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August 31, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby It is illegal for any Papua New Guinean police officer to demand spot fines from people not wearing face masks in public, says Police Minister Bryan Kramer. “There is no fine that I am aware of. However there are orders. There shouldn’t be any spot fines.” He said he ... <a title="Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/police-minister-kramer-slams-officers-charging-illegal-face-mask-spot-fines/" aria-label="Read more about Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike this Thursday unless covid-19 measures are tightened. Five unions jointly issued the warning as the number of covid-19 infections this month rose to 444. They said they acted to protect the health of employees which was no longer assured by the “explosion” ... <a title="Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/tahiti-unions-threaten-general-strike-if-covid-19-rules-not-tightened/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand alert level system is designed to work when there are active cases at lower levels, despite some experts saying it could be too soon. She told RNZ Morning Report covid could not only be managed at levels 3 and 4. She said the move ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-nzs-covid-cases-can-be-managed-at-alert-level-2/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In the middle of the convicted mosque attack terrorist’s sentencing in New Zealand’s High Court at Christchurch last week was language interpreter Dr Mustafa Derbashi helping survivors and families tell their stories. His task was trying to help people to understand and to be understood. “It was an honour … to ... <a title="Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/challenges-of-an-interpreter-at-the-christchurch-terrorist-sentencing/" aria-label="Read more about Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Crispin Maslog A mad race to produce a vaccine against covid-19 has begun with the world’s superpowers leading the pack. At stake are millions of lives and billions of dollars. Among the frontrunners is the United States with its futuristic-sounding Operation Warp Speed. Europe and China also have their own leading candidate vaccines. ... <a title="Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/global-race-to-produce-covid-vaccines-must-ensure-poor-not-left-behind/" aria-label="Read more about Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia have reported sharply rising Pacific statistics in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning reported in a statement yesterday that there were 29 new Papua New Guinean cases of the virus, taking the total of confirmed infections to 453, and one death ... <a title="PNG and French Polynesia covid spikes continue to grow sharply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/png-and-french-polynesia-covid-spikes-continue-to-grow-sharply/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and French Polynesia covid spikes continue to grow sharply">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. At what point in time does an atrocity have a beginning? Is it when the first gunshot is fired? When the first victim is killed? When a killer first submits to thoughts of hatred, alienation, blame and ... <a title="Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/selwyn-manning-the-sentencing-of-a-human-shell-over-nz-mosque-atrocity/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
By RNZ News Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. An Auckland University law professor says there is a risk the mosque terrorist could walk the streets of Sydney if he was deported to Australia to serve his life sentence. After a four-day sentencing hearing in the High Court ... <a title="No guarantee mosque mass killer would serve full jail term in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/no-guarantee-mosque-mass-killer-would-serve-full-jail-term-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about No guarantee mosque mass killer would serve full jail term in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean and Australian police have linked the “black ship” intercepted by the PNG Navy north of Kavieng, New Ireland, last Saturday to a drug haul valued at K1.47 billion (NZ$626 million) in Australian waters, a senior officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations Donald Yamasombi told The ... <a title="PNG arrested ‘black ship’ believed to be linked to K1.47bn cocaine haul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/png-arrested-black-ship-believed-to-be-linked-to-k1-47bn-cocaine-haul/" aria-label="Read more about PNG arrested ‘black ship’ believed to be linked to K1.47bn cocaine haul">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. A man who confronted a terrorist on the day of the New Zealand killings and again during his sentencing in the High Court says the perpetrator has got “what he deserved”. After a four-day sentencing hearing in the High Court in Christchurch, ... <a title="NZ mosque terrorism hero: ‘We achieved what we wanted’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/nz-mosque-terrorism-hero-we-achieved-what-we-wanted/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque terrorism hero: ‘We achieved what we wanted’">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
The attacker behind New Zealand’s worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, without the chance of parole. Video: Wayne Hay, Al Jazeera English ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, of the University of Waikato Was Brenton Tarrant’s silence and acceptance of sentence in court a final act to expand his notoriety? Was his disavowal ... <a title="When life means life: why the NZ court had to deliver an unprecedented sentence for the mosque terrorist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/when-life-means-life-why-the-nz-court-had-to-deliver-an-unprecedented-sentence-for-the-mosque-terrorist/" aria-label="Read more about When life means life: why the NZ court had to deliver an unprecedented sentence for the mosque terrorist">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The man who carried out the New Zealand mosque attacks in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of ever leaving jail. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 29, ... <a title="Christchurch mosque attacks: ‘Inhuman’ terrorist jailed for life without parole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/christchurch-mosque-attacks-inhuman-terrorist-jailed-for-life-without-parole/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque attacks: ‘Inhuman’ terrorist jailed for life without parole">Read more</a>
