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June 5, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie Three cartoonists had especially poignant takes on the tragic and toxic political aftermath of martyr George Floyd’s brutal killing under the knee of a white American policeman in Minneapolis last week. The Boston Globe’s Christopher Weyant featured a split frame contrasting a red-capped “Make America Great Again” and a ... <a title="Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/toxic-us-politics-a-brutal-killing-and-the-messengers-become-the-target/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The conversation around the 2020 covid19 pandemic has been widely framed as ‘health versus the economy’. It has been quite political, with people leaning to the left emphasising ‘health’, and people leaning to the right emphasising ‘the economy’. A couple of weeks ago (27 May), on RNZ I heard outspoken British ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/keith-rankin-analysis-economic-impacts-of-pandemics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Pacific Media Centre A Papua New Guinea provincial governor has defending his actions for speaking up in Parliament yesterday on the government’s mooted proposal to extend the state of emergency (SoE) for two more months. Writing on social media, Governor Allan Bird of East Sepik cited instances of police abuse under the SoE implementation and ... <a title="Governor Bird condemns PNG police brutality, calls for local covid data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/governor-bird-condemns-png-police-brutality-calls-for-local-covid-data/" aria-label="Read more about Governor Bird condemns PNG police brutality, calls for local covid data">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
By RNZ News The organisers of Black Lives Matter protests in several main centres will not be prosecuted. On Monday, thousands gathered at several events around the country for Black Lives Matter marches in solidarity with protesters in the United States after the police killing of George Floyd. The protests prompted calls from Deputy Prime ... <a title="Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/police-rule-out-legal-action-against-nz-black-solidarity-protest-organisers/" aria-label="Read more about Police rule out legal action against NZ black solidarity protest organisers">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Pacific Media Centre The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has agreed at its meeting held in Luganville, Santo, to postpone the hosting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting due in August 2020, reports the Vanuatu Daily Post. The decision followed the recommendations of the National Task Force based on the “uncertainty and the economic ... <a title="Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/covid-cyclone-force-vanuatu-to-postpone-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2020
By Amanda Siddharta in Jakarta Six activists charged with treason in Jakarta for organising a protest rally for independence last August outside the presidential palace have been freed from prison. Five of the activists known as the Jakarta Six – Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Charles Kosay, and Dano Anes Tabuni, along with the only ... <a title="Jakarta Six activists for Papua freedom convicted of treason set free" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/30/jakarta-six-activists-for-papua-freedom-convicted-of-treason-set-free/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta Six activists for Papua freedom convicted of treason set free">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2020
New Zealand implemented one of the earliest lockdowns and has largely succeeded in eliminating the coronavirus under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Some of the country’s success has been attributed to her leadership, trust in science, and clear communication during the crisis. We get an update from Michael Baker, professor of public health ... <a title="‘Stay home, stay safe, be kind’: What NZ can teach the world about covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/30/stay-home-stay-safe-be-kind-what-nz-can-teach-the-world-about-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stay home, stay safe, be kind’: What NZ can teach the world about covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2020
By Marchio Irfan Gorbiano in Jakarta President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has announced that the Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police will be deployed to guard crowded places in preparation for the so-called “new normal”. During a visit to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle MRT station with TNI commander Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, National Police chief ... <a title="Jokowi deploys army, police to enforce Indonesia’s coronavirus ‘new normal’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/29/jokowi-deploys-army-police-to-enforce-indonesias-coronavirus-new-normal/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi deploys army, police to enforce Indonesia’s coronavirus ‘new normal’">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has reported no new cases of covid-19 coronavirus today, but the death toll has risen to 22 to include a woman who died after recovering from the disease. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said there were only eight active cases in the country and there was still nobody receiving ... <a title="No new NZ covid cases for six days – but one extra death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/no-new-nz-covid-cases-for-six-days-but-one-extra-death/" aria-label="Read more about No new NZ covid cases for six days – but one extra death">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Pacific Media Centre The dramatic daily increase of covid-19 coronavirus cases in West Papua poses a “great threat” to Papua New Guinea, says the country’s deputy emergency chief. State of Emergency Deputy Controller and Acting Secretary for Health Dr Paison Dakulala said the Indonesian-ruled Papua region had seen an increase of 65 new covid-19 cases ... <a title="PNG’s deputy emergency chief warns Papua covid cases pose ‘great threat’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/pngs-deputy-emergency-chief-warns-papua-covid-cases-pose-great-threat/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s deputy emergency chief warns Papua covid cases pose ‘great threat’">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2020
By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of TVNZ One News Pacific governments are being warned to put urgent covid-19 safety measures into place at ports as foreign fishing boats emerge as a new point of transmission. One Ecuadorian vessel is now at sea with 29 out of 30 of its crew covid-positive and there are suspicions ... <a title="Foreign fishing boats become new covid-19 threat for Pacific nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/27/foreign-fishing-boats-become-new-covid-19-threat-for-pacific-nations/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign fishing boats become new covid-19 threat for Pacific nations">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
COMMENT: By Sue Bradford for Pundit and RNZ News In the age of covid-19 we are Jacinda’s team of five million, except for some. There has rarely been a more blatant case of discrimination against beneficiaries than Grant Robertson’s announcement yesterday that people who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus will receive weekly payments ... <a title="Sue Bradford: Labour betrays its traditions – and most vulnerable – with two-tier welfare payments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/sue-bradford-labour-betrays-its-traditions-and-most-vulnerable-with-two-tier-welfare-payments/" aria-label="Read more about Sue Bradford: Labour betrays its traditions – and most vulnerable – with two-tier welfare payments">Read more</a>
