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January 15, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Auckland It seems a long time ago – some 124 days – since Mā’ohi Nui deplored its first covid-19 related deaths of an elderly woman on 11 September 2020 followed by her husband just hours later, both over the age of 80. The local territorial government was indeed saddened ... <a title="Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/15/controversy-over-renaming-tahitis-hospital-after-chirac-amid-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva The sharply rising number of deaths from the covid-19 coronavirus in Mā’ohi Nui (“French” Polynesia) has triggered a corrosive war of words with a pro-independence party lawmaker, Élaine Tevahitua, accusing President Édouard Fritch of mismanagement of the crisis. All the archipelagos of the Polynesian territory have now been hit by the ... <a title="Covid-19: Politicians row over ‘out of control’ pandemic in Mā’ohi Nui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/20/covid-19-politicians-row-over-out-of-control-pandemic-in-maohi-nui/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Politicians row over ‘out of control’ pandemic in Mā’ohi Nui">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti’s prison and infected 20 people. The French High Commission said that after two cases were detected among corrections staff, tests had revealed an initial tally of 13. A second round of testing then found another four cases among staff and three among the ... <a title="Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/28/tahitis-nuutania-prison-detects-covid-19-outbreak-with-20-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
By Michael Field French Polynesian authorities are conceding the Pacific territory of 280,000 people will probably have 100,000 cases of covid-19 by the end of the year. Most of those affected will be young Polynesians and authorities seem comforted by this, as their medical system can cope and they expect few deaths. There are indications ... <a title="100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/100000-polynesians-with-covid-by-years-end-warn-tahiti-officials/" aria-label="Read more about 100,000 Polynesians with covid by year’s end, warn Tahiti officials">Read more</a>
