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September 11, 2021
Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week’s A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTubeA VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast with Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan In this week’s security podcast, Dr Paul G. Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders ... <a title="A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/a-view-from-afar-could-aucklands-lynnmall-stabbing-attack-have-been-prevented/" aria-label="Read more about A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia after covid-19 was detected in the community, RNZ Pacific reports. The state of emergency was decreed by the French Prime Minister Jean Castex, effective immediately. The decree, which is valid for a month, allows the authorities to impose restrictions, such as curfews ... <a title="France declares covid-19 emergency in New Caledonia as cases surge to 66" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/france-declares-covid-19-emergency-in-new-caledonia-as-cases-surge-to-66/" aria-label="Read more about France declares covid-19 emergency in New Caledonia as cases surge to 66">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders from terror-styled attacks; legal measures designed to protect communities from danger and even protect individuals from themselves and why they failed.
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A one metre-deep hole in the ground is all there is to show of an almost K2.7 million state contract project in Papua New Guinea’s Northern Province, reports PNG Post-Courier. The project was for the design, pre-fabrication and construction of a community health post building with support facilities for Kiorata in ... <a title="K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/k2-7-million-hole-other-failed-png-projects-land-contractors-in-court/" aria-label="Read more about K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
By Edwin Nand in Suva A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji. Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted at the Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital five days before he succumbed to the virus. He is among three deaths reported in Fiji over a seven day period between ... <a title="Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/baby-among-fijis-three-new-covid-deaths-reported-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about Baby among Fiji’s three new covid deaths reported this week">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour’s act this week undermining an indigenous response to New Zealand’s covid-19 pandemic as “unbelievably irresponsible and cruel”. Seymour publicly shared a priority vaccine code for Māori so that Pākehā, or non-Māori, could jump the queue for vaccinations against the ... <a title="Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/seymours-sabotage-of-maori-priority-vaccine-code-unbelievably-cruel/" aria-label="Read more about Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders from terror-styled attacks; legal measures designed to protect communities from danger and even protect individuals from themselves and why they failed.
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian authorities have been accused of adopting a strategy of deploying military force to drive thousands of Papuans from their homes to make way for powerful business interests. The accusation comes from the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) in a statement responding to news that about 2400 internal refugees ... <a title="Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/indonesia-accused-of-forcing-mass-flights-of-papuans-for-business/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In a seven-minute social media broadcast, President Duwa Lashi La has declared it is time to stop the military regime’s ongoing torture, detention, jailing and murder of civilians opposed to the military coup seven months ago. And he added that it is vital to halt the regime’s dismantling of the country’s ... <a title="Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/burmas-national-unity-government-declares-war-on-military-regime/" aria-label="Read more about Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji celebrated Constitution Day today virtually due to the ongoing civid-19 pandemic crisis, but many see the day as a hollow event not worth celebrating. The national holiday marks the eighth year that the adoption of the controversial and contested 2013 Constitution by the Bainimarama government has been observed. Among the ... <a title="Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/fijis-constitution-day-nothing-but-a-national-joke-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Public Health measures are restrictive ‘health’ imposts by an authority over some or all of the people subject to that authority. In most cases they are both ‘merit goods’ (having benefits which people ought to be willing to pay for), and ‘public goods’ (goods whose benefits are shared). Quarantine may be ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Quarantine, an effective temporary Public Health measure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/keith-rankin-essay-quarantine-an-effective-temporary-public-health-measure/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Quarantine, an effective temporary Public Health measure">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The tragic terrorist attack at an Auckland shopping mall on Friday has led to a lot of debate about how it could have been prevented. It turns out authorities were well aware of Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen’s severe mental health problems and his capacity for violent extremism if not dealt with ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could government agencies have averted the development of a terrorist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-could-government-agencies-have-averted-the-development-of-a-terrorist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could government agencies have averted the development of a terrorist?">Read more</a>
