ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 16, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 16, 2026.
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ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 16, 2026.

ANALYSIS: By Alison Broinowski of Declassified Australia Most of the Western media refuse to join the dots and explain Israel’s decades-long obsession with defanging Tehran. The war in Iran is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has planned for four decades. He has always wanted Israel to extend from Egypt to the Euphrates and in the ... <a title="Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/media-miss-the-questions-never-asked-behind-the-us-israel-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on Iran">Read more</a>

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has criticised plans for the country taking part in next month’s military exercises with Israel and the United States, saying Wellington must not be seen aligning militarily with a state “facing serious allegations of war crimes and genocide before international legal institutions”. In a statement today, ... <a title="Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/palestine-forum-slams-nzdf-share-in-military-exercises-with-genocidal-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel">Read more</a>

COMMENTARY: By Frances Palmer While appreciating certain points in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s speech “Securing NZ’s Future in a more Volatile World” on current challenges to international law, enshrined “rules” and “order”, we must take a hard look at the solutions he offers to enhance security. Security now clearly is shaped in a global context. ... <a title="Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what kind of a world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/defending-nz-values-in-a-volatile-world-but-in-what-kind-of-a-world/" aria-label="Read more about Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what kind of a world?">Read more</a>

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International says it is “deeply alarmed” over the obstruction of justice and chaotic scenes — including gunfire — witnessed at the Philippines Senate this week over a fugitive from the International Criminal Court. Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who faces an arrest warrant issued by the ICC, escaped from the Senate ... <a title="‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/arrest-wanted-filipino-former-police-chief-call-by-amnesty-after-escape/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape">Read more</a>

The NSW Parliament’s antisemitism report was folded into the Bondi Royal Commission, missing the airing of contesting views and rigorous questioning, reports Michael West Media.COMMENTARY: By Stephen Lawrence Throughout 2025, I served on Australia’s first parliamentary inquiry into society-wide antisemitism. When the Bondi terrorist atrocity occurred, we had yet to finalise a report, and I ... <a title="NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/nsw-antisemitism-hearings-drowned-in-the-bondi-royal-commission/" aria-label="Read more about NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission">Read more</a>

By Kim Wingerei Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s the scam? The scam is that so far, not a single Australian or New Zealand mainstream media outlet has reported on it, let alone dared show the “haunting images” from ... <a title="Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/palestinian-photojournalist-wins-pulitzer-for-breaking-news-photography/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 14, 2026.

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As New Caledonia marks the second anniversary of a spate of unrest and riots that broke out on 13 May 2024, the situation on the ground remains tense, on the political, economic and security levels. Politically, over the past two years, there have been sequences ... <a title="Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/two-years-after-new-caledonias-violent-uprising-tensions-remain-high/" aria-label="Read more about Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high">Read more</a>

By Aida Ulim in Jayapura Papuan women attending a free speech forum organised by the Dogiyai Student Association in Jayapura have condemned what they describe as ongoing violence against women and children in Papua. The gathering took place in the Lingkaran Abepura area, Abepura District, Jayapura, on Monday. Activist Vero Hubi said Papuan women continued ... <a title="Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/papuan-women-living-in-fear-condemn-military-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence">Read more</a>

By Atereano Mateariki, RNZ Pacific journalist Previously it was reporting on governments or politics that brought trouble for Tonga’s journalists — now it’s reporting on drugs or gangs. Tongan journalists are coming to terms with new pressures on media freedom over reporting on the country’s drug crisis, and the role of gangs in it. This ... <a title="Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/tongan-media-faces-new-type-of-challenge-following-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 13, 2026.