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September 2, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre Six years on from being appointed head of the Pacific Community, Director-General Collin Tukuitonga, a boy born on the tiny Pacific island of Niue, has a voice louder than a schoolboy rugby captain, a voice that serves him well as a Pasifika community leader. There is ... <a title="Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/common-enemy-overcomes-fragile-pacific-regional-unity-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
COMMENT: By Camille Nakhid How racially prejudiced is Aotearoa New Zealand? Well, we saw just how racially prejudiced it is a weekend ago when a Stuff reporter showed us pictures of the breaches of alert level 3 at the skate park and basketball court in Victoria Park. In one photo, there was a group of ... <a title="Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/camille-nakhid-covid-19-community-prejudice-and-humanity-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Catholic professionals group has filed an application in Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court to intervene in last month’s challenge on the constitutional validity of the National Pandemic Act 2020, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has also called on Prime Minister James Marape’s government to repeal the law. The Catholic Professionals ... <a title="Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/catholic-group-calls-on-marape-to-repeal-martial-law-pandemic-act/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby It is illegal for any Papua New Guinean police officer to demand spot fines from people not wearing face masks in public, says Police Minister Bryan Kramer. “There is no fine that I am aware of. However there are orders. There shouldn’t be any spot fines.” He said he ... <a title="Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/police-minister-kramer-slams-officers-charging-illegal-face-mask-spot-fines/" aria-label="Read more about Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike this Thursday unless covid-19 measures are tightened. Five unions jointly issued the warning as the number of covid-19 infections this month rose to 444. They said they acted to protect the health of employees which was no longer assured by the “explosion” ... <a title="Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/tahiti-unions-threaten-general-strike-if-covid-19-rules-not-tightened/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand alert level system is designed to work when there are active cases at lower levels, despite some experts saying it could be too soon. She told RNZ Morning Report covid could not only be managed at levels 3 and 4. She said the move ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-nzs-covid-cases-can-be-managed-at-alert-level-2/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Auckland-based Fijian doctor Api Talemaitoga has been made a member of New Zealand’s covid-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy Group. The doctor, who is the chair of the Pacific chapter at New Zealand’s College of General Practitioners, had previously called for the group to include a Pacific voice. The group was created following ... <a title="Pacific doctor added to NZ covid testing advisory group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/pacific-doctor-added-to-nz-covid-testing-advisory-group/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific doctor added to NZ covid testing advisory group">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ One Pacific correspondent Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams have been given a NZ$19.5 million funding boost in New Zealand as they work around the clock to fight covid-19 at the community level. A mobile team from health provider, The Fono, is just one of several critical to stemming the tide of covid-19 ... <a title="Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams given $19.5m boost to fight covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/frontline-pasifika-healthcare-teams-given-19-5m-boost-to-fight-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams given $19.5m boost to fight covid-19">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand’s covid-19 restrictions will continue at their current level until at least 11.59pm on Sunday night. Masks will also be mandatory from Monday when using public transport at level 2 and above. Announcing Cabinet’s decision at 3pm after a meeting today, Ardern said the ... <a title="NZ extends Auckland level 3 lockdown until Sunday – 8 new cluster cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/nz-extends-auckland-level-3-lockdown-until-sunday-8-new-cluster-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ extends Auckland level 3 lockdown until Sunday – 8 new cluster cases">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2020
By RNZ News NZ Post has stood down staff who worked the day shift at an Auckland parcel processing centre after two positive tests linked to the facility. In a statement, NZ Post chief operating officer Mark Stewart said staff at the processing centre in Highbrook would be stood down on full pay. New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/23/nz-postal-staff-stand-down-after-co-workers-positive-tests-6-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ postal staff stand down after co-workers’ positive tests – 6 new cases">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government will not allow the use in the country of any vaccine to treat the covid-19 coronavirus which has not been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), an official says. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning issued a new order this week requiring that ... <a title="PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/22/png-bans-covid-vaccination-orders-probe-into-chinese-worker-claim/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific Journalist A call has been made to members of the Pacific community in New Zealand to check on loved ones during the current Auckland lockdown and to remember there is no stigma or shame in getting tested for covid-19. Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath, co-head of the School of Māori Studies ... <a title="‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/22/covid-19-knows-no-ethnicity-so-dont-stigmatise-says-komiti-pasefika/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Covid-19 knows no ethnicity, so don’t stigmatise,’ says Komiti Pasefika">Read more</a>
