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February 21, 2021
By Sheldon Chanel in Suva Facebook’s ban on Australian news will cut off a vital source of authoritative information for the Pacific region, government and industry analysts have warned. Across the Pacific, thousands have found their access to news blocked, or severely limited, after the tech giant wiped all news on the platform in Australia ... <a title="Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/21/facebooks-australia-ban-threatens-to-leave-pacific-without-key-news-source/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2021
By RNZ News The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) says this week’s change in the New Caledonian territorial government has brought hope to the Kanak people. On Wednesday, the Congress of New Caledonia elected a majority pro-independence government. Now, for the first time in almost 40 years a Kanak pro-independence leader could be ... <a title="Change in New Caledonia government 40 years on brings hope to Kanaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/21/change-in-new-caledonia-government-40-years-on-brings-hope-to-kanaks/" aria-label="Read more about Change in New Caledonia government 40 years on brings hope to Kanaks">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Rubén Sierra From Los Angeles, California In a world harmed by the severe COVID-19 pandemic, the access to vaccines is being distorted by the rules of the open market and the deep gap between rich and poor nations. As the director of the World Health Organization (WHO), ... <a title="Latin America finds its own answers to produce COVID-19 vaccines and save lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/latin-america-finds-its-own-answers-to-produce-covid-19-vaccines-and-save-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Latin America finds its own answers to produce COVID-19 vaccines and save lives">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2021
Article by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Tomorrow (February 19) marks the entry into force of a new international agreement promoting paperless trade, a timely reminder of how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought digital solutions to regional development challenges into the limelight. Paperless trade across borders has ... <a title="Op-Ed: Accelerating Trade Digitalization in Times of the Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/19/op-ed-accelerating-trade-digitalization-in-times-of-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Accelerating Trade Digitalization in Times of the Pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin.
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February 15, 2021
Director Anna Marbrook honours the last voyage of the great waka maker, sailor and mentor Ema Siope, whose journeys between Aotearoa and Sāmoa are in search of healing. Trailer: NZIFF Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The documentary Loimata, The Sweetest Tears has won the Grand Prix du Jury at Tahiti’s FIFO (Festival International du Film Documentaire ... <a title="Loimata, The Sweetest Tears carries off grand prize at 2021 FIFO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/loimata-the-sweetest-tears-carries-off-grand-prize-at-2021-fifo/" aria-label="Read more about Loimata, The Sweetest Tears carries off grand prize at 2021 FIFO">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
By Luke Rawalai in Suva Opposition parliamentarian Ro Filipe Tuisawau claims University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor Winston Thompson and audit and risk committee deputy chair Mahmood Khan had blocked investigations into irregularities highlighted by vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia. Speaking in Parliament during debate on the the 2017 USP annual report, Ro Filipe said deported ... <a title="Tuisawau claims Fiji pro-chancellor blocked USP audit probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/tuisawau-claims-fiji-pro-chancellor-blocked-usp-audit-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Tuisawau claims Fiji pro-chancellor blocked USP audit probe">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Last Thursday I walked the Tongariro (Alpine) Crossing with my partner. Actually, it was my third time, having also enjoyed that beautiful volcanic walk in 1979 and 1990. This was my first time with a mobile phone in my pocket. My phone assured me that the 19½ kilometre walk took me ... <a title="Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/keith-rankin-on-taking-39000-steps/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal deportation of he and his wife, Sandra Price, last week as a “surreal” experience. Many would agree that the inhumane, immoral and illegal deportation has plunged the tertiary institution into ... <a title="The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/the-future-of-usp-is-at-stake-do-australia-and-nz-still-stand-for-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (USP), and his wife Sandra Price on the morning of Thursday, February 4, during their long and unexpected plane journey back to Brisbane after their shock expulsion from Fiji brought back ... <a title="Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/fijis-actions-threaten-to-unwind-the-pacifics-great-experiment-in-regional-education-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a proposed cyber-security law in Myanmar that would organise online censorship and force social media platforms to share private information about their users when requested by the authorities. The draft law, which has just been leaked, is clearly designed to prevent pro-democracy activists from continuing to organise the demonstrations ... <a title="Myanmar’s junta plans draconian cyber-security law to stifle dissent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/myanmars-junta-plans-draconian-cyber-security-law-to-stifle-dissent/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s junta plans draconian cyber-security law to stifle dissent">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Indigenous Papuan students who are currently studying in New Zealand and Australia have formed an educational association, choosing Waitangi Day to mark the occasion of their inaugural virtual conference. Called the Papuan Students Association Oceania (PSAO), the organisation plans to represent all students from the Land of Papua who are ... <a title="Papuans choose NZ’s Waitangi Day to launch new Oceania student group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/papuans-choose-nzs-waitangi-day-to-launch-new-oceania-student-group/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans choose NZ’s Waitangi Day to launch new Oceania student group">Read more</a>
