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December 11, 2020
BACKGROUNDER: By Michael Field Efforts by Brazilian miner Vale SA to extract itself from one of the world’s largest nickel and cobalt operations are creating deeping tensions and confusion in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. On Wednesday night Vale announced a vague deal, without disclosing full financials, but by Thursday there was uncertainty ... <a title="Tension rises in New Caledonia over Brazilian miner Vale’s bail out efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/11/tension-rises-in-new-caledonia-over-brazilian-miner-vales-bail-out-efforts/" aria-label="Read more about Tension rises in New Caledonia over Brazilian miner Vale’s bail out efforts">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Pacific Climate Warrior today told of personal struggles that impact on island people in the region and how this inspires them to take action for climate justice. But Wellington coordinator of the Pacific warriors Mary Moeono-Kolio appealed to politicians and policy leaders to take real action fast – before it ... <a title="Pacific Climate Warriors win global award as struggle gets ‘personal’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/10/pacific-climate-warriors-win-global-award-as-struggle-gets-personal/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Climate Warriors win global award as struggle gets ‘personal’">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2020
PNG Prime Minister James Marape … Parliament appears evenly split. Image: PNG govt/RNZ By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has rejected opposition leader Belden Namah’s call for him to resign. Namah’s call came after the Supreme Court yesterday ordered Parliament to sit next Monday, quashing the government’s recent ... <a title="Pressure builds on PNG’s Marape as Parliament showdown looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/10/pressure-builds-on-pngs-marape-as-parliament-showdown-looms/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure builds on PNG’s Marape as Parliament showdown looms">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre Australian authorities’ heavy-handedness and the use of the covid-19 pandemic to curb civic and media freedoms are major concerns in the latest report, People Power Under Attack 2020, released by the international non-profit organisation CIVICUS. Australia was downgraded last year (2019) and is still rated as having ... <a title="CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/civicus-criticises-pacific-countries-over-use-of-covid-to-curb-freedoms/" aria-label="Read more about CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Resigned …. SODELPA leader Sitiveni Rabuka shakes Fiji opposition ranks with his sudden move. Image: Sri Krishnamurthi/PMC By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The writing is on the wall for Fiji’s main opposition party, says New Zealand-based Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva. His comments come in the wake of the sudden resignation of former Social ... <a title="Rabuka’s exit may spell ‘beginning of end’ for Fiji’s SODELPA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/rabukas-exit-may-spell-beginning-of-end-for-fijis-sodelpa/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s exit may spell ‘beginning of end’ for Fiji’s SODELPA">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2020
COMMENT: By Crosbie Walsh Media giant Stuff, after a protracted study of its own history, announced this week that much that it has published on Māori has been racist. It has apologised for this and introduced guidelines (a Treaty of Waitangi-based charter) to improve its record. Surprisingly, left-leaning journalist Chris Trotter has condemned these initiatives, ... <a title="Crosbie Walsh: Parihaka, a Stuff apology to Māori and seeking truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/06/crosbie-walsh-parihaka-a-stuff-apology-to-maori-and-seeking-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Crosbie Walsh: Parihaka, a Stuff apology to Māori and seeking truth">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Indonesia’s Presidential Staff Office says it regrets the raising of the Morning Star flag – which is identified with Papuan independence – at the Indonesian Consulate General (KJRI) in Melbourne, Australia, this week. Presidential Staff Office deputy for political, legal, security and human rights affairs Jaleswari Pramowardhani insisted that the area ... <a title="Jakarta ‘regrets’ Morning Star flag protest at Melbourne consulate after video goes viral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/06/jakarta-regrets-morning-star-flag-protest-at-melbourne-consulate-after-video-goes-viral/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta ‘regrets’ Morning Star flag protest at Melbourne consulate after video goes viral">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A renewed declaration of independence by an exiled West Papuan leader has stirred a negative response from other Papuan independence fighters who are part of the West Papua liberation army force clashing with Indonesian security troops. The rival fighters have rejected the peaceful unilateral claim of independence and in particular the ... <a title="Rival OPM leaders dispute Papuan ‘independence’ declaration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/05/rival-opm-leaders-dispute-papuan-independence-declaration/" aria-label="Read more about Rival OPM leaders dispute Papuan ‘independence’ declaration">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week, Covid19 cases in most large European countries are passing their peak following four months of exponential growth, thanks to belated new ‘lockdown’ restrictions. The exception – or laggard – is Germany, which has generally been praised as the European exemplar of how Covid19 should be managed. Germany has converged with ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Transmission and Convergence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-transmission-and-convergence/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Transmission and Convergence">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk December 1 flag day protests have taken place in several cities around Indonesia including the capital Jakarta, Yogyakarta (Central Java), Ternate (North Maluku) and Sinjai (South Sulawesi), reports Arah Juang. The actions were launched to commemorate West Papua Independence Day. But even before the actions were launched, security forces attempted to ... <a title="Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/papuan-flag-day-protests-in-yogya-jakarta-reject-special-autonomy/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The Northern Marianas is ready for its allocation of covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer after acquiring 10 ultra-cold freezers from South Korea. The acquisition of the freezers came as the CNMI waits for the Pfizer vaccines to get Emergency Use Authorisation approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Even though the vaccines ... <a title="Northern Marianas gets vaccine freezers for covid-19 treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/northern-marianas-gets-vaccine-freezers-for-covid-19-treatment/" aria-label="Read more about Northern Marianas gets vaccine freezers for covid-19 treatment">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2020
ANALYSIS: By David Hall, Auckland University of Technology; Raven Cretney, University of Waikato; and Sylvia Nissen There is no question that we must act, and act fast, on climate change. This week’s climate emergency declaration by the New Zealand government acknowledges the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to collectively confront it. But ... <a title="By declaring a climate emergency NZ’s Ardern needs to inspire hope, not fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/03/by-declaring-a-climate-emergency-nzs-ardern-needs-to-inspire-hope-not-fear/" aria-label="Read more about By declaring a climate emergency NZ’s Ardern needs to inspire hope, not fear">Read more</a>
