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March 2, 2024
World Council of Churches Today is Remembrance Day — marking the 70th anniversary of the largest US nuclear test detonation, Castle Bravo, which took place over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 1 March 1954. As one Marshallese resident noted: “It’s not the middle of nowhere to those who call it home.” When Castle ... <a title="Victims and survivors of nuclear testing honoured in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/victims-and-survivors-of-nuclear-testing-honoured-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Victims and survivors of nuclear testing honoured in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is being held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Adam Wolfenden, who is there on behalf of Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), says the concerns of small Pacific nations centre on the subsidy ... <a title="Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/pacific-nations-and-civil-society-raise-concerns-at-wto-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
RNZ News The late Green Party MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins has been remembered by his widow as an “extraordinary man” at a service in South Auckland. The 49-year-old husband and father-of-two died on February 21 after collapsing during a charity event in Auckland’s central city. Fa’anānā’s unexpected death came as a shock to many, with ... <a title="Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – an ‘extraordinary man’, says widow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/faanana-efeso-collins-an-extraordinary-man-says-widow/" aria-label="Read more about Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – an ‘extraordinary man’, says widow">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has designated the political wing of Hamas as a “terrorist” entity. New Zealand designated the military wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity in 2010. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the government unequivocally condemned the “brutal” terrorist attacks by Hamas in October, and the move had been taken after ... <a title="NZ govt designates political wing of Hamas a ‘terrorist’ entity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/nz-govt-designates-political-wing-of-hamas-a-terrorist-entity/" aria-label="Read more about NZ govt designates political wing of Hamas a ‘terrorist’ entity">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Newshub, one of the key media companies in Aotearoa New Zealand, is to close its newsroom on June 30, reports RNZ News. Staff were told of the closure at an emergency meeting today. Newshub is owned by US-based global entertainment giant Warner Bros Discovery which also owns Eden, Rush, HGTV and Bravo. ... <a title="NZ media people react with ‘shock’ over plan to close Newshub in June" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/nz-media-people-react-with-shock-over-plan-to-close-newshub-in-june/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media people react with ‘shock’ over plan to close Newshub in June">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2024
By Evelyn Macairan in Manila Despite changing his citizenship to the Pacific state of Vanuatu, a Chinese man wanted for various economic crimes was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport last week as he was about to board a flight for Singapore. In a statement yesterday, the Philippine Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said ... <a title="Philippines arrests Chinese fugitive who became Vanuatu citizen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/philippines-arrests-chinese-fugitive-who-became-vanuatu-citizen/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines arrests Chinese fugitive who became Vanuatu citizen">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
There was no statement from Marcos Jr this year, but in a vlog posted on the anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution, he advised a student to be more discerning amid widespread disinformation. It is the second year that the EDSA People Power Revolution is being commemorated under the administration of President and dictator’s ... <a title="Marcos govt offers muted celebration of 1986 People Power revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/marcos-govt-offers-muted-celebration-of-1986-people-power-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about Marcos govt offers muted celebration of 1986 People Power revolution">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to Gaza to break Israel’s siege of the bombarded Palestinian enclave. Speaking at a huge public rally in Istanbul last week, Yildirim said: “The time for talking is over. We will ... <a title="‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/time-for-talking-is-over-turkish-plan-to-break-gaza-siege-as-jordan-airlifts-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea’s police, defence force and the local community for their quick action in the release of an Australian pilot and two local workers who were kidnapped in the Highlands yesterday. The pilot of Hevilift and two locals were at Hela’s Mt ... <a title="Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’ PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/marape-praises-security-forces-in-daring-kidnap-says-lawnessness-has-destroyed-png/" aria-label="Read more about Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’ PNG">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
PNG Post-Courier A kidnapped Australian pilot of a Hevilift helicopter and two Papua New Guinean subcontractors have been released in without harm following a rapid deployment of security forces. Security forces were mobilised and deployed in the Mt Sisa, a remote area near the border of Hela and Southern Highlands, in large numbers this afternoon ... <a title="Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/kidnapped-australian-helicopter-pilot-subcontractors-set-free-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An Australian-based West Papua advocacy group has condemned the arrest and “humiliation” of two teenagers by Indonesian security forces last week. The head of Cartenz 2024 Peace Operations, Kombes Faizal Ramadhani, said in a statement on Friday that the 15-year-olds had been arrested after a clash with the West Papua National Liberation ... <a title="West Papua advocacy group condemns arrest, ‘humiliation’ of two teenagers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/west-papua-advocacy-group-condemns-arrest-humiliation-of-two-teenagers/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua advocacy group condemns arrest, ‘humiliation’ of two teenagers">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ journalist Fiji’s Women and Children’s Minister Lynda Tabuya says Pacific island countries need to “strengthen our laws” on online harassment. Tabuya spoke to RNZ Pacific on the sidelines of the Pacific Women in Power forum taking place in Auckland this week. She said the issue that she was dealing with — ... <a title="Fiji Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya calls for stronger online bullying laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/fiji-womens-minister-lynda-tabuya-calls-for-stronger-online-bullying-laws/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya calls for stronger online bullying laws">Read more</a>
