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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>
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May 26, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ilan Noy of Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, disaster recovery plans are almost always framed with aspirational plans to “build back better”. It’s a fine sentiment – we all want to build better societies and economies. But, as the Cheshire Cat tells Alice ... <a title="Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild fairly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/rich-and-poor-dont-recover-equally-from-epidemics-target-rebuild-fairly/" aria-label="Read more about Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild fairly">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2020
By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS movement has asked Paris for the referendum on independence from France to be deferred by up to two months because of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The plebiscite is due on September 6, but the FLNKS leaders have said they want it to be rescheduled for either October 25 ... <a title="FLNKS wants New Caledonia vote on independence delayed by two months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/23/flnks-wants-new-caledonia-vote-on-independence-delayed-by-two-months/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS wants New Caledonia vote on independence delayed by two months">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2020
Sing the pandemic away. Video: The Jakarta Post Pacific Media Watch In a bid to advise people to follow health instructions to contain the spread of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in the West Papua region capital of Jayapura, Papuan rapper Epo D’fenomeno has collaborated with Jayapura police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Gustav R. Urbinas. To ... <a title="Sing the pandemic away – Papua rapper, police chief join in virus fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/23/sing-the-pandemic-away-papua-rapper-police-chief-join-in-virus-fight/" aria-label="Read more about Sing the pandemic away – Papua rapper, police chief join in virus fight">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition National Party leader Simon Bridges was today dumped by a relative unknown, agriculture and biosecurity spokesperson Todd Muller. Commentators believe he has been a victim of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, as he often adopted a negative tone that caused a backlash among voters. He was also overshadowed by the ... <a title="Coronavirus casualty – NZ opposition leader dumped by unknown Muller" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/coronavirus-casualty-nz-opposition-leader-dumped-by-unknown-muller/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus casualty – NZ opposition leader dumped by unknown Muller">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
COMMENT: By Keith Locke The covid-19 coronavirus crisis is shaking up our thinking in a number of areas in New Zealand, not least on foreign policy. In the 1980s we were excluded from the Anzus alliance for daring to declare New Zealand nuclear-free. Since then we have supposedly had an “independent foreign policy”. In practice, ... <a title="Keith Locke: Covid-19 coronavirus helps us reshape NZ foreign policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/keith-locke-covid-19-coronavirus-helps-us-reshape-nz-foreign-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Locke: Covid-19 coronavirus helps us reshape NZ foreign policy">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The governor of Papua New Guinea’s West Sepik province says people are still defying the official border closure and crossing into Indonesia. Vanimo, the capital of PNG’s West Sepik province, a gateway into Indonesia’s Papua Province and its capital Jayapura Papua New Guinea closed its border with the neighbouring country three months ... <a title="People still slipping across Indonesian border, says PNG governor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/people-still-slipping-across-indonesian-border-says-png-governor/" aria-label="Read more about People still slipping across Indonesian border, says PNG governor">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ Manu Korihi reporter New Zealand’s border restrictions have cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua’s oldest tourism business, Whakarewarewa Village, forcing its people to re-invent its services in order to survive. Ngāti Wāhiao has opened its doors to tourists there for more than 120 years, offering tours ... <a title="Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/whakarewarewa-a-silence-not-heard-in-100-years-thanks-to-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
By RNZ News Many people have revelled in a return to a simpler life in recent weeks. While lockdown restrictions are eased in many places around the world, people will return to a faster-paced, more cluttered lifestyle. But does it have to be that way? Can we live a simpler life post-lockdown? With a dramatic ... <a title="Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/covid-19-pandemic-spells-end-of-neoliberal-era-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author">Read more</a>
