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July 5, 2022
RNZ Pacific The president of New Caledonia’s Southern Province Sonia Backès has been given a post in France’s reshuffled and enlarged 42-member government. The prime minister Elisabeth Borne appointed her as the secretary of citizenship within the interior ministry, which has integrated the overseas ministry. The reshuffle means that the position of overseas minister has ... <a title="New Caledonia’s Backes joins French government in citizenship post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/new-caledonias-backes-joins-french-government-in-citizenship-post/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s Backes joins French government in citizenship post">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
RNZ Pacific Voting in the Papua New Guinea general election begins today. Voters will elect 118 members of Parliament, including governors of the 22 provinces, from the 3600-plus candidates nominated. There are 6000 polling teams in the 22 provinces. There have also been reports that polling in the capital, Port Moresby has been delayed. #BREAKING: ... <a title="Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from 3600 candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/papua-new-guinea-voters-head-to-the-polls-to-choose-from-3600-candidates/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from 3600 candidates">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A man was held by Papua New Guinean security personnel in Hela Province on Saturday after he was found to have in his possession K1.56 million (about NZ$715,000) in cash carried in a suitcase. The man, who police identified as a local, allegedly told security personnel that the money ... <a title="PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/png-security-detain-man-with-k1-56m-in-suitcase-as-elections-begin/" aria-label="Read more about PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Benny Wenda We celebrated the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at Markas Victoria on July 1, 1971. The declaration, signed by Seth Rumkoren and Jacob Prai — who sadly passed away last month — was a direct rejection of Indonesian colonialism. It sent a powerful message ... <a title="OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/05/opm-day-celebrating-the-1971-papuan-independence-proklamasi/" aria-label="Read more about OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have the same legal or political set-up, let alone its religious cleavages and cultural conflicts. Opinion leaders in our media didn’t agree — and provoked a significant political response. Days after ... <a title="Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/controversial-roe-v-wade-ruling-triggers-intense-nz-media-reaction/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Theckla Gunga of Inside PNG Papua New Guineans, your future is in your hands, vote wisely. As the campaign trail wound up its last hours at the weekend, voters were being urged to keep their future in mind when choosing and voting this election starting tomorrow. Alvin Gia Huk, an independent candidate, and runner ... <a title="‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/vote-wisely-not-with-cargo-cult-mentality-png-election-eve-warning/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) is welcoming the government’s health reforms as an important first step to improving Māori and Pasifika health in south Auckland. But some in the health sector say the jury is still out on what will be achieved in Counties Manukau. Under the reforms, the ... <a title="Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/maori-authority-welcomes-nz-health-system-reform-as-important-first-step/" aria-label="Read more about Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea’s 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but in politically charged PNG, anything is possible, including illegal last-minute clandestine campaigning. Polling is set to begin Tuesday, July 4, when millions will exercise their democratic right at the ... <a title="Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/titanic-power-struggle-tipped-for-pngs-game-changer-election/" aria-label="Read more about Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Greenpeace Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand for “standing by” while “deep wounds are inflicted on its Pacific neighbours” by silence over deep sea mining. Greenpeace’s seabed mining campaigner James Hita made the critical statement today after a dramatic shift at the UN Oceans conference in Lisbon this week when several Pacific ... <a title="Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/greenpeace-condemns-nz-silence-on-pacific-deep-sea-mining-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand. The decision was met with enthusiasm by those opposed to abortion here, including opposition National MP for Tāmaki Simon O’Connor. Pro-choice groups such as Abortion ... <a title="Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/luxons-dilemma-when-politics-and-morals-dont-match-in-response-to-the-overturning-of-roe-v-wade/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor, and Katie Scotcher, political reporter, in Brussels New Zealand and the European Union have struck an historic free trade deal, “unlocking access to one of the world’s biggest and most lucrative markets” after four years of tough negotiating. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and President of the European Union ... <a title="New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/new-zealand-and-european-union-secure-historic-free-trade-deal/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand has designated US groups the Proud Boys and The Base as terrorist entities. Set down in the government’s official journal of record — the Gazette — last Monday, 20 June, it was published publicly a week later but with no wider dissemination. The move — authorised by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster ... <a title="NZ designates American Proud Boys and The Base terrorist groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/01/nz-designates-american-proud-boys-and-the-base-terrorist-groups/" aria-label="Read more about NZ designates American Proud Boys and The Base terrorist groups">Read more</a>
