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July 18, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Greenpeace pioneer and activist Susi Newborn is among the “nuclear free heroes” featured in a video tribute premiered this week in an exhibition dedicated to a nuclear-free Pacific. The week-long exhibition at Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Ellen Melville Centre, titled “Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995,” closes tomorrow afternoon. ... <a title="Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/18/susi-newborn-among-activists-featured-in-pacific-nuclear-free-heroes-video/" aria-label="Read more about Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Nuclear-free and independent Pacific advocates are treating Aucklanders to a lively week-long exhibition dedicated to the struggle for nuclear justice in the region. It will be opened today by the opposition Labour Party’s spokesperson on disarmament and MP for Te Atatu, Phil Twyford, and will include a range of speakers on Aotearoa ... <a title="NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/12/nfip-activists-advocates-to-open-nuclear-free-pacific-exhibition/" aria-label="Read more about NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibition">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Pacific Media Watch West Papuan independence advocate Octovianus Mote was in Aotearoa New Zealand late last year seeking support for independence for West Papua, which has been ruled by Indonesia for more than six decades. Mote is vice-president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and was hosted in New Zealand by the ... <a title="Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/legends-of-a-nuclear-free-and-independent-pacific-octo-mote/" aria-label="Read more about Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The co-founder of Auckland’s Fiji Centre is concerned that Indo-Fijians are not classified as Pacific Islanders in Aotearoa. This week marks the 146th anniversary of the arrival of the first indentured labourers from British India to Fiji, who departed from Calcutta. ... <a title="Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/14/fiji-indians-in-nz-not-giving-up-on-pasifika-classification-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG), has produced fresh insights into the legacy of Pacific nuclear-free and anti-colonialism activism. The community storytelling group Talanoa TV, an affiliate of the Whānau Community Centre and ... <a title="Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/former-fang-president-vijay-naidu-talks-pacific-anti-nuclear-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2022
By Sri Krishnamurthi Rachael Mario isn’t just any woman, she is special in that she hails from the idyllic South Pacific island of Rotuma. And it is her love for social work which she hopes will propel her and her Roskill Community Voice and City Vision team onto the Mt Roskill board. It is also ... <a title="Love of social work propels Rotuma’s Rachael Mario into local elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/16/love-of-social-work-propels-rotumas-rachael-mario-into-local-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Love of social work propels Rotuma’s Rachael Mario into local elections">Read more</a>
