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July 24, 2022
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Fresh fighting among candidates’ supporters has left another two dead in Hela’s Margarima in Papua New Guinea’s general election. This takes the death toll to nine in the province since fighting broke out on July 4 – and nationwide election-related deaths have topped 45. Cars and trucks were set ... <a title="Two more die in Hela fighting to take total to 9 deaths in PNG election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/two-more-die-in-hela-fighting-to-take-total-to-9-deaths-in-png-election/" aria-label="Read more about Two more die in Hela fighting to take total to 9 deaths in PNG election">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Romitesh Kant A shortage of resources and investment from major digital platforms has left the Pacific region battling a campaign of misinformation and under-moderation. Word spreads fast through the “coconut wireless”, the informal gossip network across Pacific Islanders’ social media. But when such rapid proliferation is spreading false or misleading news, it becomes ... <a title="Digital toolbox needed to counter Pacific ‘hotspot of misinformation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/digital-toolbox-needed-to-counter-pacific-hotspot-of-misinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Digital toolbox needed to counter Pacific ‘hotspot of misinformation’">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official communique, saying it was “greatly disappointed” that the human rights situation in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region had not been mentioned. “It is understandable that the PIF has huge challenges in ... <a title="Advocacy group condemns failure to address West Papua at Pacific Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/advocacy-group-condemns-failure-to-address-west-papua-at-pacific-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Advocacy group condemns failure to address West Papua at Pacific Forum">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2022
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor A prominent New Zealand epidemiologist is calling for much wider mask mandates, saying the roll-out of free masks, while positive, will make a “fairly small” difference to the covid-19 outbreak. The government yesterday announced masks and rapid antigen tests would be made freely available while the country ... <a title="‘We’ve politicised this issue too much’ – NZ expert calls for mandated indoor mask-wearing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/24/weve-politicised-this-issue-too-much-nz-expert-calls-for-mandated-indoor-mask-wearing/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve politicised this issue too much’ – NZ expert calls for mandated indoor mask-wearing">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Victor Mambor and Alvin Prasetyo in Jayapura The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is warning in a new report that mass killings of civilians could occur in Indonesia’s troubled West Papua region in the next year to 18 months if current conditions deteriorate to a worst-case scenario. Although large-scale violence against civilians is not occurring ... <a title="Researchers warn of growing potential for mass killings in Papua region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/researchers-warn-of-growing-potential-for-mass-killings-in-papua-region/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers warn of growing potential for mass killings in Papua region">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporter A district mayor says the Aotearoa New Zealand local government sector is ready to launch into a future that embraces more youthful members, Māori and climate change action. Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall said the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) annual conference underway in Palmerston North had “launched our heads ... <a title="NZ local government: ‘We’re ready for change – it’s about youth and iwi’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/nz-local-government-were-ready-for-change-its-about-youth-and-iwi/" aria-label="Read more about NZ local government: ‘We’re ready for change – it’s about youth and iwi’">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi of the PNG Post-Courier “It’s okay, we’ll just sit here and they can come kill us.” These chilling words are from a defenceless woman (name withheld) who has seen first-hand the continuous killings in Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Valley, Enga province and accepting what could be the ultimate fate for her and ... <a title="Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/porgera-villagers-helpless-unsafe-in-their-homes-as-warlords-kill-freely/" aria-label="Read more about Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva Fiji’s Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem has called on local media to upskill their overseas counterparts in the wake of an article by the public broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that raised questions on whether Fiji’s upcoming elections would be free and fair. He said the ABC had been absent ... <a title="Fiji elections chief tells local media to ‘upskill’ overseas reporters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/fiji-elections-chief-tells-local-media-to-upskill-overseas-reporters/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections chief tells local media to ‘upskill’ overseas reporters">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva — the first live leaders’ forum in three years since Tuvalu, due to the covid pandemic. Posted on Twitter by Guardian Australia’s Pacific Project editor Kate Lyons it showed the ... <a title="‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/doorstops-at-the-pacific-forum-why-no-tough-questions-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga province and shocked Papua New Guinea. Local police chief acting Superintendent George Kakas was shocked by the act of violence in the wake of the country’s national elections — he ... <a title="18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/18-people-hacked-to-death-in-porgera-in-under-an-hour-amid-png-elections/" aria-label="Read more about 18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour amid PNG elections">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended and what is intriguing is the deafening silence on declining standards of democracy, governance, human rights, media freedom and freedom of speech issues, despite the serious and arguably worsening situation in some regional countries. The emphasis on climate change is ... <a title="Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/australia-and-new-zealands-deafening-silence-on-pacific-democracy-and-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human rights">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News Te Ao Māori reporter Māori councillors have detailed the torrents of abuse and racism they say they face in their role. It is something Local Government New Zealand says it has to confront as it tries to make councils more diverse. It comes as its new programme Te Āhuru Mōwai ... <a title="Māori councillors condemn racism faced in NZ local government role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/maori-councillors-condemn-racism-faced-in-nz-local-government-role/" aria-label="Read more about Māori councillors condemn racism faced in NZ local government role">Read more</a>
