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February 5, 2026
Pacific Media Watch A new Pacific Media research publication and outlet for academics and community advocates has now been added to the Informit database for researchers. Two editions of the new journal, published by the Aotearoa-based independent Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN) and following the traditions of Pacific Journalism Review, have been included in the ... <a title="Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/pacific-media-journal-research-added-to-informit-global-database/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on February 5, 2026.
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February 5, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jason Brown Fast-paced electronic music pumps in the background as a rapid montage of moving images flash across the screen. In a 20 second video, French sailors hunker down in an inflatable speeding over swells. Another sailor, in bright red shorts, is lowered from a helicopter onto the vessel’s back deck. Captured ... <a title="French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/french-shrug-off-cocaine-case-costs-with-new-smugglers-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist As Waitangi Day commemorations continue drawing people from across Aotearoa and around the world to the Bay of Islands, Te Tii Marae has become a gathering point for Indigenous ocean leadership from across the Pacific. Taiātea: Gathering of the Oceans held its public forum yesterday, uniting more than ... <a title="Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on ocean conservation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/indigenous-and-pacific-leaders-unite-at-waitangi-with-shared-messages-on-ocean-conservation/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on ocean conservation">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A two-day West Papua Solidarity Forum and mini film festival is being held in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau next month featuring West Papuan and local academics, advocates and journalists. Hosted by West Papua Action Tamaki and West Papua Action Aotearoa, keynote speeches, panels and discussion on the opening day, March 7, will focus ... <a title="West Papua Solidarity Forum, mini film festival aim to educate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/west-papua-solidarity-forum-mini-film-festival-aim-to-educate/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua Solidarity Forum, mini film festival aim to educate">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The New Zealand government says it hopes an electrification aid project that was halted in Papua New Guinea can still be completed if security improves. Work on the Enga Electrification Project in PNG’s Enga province has stopped due to ongoing violence around the project area in Tsak Valley. ... <a title="New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/new-zealand-holds-out-hope-for-halted-png-electrification-aid-project/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the arrests of two American journalists for covering a protest at the Cities Church [in the Minnesota Twin City of] St Paul, where a top ICE official serves as pastor. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist ... <a title="‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering anti-ICE protest in church" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/journalism-is-not-a-crime-us-journalists-arrested-for-covering-anti-ice-protest-in-church/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering anti-ICE protest in church">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on February 4, 2026.
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February 4, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawai’ian) initiative for self-determination and self-governance formed in 1987, has sent a 17-member Indigenous delegation to Waitangi to stand in solidarity with Māori in defence of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The delegation is present to “stand alongside Māori leadership, strengthen international solidarity, and affirm the ... <a title="Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te Tiriti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/big-ka-lahui-hawai%ca%bbi-delegation-joins-maori-in-solidarity-over-te-tiriti/" aria-label="Read more about Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te Tiriti">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A court ruling in favour of Fiji’s dismissed anti-corruption chief has “embarrassed” Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, a New Zealand-based Fiji politics academic says. University of Canterbury distinguished professor Steven Ratuva told RNZ Pacific Waves that while the Fiji High Court decision on Barbara Malimali offered “clarity” on the separation ... <a title="High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/high-court-defeat-piles-pressure-on-embarrassed-fiji-pm-rabukas-leadership-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2026
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the arrests of two American journalists for covering a protest at the Cities Church [in the Minnesota Twin City of] St Paul, where a top ICE official serves as pastor. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort from the Twin Cities were released last ... <a title="‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering ICE church protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/03/journalism-is-not-a-crime-us-journalists-arrested-for-covering-ice-church-protest/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering ICE church protest">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on February 3, 2026.