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March 30, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Getting the Language Correct Aotearoa New Zealand has a housing problem; a very big housing problem, and a problem not unique to New Zealand. While political leaders and privileged commentators do acknowledge the problem, the discussion remains befuddled, presumably largely because of the compromised political and financial interests of those who ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/keith-rankin-essay-solving-the-housing-crisis-making-homes/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of the COVID-19 pandemic on human well-being fully heal. In the Asia-Pacific region, where 60 per cent of the world lives, the pandemic revealed chronic development ... <a title="Op-Ed: COVID19 a wake-up call to address development fault lines in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/op-ed-covid19-a-wake-up-call-to-address-development-fault-lines-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: COVID19 a wake-up call to address development fault lines in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Nickson Stevi Yikwa had a dream. As a Papuan student, he wanted to gain a commercial pilot’s licence in New Zealand so that he could go back home to help his fellow indigenous Papuans at remote highlands villages. His dream was shared by Papuan provincial Governor Lukas Enembe and his ... <a title="Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/papuan-student-accomplishes-first-commercial-pilot-licence-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to carry out a two-week awareness campaign in urban communities in the capital Port Moresby. PNGDF commander Major-General Gilbert Toropo told the PNG Post-Courier that the 30 officers from the military ... <a title="PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/png-military-police-help-out-with-covid-19-awareness-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia has been accused of a ‘disgraceful attack on the people of West Papua’ by considering listing the pro-independence militia Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) as a terrorist organisation. The exiled interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda has condemned the reported move by Jakarta, saying ... <a title="OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/opm-isnt-a-terrorist-group-the-indonesian-state-is-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
RNZ News More than a thousand people have turned out for a rally in central Auckland calling for discrimination against Asians to stop. They claim Asians have been the target of derogatory comments since covid-19 broke out. They say Asian communities in New Zealand and around the world have suffered discrimination for too long. Organiser ... <a title="Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/rally-protests-against-anti-asian-covid-violence-abuse-in-us-and-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin Hungary has now taken over from its neighbour, the Czech Republic, as the world’s most covid-fatal country in the most recent week. The top seven countries are in Eastern Europe, as is the ninth country (Poland); plenty of others from the region also feature. Only Brazil, scoring much higher than in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Victims of the latest wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-victims-of-the-latest-wave/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Victims of the latest wave">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand expects to open a two-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands in May and is planning a vaccination campaign there. The leaders of both nations met in Auckland today, with New Zealand confirming $20 million in additional support for the country this financial year. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is ... <a title="NZ plans Cook Islands vaccination campaign, two-way travel bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/nz-plans-cook-islands-vaccination-campaign-two-way-travel-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about NZ plans Cook Islands vaccination campaign, two-way travel bubble">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific A new report has found that tuna fishing companies in the Pacific are doing little to stop slavery on their boats. The canned tuna industry is rife with allegations of modern slavery in its Pacific supply chains, with little protection for workers from forced labour. The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre report, ... <a title="Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/tuna-brands-largely-failing-to-combat-slavery-in-pacific-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Unions in Fiji say it is hard to believe the Prime Minister only found out about the controversial draft Police Bill after public uproar. The draft legislation would have given police more surveillance powers if passed in Parliament. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama pulled the plug on the bill last week following widespread condemnation ... <a title="Unions call on Fiji PM to explain draft police bill ‘crazy insult’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/unions-call-on-fiji-pm-to-explain-draft-police-bill-crazy-insult/" aria-label="Read more about Unions call on Fiji PM to explain draft police bill ‘crazy insult’">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Brendon Blue for The Democracy Project The day after New Zealand’s first lockdown was announced, I expressed to a senior colleague my concern for those around the country whose livelihoods would suffer as a result. She agreed, but was confident that the spirit of “we’re all in it together” accompanying these drastic public ... <a title="Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/brendon-blue-non-homeowners-are-paying-the-cost-of-the-covid-19-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce You can’t get the right answer if you keep asking the wrong question. A question this neoliberal New Zealand government and previous ones continue to ask is:“How can people get to own a home?” There are very, very limited answers to that question. But if you ask: “How can we give ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/bryan-bruce-nzs-housing-crisis-ask-the-right-questions-and-we-may-get-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions">Read more</a>
