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October 17, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this week. The killing of civilians or taking them hostage is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and should be universally condemned. However, the Labour government has been deathly ... <a title="John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/john-minto-a-prime-minister-with-gaza-blood-on-his-hands/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ News journalist Melanesians all across Aotearoa are coming together in Auckland this weekend to celebrate their unique cultural heritage. This is the second time the annual Melanesian Festival Aotearoa is being held and it is an opportunity for community members from Fiji, Kanaky New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and ... <a title="Melanesians gathering for ‘unique’ NZ cultural event to celebrate identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/melanesians-gathering-for-unique-nz-cultural-event-to-celebrate-identity/" aria-label="Read more about Melanesians gathering for ‘unique’ NZ cultural event to celebrate identity">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Auckland Museum has apologised for the hurt caused after it staged a light display in support of Israel on Sunday night. Auckland Museum lit its building up in blue and white. On social media, the museum said it had lit up “in solidarity with Israel”. “Our thoughts go out to the many civilians impacted as ... <a title="Israel-Palestine conflict: Auckland Museum apologises over light display" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/israel-palestine-conflict-auckland-museum-apologises-over-light-display/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Palestine conflict: Auckland Museum apologises over light display">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
By Lydia Lewis and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalists Pacific leaders fear they will have little or no voice in the new National-led government in Aotearoa New Zealand with the real possibility of not a single Pacific person making it into the new coalition. Labour had 11 Pacific members of Parliament, then 10 when then ... <a title="Lack of Pasifika MPs and ‘no voice’ in new NZ govt worries community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/lack-of-pasifika-mps-and-no-voice-in-new-nz-govt-worries-community/" aria-label="Read more about Lack of Pasifika MPs and ‘no voice’ in new NZ govt worries community">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A peace researcher and other pro-Palestinian supporters are calling on Auckland Museum to apologise over a furore about the “unethical” lighting of the main building in the blue and white colours of the Israeli flag. Researcher Dr Arama Rata said she wanted the museum to issue a formal apology to the community ... <a title="Pro-Palestine supporters call on Auckland Museum to apologise over lights fiasco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/pro-palestine-supporters-call-on-auckland-museum-to-apologise-over-lights-fiasco/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestine supporters call on Auckland Museum to apologise over lights fiasco">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore In the aftermath of Palestinian group Hamas’ terror attack inside Israel on October 7 and the Israeli state’s even more terrifying attacks on Palestinian urban neighbourhoods in Gaza, the media across many parts of Asia tend to take a more neutral stand in comparison with their Western counterparts. A ... <a title="Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/asian-states-shocked-by-hamas-raids-but-no-blind-support-for-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
By Novianti Setuningsih in Jakarta Many labour organisations have protested in front of the US Embassy in Central Jakarta, calling for an end to the Hamas-Israeli war — as protests in their tens of thousands have spread across the world. The workers gathered across the street from the US Embassy with a command vehicle being ... <a title="Jakarta workers protest outside US Embassy, call for end to Hamas-Israeli war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/jakarta-workers-protest-outside-us-embassy-call-for-end-to-hamas-israeli-war/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta workers protest outside US Embassy, call for end to Hamas-Israeli war">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
By Debrin Foxcroft, Finlay Macdonald, Matt Garrow and Veronika Meduna, The Conversation From winning a single-party majority in 2020, Labour’s vote has virtually halved in 2023 in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election. Pre-election polls appear to have under-estimated support for National, which on the provisional results last night can form a government with ACT ... <a title="NZ elections 2023: It’s National on the night as New Zealand turns right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/nz-elections-2023-its-national-on-the-night-as-new-zealand-turns-right/" aria-label="Read more about NZ elections 2023: It’s National on the night as New Zealand turns right">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
RNZ News Christopher Luxon and the National Party are on course to form a new government with the ACT Party in Aotearoa New Zealand, with National winning almost 40 percent of the party vote in yesterday’s general election. National romped far ahead in the party vote in the election and were above 40 percent much ... <a title="NZ election 2023: National, ACT poised to form new government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/nz-election-2023-national-act-poised-to-form-new-government/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: National, ACT poised to form new government">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
Asia Pacific Report About 2000 people from Aotearoa New Zealand communities, including many families, staged a vibrant rally in Auckland’s Aotea Square and marched down Queen Street today in support of freedom for #Palestine and an end to the Gaza massacre. Marchers held placards proclaiming “This is a massacre not war”, “Free Palestine – End ... <a title="Big Auckland rally shows solidarity with Palestine over ‘genocidal’ war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/big-auckland-rally-shows-solidarity-with-palestine-over-genocidal-war/" aria-label="Read more about Big Auckland rally shows solidarity with Palestine over ‘genocidal’ war">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2023
Israeli occupation forces are intentionally targeting Palestinian journalists in the besieged Gaza Strip, media outlets warned after three reporters were killed Tuesday bringing the total number of journalists killed since Saturday to seven, reports Middle East Monitor. The Government Media Office’s Monitoring and Follow-up Unit in Gaza has documented dozens of attacks and crimes against ... <a title="7 journalists killed since beginning of Israeli aggression on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/13/7-journalists-killed-since-beginning-of-israeli-aggression-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about 7 journalists killed since beginning of Israeli aggression on Gaza">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Stuff, New Zealand’s biggest independently owned news business, today announced it will stop sharing content to X (formerly Twitter), effective immediately. A media statement said that decision followed Stuff’s increasing concerns about the volume of mis- and disinformation being shared, and the “damaging behaviour being exhibited on and enabled by the platform”. ... <a title="NZ’s Stuff media group quits X (Twitter) over ‘disinformation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/13/nzs-stuff-media-group-quits-x-twitter-over-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Stuff media group quits X (Twitter) over ‘disinformation’">Read more</a>
