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June 5, 2023
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the top accolades in today’s King’s Birthday Honours. Ardern, who was prime minister from September 2017 until January this year, has been appointed a Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. She received the ... <a title="King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/kings-birthday-honours-former-nz-leader-jacinda-ardern-receives-high-accolade/" aria-label="Read more about King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
South Australia now joins New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland, states which have already passed anti-protest laws imposing severe penalties on people who engage in peaceful civil disobedience. However, South Australia’s new law carries the harshest financial penalties in Australia. Thirteen Upper House Labor and Liberal MPs voted for the Bill, opposed by two ... <a title="South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/south-australia-adopts-draconian-new-law-curbing-peaceful-climate-protest/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The president of a West Papuan advocacy group has appealed to the militants holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage to free him unconditionally and unharmed, describing him as an “innocent pawn”. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) president Benny Wenda said he held “deepest concern” for the life of Mehrtens, ... <a title="Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/wenda-calls-on-papuan-rebels-to-free-nz-pilot-unconditionally/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2023
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins faced a grilling by University of Otago students during his trip to Ōtepoti yesterday. Students, staff and community members have been fighting against the university’s request for staff to consider redundancies in a bid to save $60 million. But the students did not ... <a title="Hipkins faces grilling from students over University of Otago staff cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/03/hipkins-faces-grilling-from-students-over-university-of-otago-staff-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins faces grilling from students over University of Otago staff cuts">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific Transparency International Papua New Guinea has welcomed the conviction of lawyer Paul Paraka as the police confirm they are widening the investigation into the fraud case. The NGO admits the depths of Paraka’s activities, revealed by the case, are very worrying. Paraka, who had operated his own eponymous law firm, was convicted of ... <a title="Transparency PNG calls for further charges over ‘worrying’ Paraka case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/03/transparency-png-calls-for-further-charges-over-worrying-paraka-case/" aria-label="Read more about Transparency PNG calls for further charges over ‘worrying’ Paraka case">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2023
Asia Pacific Report An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage pilot, Philip Mehrtens, held by Papuan liberation fighters and appealed to them to “keep Philip safe”. Jim Aubrey, a human rights activist who has campaigned globally on freedom struggles in ... <a title="Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if denied talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/03/author-poet-condemns-papuan-rebel-threat-to-shoot-nz-hostage-pilot-if-denied-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if denied talks">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific Members of Fijian communities in Auckland and Wellington are eager to meet Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka next week when he arrives on his first official state visit to Aotearoa New Zealand. Rabuka and wife Sulueti are expected to arrive in Auckland on Monday before meeting with the local Fijian community in the afternoon. ... <a title="Fiji communities eager to meet ‘our PM’ Rabuka on NZ visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/03/fiji-communities-eager-to-meet-our-pm-rabuka-on-nz-visit/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji communities eager to meet ‘our PM’ Rabuka on NZ visit">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka The University of the South Pacific will be receiving additional funding from the Fiji government in the 2023-2024 national budget, says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad. Speaking at a public consultation in Lautoka this week, he said the additional funding was to pay off arrears ... <a title="Additional budget funds earmarked for USP arrears, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/additional-budget-funds-earmarked-for-usp-arrears-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Additional budget funds earmarked for USP arrears, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The National Court has ordered the Papua New Guinea government to disclose the full details of the gold refinery deal it entered into with a Singapore-based company, National Gold Corporation. The court ordered Prime Minister James Marape (first defendant), Planning Minister Renbo Paita (second defendant), the NEC (third defendant) ... <a title="PNG’s National Court orders state to justify Singapore gold deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/pngs-national-court-orders-state-to-justify-singapore-gold-deal/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s National Court orders state to justify Singapore gold deal">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific Media Centre, in what the editors say brings a sense of “urgency” in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarship. In the editorial, the co-editors — ... <a title="Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/latest-island-studies-journal-features-social-justice-activism-and-advocacy/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Preliminary findings of a yet-to-be released Transparency International survey has found sextortion — demanding sexual favours in return for public services — is a major issue in parts of the Pacific. Papua New Guinea, the Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Islands have higher rates of sexual extortion, according ... <a title="Sextortion now major issue in parts of Pacific, says research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/sextortion-now-major-issue-in-parts-of-pacific-says-research/" aria-label="Read more about Sextortion now major issue in parts of Pacific, says research">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand’s Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today “unacceptable”. In an appearance at Auckland Transport’s Viaduct headquarters, Brown took time out of pitching his plan to sell the city’s holdings in Auckland Airport to complain about road cones, his “not ... <a title="NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/nzs-media-freedom-council-slams-mayor-browns-ban-attempt-as-insult-to-voters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’">Read more</a>
