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May 27, 2022
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the FijiFirst government is not fit to run the country because it cannot efficiently provide two basic necessities — electricity and water. In a statement issued yesterday, he said the continuing crises of dry taps and regular power cuts was “good reason for ... <a title="FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no lights’, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/fijifirst-not-fit-to-run-country-over-dry-taps-no-lights-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no lights’, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2022
RNZ News Specialist New Zealand Defence Force staff will be checking Tonga’s shipping lanes are passable and the wharf is safe so desperately needed humanitarian supplies can get through. Three deaths have been confirmed after Saturday’s massive volcanic eruption. There are reports of significant injuries, but no details yet. UN officials said 84,000 people – ... <a title="Safety at Tonga port being checked for arrival of more humanitarian supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/21/safety-at-tonga-port-being-checked-for-arrival-of-more-humanitarian-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about Safety at Tonga port being checked for arrival of more humanitarian supplies">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Langi Fatanitavake’s wife and son live on one of the islands flanking Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano, but his repeated calls home since the violent eruption and tsunami have gone unanswered. The South Island seasonal worker last spoke to his family on Ha’apai on Saturday afternoon, shortly before ... <a title="Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful, you just feel hopeless’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/anxious-tongans-in-nz-await-volcano-news-from-home-its-painful-you-just-feel-hopeless/" aria-label="Read more about Anxious Tongans in NZ await volcano news from home: ‘It’s painful, you just feel hopeless’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific Power is being restored in Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa, and the country is sending naval boats to outlying islands to assess the damage from the huge Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami. A New Zealand Defence Force plane has left for Tonga to assess the damage from Saturday’s volcanic eruption and tsunami. The violent ... <a title="NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/nz-air-force-plane-leaves-for-tonga-to-assess-volcano-eruption-damage/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption damage">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death by banning him from political office for five years for abusing public funds. Flosse made the statement after France’s highest appeal court upheld a 2020 conviction over a long-running corrupt water supply arrangement ... <a title="Veteran Tahiti politician Flosse accuses France of causing his ‘political death’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/veteran-tahiti-politician-flosse-accuses-france-of-causing-his-political-death/" aria-label="Read more about Veteran Tahiti politician Flosse accuses France of causing his ‘political death’">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
RNZ Pacific France’s highest court has upheld a corruption conviction of French Polynesia’s former president Gaston Flosse, effectively ending his political career. It confirmed a 2020 appeal court ruling in Tahiti, which had deprived Flosse of his eligibility to hold public office for five years after finding him and the current president Edouard Fritch guilty ... <a title="Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/tahitis-flosse-banned-from-public-office-after-latest-court-defeat/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby A suicide bombing near Kabul airport on Thursday added another dimension to the chaos in Afghanistan as Western forces rush to complete their evacuation. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blasts that killed at least 175 people, including 13 US soldiers, challenging the Taliban’s hold on the capital. Either group is ... <a title="Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/29/who-speaks-for-afghans-climate-realities-with-the-taliban-takeover/" aria-label="Read more about Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2020
By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in a container on a ship which arrived at the Lae wharf in a suspected money laundering case. The cash, packed into three boxes inside the container full of bottles of ... <a title="PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/png-police-seize-k200000-on-ship-in-suspected-money-laundering-raid/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid">Read more</a>
