku’alofa 12 days ago — 23 ... <a title="Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/tongan-police-investigate-journalist-threatened-at-gunpoint-after-gang-related-report/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report">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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May 5, 2026
POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in Solomon Islands. In recent weeks, I have received many questions and comments from people across the country about my cartoons. Some ask why I draw our national leaders in certain ways. Others wonder whether my caricatures ... <a title="Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/pacific-political-caricatures-why-criticising-a-leaders-actions-isnt-a-personal-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
By Stefan Armbruster of Pasifika TV Fiji has recorded a dramatic jump in its media freedom rating to be in the top 25 nations globally while Samoan government press restrictions have seen its rating plummet in the latest World Press Freedom Index. Advocacy group Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) said globally it was the first time ... <a title="Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/fiji-jumps-samoa-plunges-in-world-press-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index">Read more</a>
