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August 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Keith Locke After the fall of Kabul, the obvious question for New Zealanders is whether we should ever have joined the American war in Afghanistan. Labour and National politicians, who sent our Special Forces there, will say yes. The Greens, who opposed the war from the start, will say no. Back in 2001, ... <a title="New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/new-zealand-should-never-have-joined-the-war-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
Opinion by Najib Hedayat, courtesy of MakeLemonade.nz. EDITOR’S NOTE: Najib Hedayat came to New Zealand as an Afghan teenage refugee, and later graduated with a master’s commerce degree at the University of Canterbury. He completed much of his postgraduate thesis in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), a unit created ... <a title="OP-ED: Reasons for the Afghan government collapse – Najib Hedayat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/op-ed-reasons-for-the-afghan-government-collapse-najib-hedayat/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Reasons for the Afghan government collapse – Najib Hedayat">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast where they analyse the crisis, the tragedy, unfolding in Afghanistan, including an apparent intelligence failure. But were former president Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden told of the likelihood of a swift and total takeover by Taliban as soon as the US-led forces began to pull out?
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August 19, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand police are out again today enforcing the rules of the level 4 lockdown concentrating on dealing with any illegal gatherings, ensuring all travel is essential and providing reassurance patrols at places like supermarkets. Yesterday there were eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests in Auckland and Whangarei and drivers across the country were ... <a title="NZ police chief says anti-lockdown protests ‘disappointing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/nz-police-chief-says-anti-lockdown-protests-disappointing/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police chief says anti-lockdown protests ‘disappointing’">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
By Frank Rai in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has lashed out at the Papua New Guinean Department of Lands and Physical Planning for failing to maintain and manage portions of land in urban centers for public use. He said public space in NCD was “diminishing” and the department had not been ... <a title="Parkop blasts PNG Lands Department for failing to protect public parks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/parkop-blasts-png-lands-department-for-failing-to-protect-public-parks/" aria-label="Read more about Parkop blasts PNG Lands Department for failing to protect public parks">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
By Kālino Latu in Auckland The challenges experienced by Tongan students having to study overseas will soon be over after the government has announced plans for the establishment of the kingdom’s first national university. The news has been hailed as a solution to the financial, social and mental stresses Tonga’s international students have faced. The ... <a title="Tonga announces plans for national university with new bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/tonga-announces-plans-for-national-university-with-new-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga announces plans for national university with new bill">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s streets were largely silent today as the three-day nationwide alert-level 4 lockdown kicked in with 10 cases of covid-19 reported so far — the first outbreak for more than six months. As test results rolled in this morning, it was announced four other people were covid-19 positive. The new cases were ... <a title="NZ lockdown streets silenced, 10 covid cases, police make ‘conspiracy’ arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/nz-lockdown-streets-silenced-10-covid-cases-police-make-conspiracy-arrests/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown streets silenced, 10 covid cases, police make ‘conspiracy’ arrests">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
An Auckland University of Technology (AUT) student who was at a lecture yesterday is among the 10 new cases of covid-19 reported in the community in New Zealand. The first case of the highly infectious delta variant in this outbreak was announced yesterday. Since then there have been nine new cases of covid-19, including three ... <a title="AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/aut-student-among-10-new-delta-cases-of-covid-19-in-nz-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday where they will analyse the crisis, the tragedy, unfolding in Afghanistan, including an apparent intelligence failure. Unanswered questions, to be considered, include: Why were United States intelligence unable to predict how poised and ... <a title="Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/livemidday-thursday-buchanan-and-manning-on-afghanistan-intelligence-failures-a-prelude-to-a-taliban-takeover/" aria-label="Read more about Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a Taliban Takeover">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
The Auckland Hospital nurse who has tested positive for covid-19 worked four shifts not knowing she had the virus, says New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. The 21-year-old nurse is a flatmate of a man who worked with the first case to be discovered and announced yesterday. She was fully vaccinated, the Ministry ... <a title="Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/auckland-nurse-worked-four-shifts-not-knowing-she-had-virus-7-delta-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Cook Islands News Cook Islands has suspended the travel bubble with New Zealand after NZ officials reported new covid-19 community cases in Auckland. Four new community cases have been reported by health authorities — including an Auckland nurse — taking the total to five. The new cases are all linked to yesterday’s first case in ... <a title="Cook Islands suspends travel bubble with New Zealand – 5 delta cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/cook-islands-suspends-travel-bubble-with-new-zealand-5-delta-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands suspends travel bubble with New Zealand – 5 delta cases">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
By Shanil Singh in Suva Immigration Secretary Yogesh Karan has confirmed that 13 Fijians who are currently stuck in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last Sunday are safe and officials are working to repatriate them as soon as possible. Karan said two worked for private contractors and the other 11 were with international organisations. He ... <a title="13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/13-fijians-trapped-in-afghanistan-safe-as-suva-plans-to-repatriate-them/" aria-label="Read more about 13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them">Read more</a>
