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November 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Bryce Edwards Yesterday’s victory of “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani in the race for the New York mayoralty is fuelling debate among progressives around the world about the way forward. And this has significant implications and lessons for the political left in New Zealand, casting the Labour and Green parties as too tired and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/bryce-edwards-mamdani-lessons-nz-left-need-to-catch-up-with-the-zeitgeist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2025
Asia Pacific Report “Grow a spine for Palestine!” was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today as the protesters demanded that the coalition government should recognise the state of Palestine and stop supporting impunity for Israel. More than 62,000 people, mostly women and children, have ... <a title="Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/17/luxon-get-a-spine-chants-as-big-rallies-call-for-nz-to-recognise-palestine-state/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2025
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor New Zealand Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been ejected from Parliament’s debating chamber and told to leave for the rest of the week after a fiery speech about the war in Gaza. The incident occured during an urgent debate this afternoon which was called after the ... <a title="Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick barred from NZ Parliament for rest of week after fiery Gaza speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/12/greens-co-leader-chloe-swarbrick-barred-from-nz-parliament-for-rest-of-week-after-fiery-gaza-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick barred from NZ Parliament for rest of week after fiery Gaza speech">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament has confirmed the unprecedented punishments proposed for opposition indigenous Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a haka in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill. Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi will be suspended for 21 days, and MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke suspended for seven days, taking effect ... <a title="Punishment for Te Pāti Māori over Treaty haka stands – but MPs ‘will not be silenced’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/punishment-for-te-pati-maori-over-treaty-haka-stands-but-mps-will-not-be-silenced/" aria-label="Read more about Punishment for Te Pāti Māori over Treaty haka stands – but MPs ‘will not be silenced’">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
By Daniel Perese of Te Ao Māori News Māori politicians across the political spectrum in Aotearoa New Zealand have called for immediate aid to enter Gaza following a temporary ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. The ceasefire, agreed yesterday, comes into effect on Sunday, January 19. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand welcomed the ... <a title="Māori politicians call for ‘rapid’ aid to Gaza after ceasefire deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/maori-politicians-call-for-rapid-aid-to-gaza-after-ceasefire-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Māori politicians call for ‘rapid’ aid to Gaza after ceasefire deal">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News West Papuan independence advocate Octo Mote is in Aotearoa New Zealand to win support for independence for West Papua, which has been ruled by Indonesia for more than 60 years. Mote is vice-president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and is ... <a title="West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/west-papuan-independence-advocate-seeks-nz-support-against-genocide-ecocide/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2024
RNZ News Outspoken MP Chlöe Swarbrick will be the Green Party’s new co-leader alongside Marama Davidson, as climate change specialist James Shaw steps down. Last month, Shaw said he would be stepping down from his duties as co-leader in March. Dunedin-based activist and conservationist Alex Foulkes had put his hand up too for the role ... <a title="Chlöe Swarbrick to replace NZ’s outgoing Green Party co-leader James Shaw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/10/chloe-swarbrick-to-replace-nzs-outgoing-green-party-co-leader-james-shaw/" aria-label="Read more about Chlöe Swarbrick to replace NZ’s outgoing Green Party co-leader James Shaw">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A political commentator says Green Party co-leader James Shaw was a “friend of the Pacific”. Shaw, who was previously New Zealand’s climate change minister for six years, announced this week he will be stepping aside as party co-leader in March. Political commentator Thomas Wynne told RNZ Pacific that Shaw ... <a title="NZ’s Green Party co-leader James Shaw had ‘good Pacific relationship’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/nzs-green-party-co-leader-james-shaw-had-good-pacific-relationship/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Green Party co-leader James Shaw had ‘good Pacific relationship’">Read more</a>
