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March 8, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A group of “pink shoes” women in Aotearoa New Zealand campaigning for gender equality in the Catholic Church took their message with a display of well-worn shoes to St Patrick’s Cathedral plaza in Auckland today on International Women’s Day. It was part of a national and global “Pink Shoes into the Vatican” ... <a title="International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/international-womens-day-pink-shoes-into-the-vatican-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On 7 March 2023 I published a summary table of death tallies in a wide range of countries, comparing 2019‑2022 with 2015‑2018. (Covid19 Pandemic-era Facts: Irrefutable, Inconvenient, Important, Evening Report.) I let the data stand on its own, largely without interpretation. The most important findings to explain are the reasons why Sweden ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Deaths: Interpretation of the Facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-pandemic-era-deaths-interpretation-of-the-facts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Deaths: Interpretation of the Facts">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Tens of thousands of ni-Vanuatu children could be experiencing “stress and trauma” after the double cyclones that tore through the island nation last week, say educators. With widespread damages to infrastructure, many children have lost their homes, had their schools damaged, and neighbourhoods hit hard by tropical cyclones Judy ... <a title="Cyclones: Vanuatu children ‘need to see their friends’, educator warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/cyclones-vanuatu-children-need-to-see-their-friends-educator-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclones: Vanuatu children ‘need to see their friends’, educator warns">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Jhoanna Ballaran in Manila My father has been losing sleep the past weeks over the thought of his jeepneys being forced off the road as the Philippines government implements its controversial “jeepney modernisation” programme. He has been a jeepney operator for the past 32 years, sustaining our family’s needs. We have relied on ... <a title="Days are numbered for iconic Filipino jeepneys – ‘kings of the road’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/days-are-numbered-for-iconic-filipino-jeepneys-kings-of-the-road/" aria-label="Read more about Days are numbered for iconic Filipino jeepneys – ‘kings of the road’">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Several teachers from a Papua New Guinean school in Porgera, Enga province, are now being investigated by police after they allegedly instigated the torture, burning and interrogation of four women over sorcery accusations on the campus. The four women who worked as cleaners at the school were attacked after one of the teachers ... <a title="PNG police investigate torture of 4 women cleaners by teachers in school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/png-police-investigate-torture-of-4-women-cleaners-by-teachers-in-school/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police investigate torture of 4 women cleaners by teachers in school">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
RNZ Pacific As many as 15 children under the age of five in Central Papua have reportedly died of measles. Parish Priest of Christ the Redeemer Church in Timeepa, Yeskiel Belau, told Jubi News he estimated the number to be higher because there were areas that had not been checked. The data obtained by the ... <a title="15 Papuan babies believed to have died of measles – 1 suspected Samoa case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/15-papuan-babies-believed-to-have-died-of-measles-1-suspected-samoa-case/" aria-label="Read more about 15 Papuan babies believed to have died of measles – 1 suspected Samoa case">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ decision to “reprioritise” future transport budgets — away from walking, cycling and public transport — in order to pay for Cyclone Gabrielle road reconstruction is short-sighted amid the climate crisis, says Greenpeace. However, Hipkins told RNZ Morning Report today the decision to refocus transport spending would ... <a title="Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix storm damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/greenpeace-accuses-labour-govt-of-robbing-climate-mitigation-funds-to-fix-storm-damage/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix storm damage">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The most important question about the Covid19 pandemic of the early 2020s is ‘how many people died?’. (The second-most important question relates to the impact of the pandemic on people’s ‘quality of life’.) The data here, available since last week, is the starting point for an answer to the first question. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Facts: Irrefutable, Inconvenient, Important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-pandemic-era-facts-irrefutable-inconvenient-important/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Facts: Irrefutable, Inconvenient, Important">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Political Roundup: NZ’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership Times are changing in New Zealand foreign policy. That seems to be the message from New Zealand’s new triumvirate of ministers with responsibility for foreign affairs and defence – Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta and defence minister Andrew Little. Jacinda ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: NZ’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-nzs-foreign-policy-hardens-under-new-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: NZ’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell In Pyongyang there is a public service which would appeal to our own Public Service Commissioner in Aotearoa New Zealand. It never makes any dissenting or controversial view known. Rather it readies itself for any potential change in the face of the Kim family leadership. Ever ready to resume the daily ... <a title="Rob Campbell: Public service bosses of ‘Pyongponeke’ forget who they’re supposed to serve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/rob-campbell-public-service-bosses-of-pyongponeke-forget-who-theyre-supposed-to-serve/" aria-label="Read more about Rob Campbell: Public service bosses of ‘Pyongponeke’ forget who they’re supposed to serve">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist People in Vanuatu remain optimistic about their future after two destructive cyclones in two days left parts of the Pacific nation in ruins. Authorities are yet to determine the full scale of the damage caused by the back-to-back severe tropical cyclones Judy and Kevin. But those who had to ... <a title="Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/back-to-back-cyclones-in-vanuatu-stories-of-survival-in-tough-go/" aria-label="Read more about Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Vanuatu has been under a state of emergency, after two earthquakes and two cyclones hit in as many days, reports ABC News. Hundreds of people remained in emergency evacuation centres in the capital Port Vila as Tropical Cyclone Kevin brought destructive winds and heavy rainfall. The Fiji Meteorology Service said wind gusts ... <a title="Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy rain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/tropical-cyclone-kevin-lashes-port-vila-with-destructive-winds-and-heavy-rain/" aria-label="Read more about Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy rain">Read more</a>
