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Caitlin Johnstone: ‘I want a death that the world will hear’  –  journalist assassinated by Israel for telling the truth

April 20, 2025

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Israel assassinated a photojournalist in Gaza in an airstrike targeting her family’s home on Wednesday, the day after it was announced that a documentary she appears in would premier in Cannes next month. Her name was Fatima Hassouna. Nine members of her ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: ‘I want a death that the world will hear’  –  journalist assassinated by Israel for telling the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/20/caitlin-johnstone-i-want-a-death-that-the-world-will-hear-journalist-assassinated-by-israel-for-telling-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: ‘I want a death that the world will hear’  –  journalist assassinated by Israel for telling the truth">Read more</a>

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Mediawatch: Jailed Australian foreign correspondent’s life spread across the big screen

April 20, 2025

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter In 1979, Sam Neill appeared in an Australian comedy movie about hacks on a Sydney newspaper. The Journalist was billed as “a saucy, sexy, funny look at a man with a nose for scandal and a weakness for women”. That would probably not fly these days — but as ... <a title="Mediawatch: Jailed Australian foreign correspondent’s life spread across the big screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/20/mediawatch-jailed-australian-foreign-correspondents-life-spread-across-the-big-screen/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Jailed Australian foreign correspondent’s life spread across the big screen">Read more</a>

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Palestinian solidarity vigil at Easter in NZ as Israeli bombing rages in Gaza

April 20, 2025

Asia Pacific Report Peaceful protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest city Auckland held an Easter prayer vigil honouring Palestinian political prisoners and the sacrifice of thousands of innocent lives as relentless Israeli bombing of displaced Gazans in tents killed at least 92 people in two days. Organisers of the rally for the 80th week since ... <a title="Palestinian solidarity vigil at Easter in NZ as Israeli bombing rages in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/20/palestinian-solidarity-vigil-at-easter-in-nz-as-israeli-bombing-rages-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian solidarity vigil at Easter in NZ as Israeli bombing rages in Gaza">Read more</a>

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Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s Russia is knocking on the door

April 19, 2025

ANALYSIS: By Ben Bohane This week Cambodia marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the murderous Khmer Rouge, and Vietnam celebrates the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces in April 1975. They are being commemorated very differently; after all, there’s nothing to celebrate in Cambodia. Its capital Phnom Penh was ... <a title="Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s Russia is knocking on the door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/19/did-australia-back-the-wrong-war-in-the-1960s-now-putins-russia-is-knocking-on-the-door/" aria-label="Read more about Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s Russia is knocking on the door">Read more</a>

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Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific

April 19, 2025

By Gujari Singh in Washington The Trump administration has issued a new executive order opening up vast swathes of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including areas within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. It allows commercial fishing in areas long considered off-limits due to their ecological significance — despite overwhelming scientific consensus that marine ... <a title="Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/19/trump-executive-orders-roll-back-ocean-fisheries-protections-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific">Read more</a>

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What was HMNZS Manawanui doing before it sank? Calls for greater transparency

April 18, 2025

By Susana Leiataua, RNZ National presenter There are calls for greater transparency about what the HMNZS Manawanui was doing before it sank in Samoa last October — including whether the New Zealand warship was performing specific security for King Charles and Queen Camilla. The Manawanui grounded on the reef off the south coast of Upolu ... <a title="What was HMNZS Manawanui doing before it sank? Calls for greater transparency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/18/what-was-hmnzs-manawanui-doing-before-it-sank-calls-for-greater-transparency/" aria-label="Read more about What was HMNZS Manawanui doing before it sank? Calls for greater transparency">Read more</a>

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Bad news – why Australia is losing a generation of journalists

April 17, 2025

Shrinking budgets and job insecurity means there are fewer opportunities for young journalists, and that’s bad news, especially in regional Australia, reports 360info ANALYSIS: By Jee Young Lee of the University of Canberra Australia risks losing a generation of young journalists, particularly in the regions where they face the closure of news outlets, job insecurity, ... <a title="Bad news – why Australia is losing a generation of journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/bad-news-why-australia-is-losing-a-generation-of-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Bad news – why Australia is losing a generation of journalists">Read more</a>

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Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers

April 17, 2025

RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week “official travel overseas” to visit Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East. Pio Tikoduadua’s supporters say he should “disregard critics” for his commitment to Fijian peacekeepers, which “highlights a profound dedication to duty and ... <a title="Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/fiji-defence-minister-draws-flak-for-six-week-trip-to-meet-peacekeepers/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers">Read more</a>