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Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine

May 20, 2025

Ali Kazak: born Haifa, 1947; died May 17 2025, Thailand By Helen Musa in Canberra Former Palestinian diplomat and long-time Canberra identity Ali Kazak died on Saturday en route to Palestine. Sources at the Canberra Islamic Centre report that he was recovering from heart surgery and died during a stopover in Thailand. Kazak was born ... <a title="Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/former-canberra-diplomat-ali-kuzak-dies-on-the-way-to-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine">Read more</a>

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Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm

May 19, 2025

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Environmentalists in the Cook Islands have criticised former Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) head Henry Puna for joining the board of a deep sea mining company. Puna, who finished his term as PIF secretary-general in May last year, played a pivotal part in the creation of multi-use ... <a title="Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/environmentalists-question-henry-punas-role-in-deep-sea-mining-firm/" aria-label="Read more about Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm">Read more</a>

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Legal News – Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law Over US Designation of Cuba

May 19, 2025

Source: Hon Matthew Robson Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Hon Matt Robson, has called on the New Zealand Government to uphold International Law. “New Zealand prides itself on being in the forefront of countries supporting the international rule of law and not the international rule of might ”, said former Associate Foreign Minister ... <a title="Legal News – Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law Over US Designation of Cuba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/legal-news-former-nz-associate-minister-of-foreign-affairs-calls-on-nz-government-to-uphold-international-law-over-us-designation-of-cuba/" aria-label="Read more about Legal News – Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law Over US Designation of Cuba">Read more</a>

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Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’

May 19, 2025

Pacific Media Watch American film star celebrity John Cusack, who describes himself on his x-page bio as an “apocalyptic shit-disturber”, has posted an open letter to the world denouncing the Israeli “mass murder” in Gaza and calling for “your outrage”. While warning the public to “don’t stop talking about Palestine/Gaza”, he says that the “hollow ... <a title="Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/open-letter-from-john-cusack-the-children-of-gaza-need-your-outrage-end-the-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’">Read more</a>

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Pacific children as young as 6 adopted, made to work as house slaves

May 19, 2025

By Gill Bonnett, RNZ immigration reporter This story discusses graphic details of slavery, sexual abuse and violence Pacific children as young as six are being adopted overseas and being made to work as house slaves, suffering threats, beatings and rape. Kris Teikamata — a social worker at a community agency — spoke about the harrowing ... <a title="Pacific children as young as 6 adopted, made to work as house slaves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/pacific-children-as-young-as-6-adopted-made-to-work-as-house-slaves/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific children as young as 6 adopted, made to work as house slaves">Read more</a>

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Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region

May 19, 2025

Australia has launched the world’s first UN Police Peacekeeping Training course tailored specifically for the Pacific region. The five-week programme, hosted by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), is underway at the state-of-the-art Pacific Policing Development and Coordination Hub in Pinkenba, Brisbane. AFP said “a landmark step” was developed in partnership with the United Nations, and ... <a title="Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/australia-launches-landmark-un-police-peacekeeping-course-for-pacific-region/" aria-label="Read more about Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region">Read more</a>

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Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack

May 18, 2025

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – As Israel unveils its final genocide push, and mass death from starvation looms in Gaza, Western media and politicians are tentatively starting to speak up ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook Who could have imagined 19 months ago that it would take more than a year and a ... <a title="Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/18/why-the-wall-of-silence-on-the-gaza-genocide-is-finally-starting-to-crack/" aria-label="Read more about Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack">Read more</a>

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‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto

May 18, 2025

Asia Pacific Report About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting “no justice, no peace” and many other calls as they demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli atrocities in its brutal war on the besieged Palestinian enclave. For more than 73 days, Israel ... <a title="‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/18/cracks-are-opening-up-in-western-complicity-over-gaza-genocide-says-minto/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto">Read more</a>

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Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits

May 17, 2025

By Anish Chand in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Fiji’s coalition government are “detached from the values that Fijians hold dear”, says the NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR). The rights coalition has expressed deep concern over Rabuka’s ongoing engagements with Indonesia. “History will judge how we respond as Fijians to this ... <a title="Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/fiji-rights-coalition-slams-betrayal-of-west-papua-for-indonesian-benefits/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits">Read more</a>