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November 4, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with the broader Pacific region, will be watching the developments. As the question hangs in the balance of whether the White House remains blue with Kamala Harris or turns red under ... <a title="How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/how-the-us-election-may-affect-pacific-island-nations/" aria-label="Read more about How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain As CHOGM came to a close, Samoa rightfully basked in the resounding success for the country and people as hosts of the Commonwealth leaders’ meeting. Footage of Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa swaying along to the siva dance as she sat beside Britain’s King Charles III encapsulated a palpable national ... <a title="‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/29/climate-chogm-success-for-samoa-but-whats-in-it-for-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Dominique Meehan, Queensland University of Technology In the expansive landscape of Pacific journalism, one magazine stands for unwavering command and unfiltered truth. Islands Business, with its roots deep beneath Fijian soil, is unafraid to be a voice for the Pacific in delivering forward-thinking analysis of current issues. Established in Fiji’s capital, Suva, Islands Business ... <a title="Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/islands-business-big-picture-style-journalism-is-the-future-for-media/" aria-label="Read more about Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for media">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Climate justice and gender equality cannot be achieved separately, a Pacific women’s conference heard this week. Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine said the climate crisis faced in the region and the world would make gender equality more difficult to attain. “For example, we know that we cannot have gender equality without climate justice, and ... <a title="‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without gender equality’, says Heine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/we-cant-solve-the-climate-crisis-without-gender-equality-says-heine/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without gender equality’, says Heine">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Barangay New Zealand’s Rene Molina has interviewed the country’s first Filipino Green MP Francisco Hernandez who was sworn into Parliament yesterday as the party’s latest member. This is the first interview with Hernandez who replaces former Green Party co-leader James Shaw after his retirement from politics to take up a green investment ... <a title="NZ’s first Pinoy Green MP Francisco Hernandez talks climate policy and activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/11/nzs-first-pinoy-green-mp-francisco-hernandez-talks-climate-policy-and-activism/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s first Pinoy Green MP Francisco Hernandez talks climate policy and activism">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
By Kaneta Naimatu in Suva Journalists in the Pacific region play an important role as the “eyes and ears on the ground” when it comes to reporting the climate crisis, says the European Union’s Pacific Ambassador Barbara Plinkert. Speaking at The University of the South Pacific (USP) on World Press Freedom Day last Friday, Plinkert ... <a title="Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says EU envoy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/pacific-journalists-are-worlds-eyes-and-ears-on-climate-crisis-says-eu-envoy/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says EU envoy">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A former Tuvalu prime minister says while the New Zealand government’s oil and gas plans show it is concerned about its economy, he is more concerned about the livelihoods and survival of the Tuvalu people. Enele Sopoaga — who still serves as an MP in Tuvalu — says the ... <a title="‘Completely stupid’ – ex-Tuvalu PM plea to NZ to rethink fossil fuel plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/completely-stupid-ex-tuvalu-pm-plea-to-nz-to-rethink-fossil-fuel-plan/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Completely stupid’ – ex-Tuvalu PM plea to NZ to rethink fossil fuel plan">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Wansolwara The news media’s crucial role in climate change and environment journalism was the focus of The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme 2024 World Press Freedom Day celebrations. The European Union Ambassador to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert, and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna were the chief guests at the event last ... <a title="Tackling Pacific media’s crucial role in climate crisis and press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/tackling-pacific-medias-crucial-role-in-climate-crisis-and-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Tackling Pacific media’s crucial role in climate crisis and press freedom">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Earthwise hosts Lois and Martin Griffiths. Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths on Plains FM 96.9 community radio talk to Dr David Robie, a New Zealand author, independent journalist and media educator with a passion for the Asia-Pacific region. David talks about the struggle to raise awareness of critical Pacific issues such ... <a title="Earthwise talks to David Robie on Pacific issues and news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/earthwise-talks-to-david-robie-on-pacific-issues-and-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Earthwise talks to David Robie on Pacific issues and news media">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2024
By Monika Singh of Wansolwara The fourth smallest country in the world with a population of just over 11,000 people — Tuvalu — fears being “wiped off its place on the map”. A report by ABC Pacific states that the low-lying island nation is widely considered one of the first places to be significantly impacted ... <a title="Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides and climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/21/tuvalu-residents-fight-for-their-home-in-face-of-worsening-tides-and-climate-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides and climate crisis">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>
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September 13, 2023
The heads of small island states — including four Pacific countries — most vulnerable to climate change have criticised “endless” climate change negotiations at the start of an unprecedented maritime court hearing. During the opening of a two-week meeting in Hamburg on Monday to clarify state duties to protect the marine environment, Antigua and Barbuda ... <a title="Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/pacific-small-island-states-slam-endless-climate-talks-at-landmark-maritime-court-hearing/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing">Read more</a>
