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March 4, 2022
RNZ News Small groups of anti-mandate protesters are still lingering around Wellington after being cleared out of New Zealand’s Parliament precinct on Wednesday The disparate collection of groups and individuals who took part in the protests are divided about what happens next. Police say go home, and some protest groups like Voices for Freedom have ... <a title="Anti-mandate protesters try to camp at marae – told to ‘go home’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/anti-mandate-protesters-try-to-camp-at-marae-told-to-go-home/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-mandate protesters try to camp at marae – told to ‘go home’">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ News All southbound traffic lanes on State Highway One over the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now reopened after they were closed while New Zealand anti-mandate protesters marched across the bridge. The southbound lanes of the bridge were closed for about an hour and a half while the protesters marched from the North Shore to ... <a title="NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/nz-anti-mandate-protesters-march-across-auckland-harbour-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter Misinformation researchers are concerned the protest at New Zealand’ s Parliament is becoming a “free-for-all” as the idea of any leadership within the blockade area slips away. In recent days, the messaging among the occupation has noticeably fractured and with a number of people joining in, including influential personalities ... <a title="Fears that NZ Parliament protest turning into political ‘free-for-all’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/fears-that-nz-parliament-protest-turning-into-political-free-for-all/" aria-label="Read more about Fears that NZ Parliament protest turning into political ‘free-for-all’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Police Commissioner admits some tow companies are reluctant to help with the removal of vehicles near Parliament but says some towing will begin today. The anti-mandate protest on Parliament’s grounds and neighbouring streets is entering its ninth day. Commissioner Andrew Coster told RNZ Morning Report he expected to see some of ... <a title="Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/police-act-against-nz-protester-vehicles-but-admit-towies-unwilling-to-help/" aria-label="Read more about Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to help">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
RNZ News Police say misinformation and a “range of different causes and motivations” are making it difficult to resolve the situation with protesters at New Zealand’s Parliament. In a statement this afternoon, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said police were continuing to monitor the protest activity at Parliament grounds as new community cases of ... <a title="Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/covid-19-outbreak-misinformation-spreading-among-nzs-parliament-protesters-say-police/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
By Sam Olley, RNZ News reporter Ngāti Whātua kaitiaki remain in bolstered numbers at the border between Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau to stop protesters getting through. Together with Navy and police staff at Te Hana, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua has turned around about 50 people from anti-vax and anti-lockdown groups throughout this ... <a title="Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/kaitiaki-block-particularly-dangerous-anti-vax-protesters-at-auckland-border/" aria-label="Read more about Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk After his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition of apartheid, Nelson Mandela declared in a speech in 1997: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” Founding Halt All Racist Tours ... <a title="1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/1981-springbok-tour-protests-revisited-and-now-palestine-is-the-new-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about 1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2021
Tagata Pasifika They were the face of a generation growing up in a new land. They were the Polynesian Panthers, young activists fighting against social and racial injustice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Fifty years on, they’re back to share their struggles and triumphs as we look back on their legacy. From 1971-1974, the Polynesian Panthers ... <a title="Tagata Pasifika Special: Celebrating 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/19/tagata-pasifika-special-celebrating-50-years-of-the-polynesian-panthers/" aria-label="Read more about Tagata Pasifika Special: Celebrating 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
The Polynesian Panther Party will hold a three-day fonotaga commemoration event this weekend at the University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika. Whakaako kia Whakaora – Educate to Liberate. Image: RNZ/Polynesian Panthers Dawn Raid apology The Panthers’ golden jubilee couldn’t be more forthcoming, given an announcement made this week of a formal government apology for the 1970s ... <a title="50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/50-years-of-the-polynesian-panthers-it-was-a-time-of-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk About 4000 protesters took part in demonstrations across New Zealand at the weekend calling on the government to take action over the Israel-Palestine conflict, and close the Israeli embassy. The rallies marked what Palestinians call Nakba Day, or “Catastrophe” – recalling the loss of their homeland in 1948, when Israel was ... <a title="Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/palestinians-in-nz-stage-rallies-protesting-against-israeli-brutality/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was arrested for calling for an independence referendum for Papua which he expressed in 2019 during the anti-racism protests and riots in Papua and West ... <a title="HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/hrw-demands-police-drop-treason-charges-against-papuan-activist-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean, reports Greenpeace. A broken cable has resulted in the mining company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) losing control of its 25-tonne robot “nodule collector” Patania II ... <a title="25-tonne deep sea mining robot ‘stuck’ on Pacific Ocean seabed during trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/25-tonne-deep-sea-mining-robot-stuck-on-pacific-ocean-seabed-during-trial/" aria-label="Read more about 25-tonne deep sea mining robot ‘stuck’ on Pacific Ocean seabed during trial">Read more</a>
