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August 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands government has secured a US$66 million (NZ$106 million) loan from China for tech giant Huawei to expand the country’s telecommunications network. The Solomon Islands National Broadband Infrastructure project is being described as a “historical financial partnership”. It aims to see up to 161 telecommunication towers constructed around the country over ... <a title="Huawei wins US$66m contract for expanding Solomons telecom network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/huawei-wins-us66m-contract-for-expanding-solomons-telecom-network/" aria-label="Read more about Huawei wins US$66m contract for expanding Solomons telecom network">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
By Jeffrey Elapa of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby Madang MP Bryan Kramer, who held the police, justice and later immigration portfolios in the outgoing givernment, is no stranger to publicity stunts. Yesterday, he “ambushed” Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen in the State Function Room of the National Parliament during the new MPs’ induction process. ... <a title="Kramer ‘ambushes’ PNG’s chief ombudsman, challenges integrity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/kramer-ambushes-pngs-chief-ombudsman-challenges-integrity/" aria-label="Read more about Kramer ‘ambushes’ PNG’s chief ombudsman, challenges integrity">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Covid Excess Deaths: East Asia in context – These charts show excess pandemic mortality so far for a wide range of countries, geographically themed. The charts are structured to emphasise deaths in 2022 and 2021, and to facilitate comparative analysis between regions. (General mortality data is lacking for Africa and South ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Comparative analysis of excess deaths between and within the world’s regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-comparative-analysis-of-excess-deaths-between-and-within-the-worlds-regions/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Comparative analysis of excess deaths between and within the world’s regions">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
By Anish Chand in Suva Inadequate parental support and the lack of parental engagement with education stakeholders are resulting in boys’ disengagement from education in Fiji, says a new report released by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The report, Boys’ Disengagement from Education – Fiji Case Study, was authored by Dr Wahab ... <a title="UN report blames Fiji student dropout on ‘inadequate parental support’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/un-report-blames-fiji-student-dropout-on-inadequate-parental-support/" aria-label="Read more about UN report blames Fiji student dropout on ‘inadequate parental support’">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia’s Melanesian province of Papua has expressed support for a call from the Papuan Student Association Oceania (PSAO) for a New Zealand-Papuan scholarship. The statement has been made after a relentless campaign by the Papuan advocacy group, which is made up of the PSAO and other ... <a title="Papuan governor supports advocacy group’s call for NZ scholarship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/papuan-governor-supports-advocacy-groups-call-for-nz-scholarship/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan governor supports advocacy group’s call for NZ scholarship">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
By Rebecca Kuku of The National, PNG One of the survivors of a horrifying sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) attack and torture of nine women in Papua New Guinea falsely accused last month of using sorcery to kill a leading businessman tells her story of survival. She does not want to be named as the situation ... <a title="‘Her screams pierced our hearts, I knew I was going to die too’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/her-screams-pierced-our-hearts-i-knew-i-was-going-to-die-too/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Her screams pierced our hearts, I knew I was going to die too’">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2022
PNG Post-Courier The Southern Highlands capital — Mendi — has turned into a battlefield in Papua New Guinea this week as supporters of different candidates for the regional seat went on a warpath. The warring parties –– believed to be supporters of the incumbent governor against the other regional candidates –– shut down the town ... <a title="Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/mendi-a-battlefield-as-disgruntled-png-election-rivals-raid-police-station/" aria-label="Read more about Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2022
IndoLeft News Indonesia’s Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy says that the presidential decree (Keppres) on the formation of a team for the non-judicial resolution of past gross human rights violations — signed recently by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo — will reinforce impunity and absolve perpetrators of past human rights violations. According to Setara Institute ... <a title="Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/jokowi-accused-of-whitewashing-rights-crimes-in-latest-impunity-decree/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific Residents of Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand’s South Island are cleaning up and counting the cost of flood damage across the region, while authorities work to fix roads, clear slips and rebuild infrastructure. More than 400 homes had to be evacuated over the past few days after the Maitai River burst its banks ... <a title="A river runs through city – Nelson surveys damage and clean-up ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/a-river-runs-through-city-nelson-surveys-damage-and-clean-up-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about A river runs through city – Nelson surveys damage and clean-up ahead">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above shows New Zealand’s aggregate weekly deaths from 2015. The normal winter experience is obvious, with 2015 to 2019 influenza peaks mainly in July and August, though in late June in 2019. New Zealand is different from most European countries in that it has significantly faster population growth. (Although ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Demography: New Zealand in context of North and West Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-demography-new-zealand-in-context-of-north-and-west-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Demography: New Zealand in context of North and West Europe">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva It was the friendliness of Fijians that led educator Hiroshi Taniguchi to give up his Japanese citizenship and make Fiji his home. The 50-year-old is a National Federation Party (NFP) provisional candidate for the 2022 general election. He moved to Fiji in 2004 and then established the Freebird Institute in ... <a title="Elections hopeful Taniguchi gave up citizenship to become Fijian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/elections-hopeful-taniguchi-gave-up-citizenship-to-become-fijian/" aria-label="Read more about Elections hopeful Taniguchi gave up citizenship to become Fijian">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
RNZ Pacific The office of the Tahitian president says it wants to honour the memory of Bruno Barrillot who was the head of French Polynesia’s organisation looking at the aftermath of France’s nuclear weapons tests. The office says it wants to mark the sixth anniversary of Barrillot’s return from France to French Polynesia. He died ... <a title="Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/tahitis-nuclear-compo-advocate-to-be-honoured-in-french-polynesia/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia">Read more</a>
