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June 9, 2023
RNZ Pacific Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has urged her fellow Pacific leaders to stop paying lip service to regionalism and walk the talk when making collective decisions. Fiame made the remarks last night as she welcomed the Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, to Apia. Fiame said Samoa strongly believed in ... <a title="Pacific unity crucial in ‘crowded geopolitical landscape’, says Fiame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/pacific-unity-crucial-in-crowded-geopolitical-landscape-says-fiame/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific unity crucial in ‘crowded geopolitical landscape’, says Fiame">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2023
Brief reports have surfaced about the separate bilateral meetings of the Kanaky New Caledonia pro- and anti- independence representatives at their meeting in Paris with French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne last week. Here the leader of the Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS) delegation, Roch Wamytan, outlines their case as presented to PM ... <a title="Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’ referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/20/unfinished-business-over-new-caledonian-decolonisation-new-challenges-after-stolen-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’ referendum">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith In his recently published article “Sea of many flags”, the head of the ANU National Security College Rory Medcalf makes the case for why Pacific Island states should regard the deep regional involvement of a Western coalition of powers, “quietly” led by Australia, as an effective and attractive ... <a title="Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing hegemony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/sea-of-western-flags-in-oceania-its-really-about-a-continuing-hegemony/" aria-label="Read more about Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing hegemony">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific Flags are flying at half mast across the Pacific and leaders are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Thursday at the age of 96. The Queen visited the Pacific multiple times during her 70-year reign, with a visit a few months after her coronation to Fiji and Tonga, in December ... <a title="Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/13/flags-at-half-mast-across-the-pacific-as-leaders-pay-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth/" aria-label="Read more about Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
RNZ Pacific United States Vice-President Kamala Harris has assured Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Fiji capital Suva that Washington will “significantly deepen” its engagement in the region. Harris joined the regional leaders today to announce half a dozen new commitments to signal America’s renewed commitment to the region. The commitments included the establishment ... <a title="US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/us-tells-pacific-leaders-it-will-deepen-commitment-to-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific The President of the Federated States of Micronesia says he has serious concerns about the details of two leaked Chinese government documents to be tabled at a meeting next week. President David Panuelo warns the sovereignty of the Pacific Island countries is at stake, and that the outcome of one of the documents ... <a title="China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/china-documents-threaten-pacific-sovereignty-warns-fsm-president/" aria-label="Read more about China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president">Read more</a>
