ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for January 14, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 14, 2026.
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ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 14, 2026.

The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), one of the main components in New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak movement, has confirmed it will not take part in a new round of talks in Paris this week called by French President Emmanuel Macron. In mid-December 2025, Macron invited New Caledonia’s politicians back to the negotiating table ... <a title="FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/14/flnks-boycotts-macron-convened-paris-talks-over-future-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week">Read more</a>

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan advocacy group has condemned Indonesia over taking up the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying it was “totally unfit” and the choice “makes a mockery” of the office. Indonesia was the sole candidate for the Asia-Pacific bloc at the council (HRC), which also includes China, Japan ... <a title="Indonesia accused of being ‘unfit’ for UN rights council presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/indonesia-accused-of-being-unfit-for-un-rights-council-presidency/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia accused of being ‘unfit’ for UN rights council presidency">Read more</a>

By Kim Wingerei and Michael West in Sydney Adelaide Writers’ Week, a core part of South Australia’s premier cultural event, the Adelaide Festival, has finally been cancelled in its 40th year. There are own goals. And then there is the board of the Adelaide Festival (ably assisted by referee, Premier Peter Malinauskas). After yesterday’s resignation ... <a title="Adelaide Writers Week: Cancelled – no decorum without a quorum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-no-decorum-without-a-quorum/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide Writers Week: Cancelled – no decorum without a quorum">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 13, 2026.

Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as equal partners and full subjects of their own destiny within the Republic, writes Laurens Ikinia. COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The island of Papua is a land of profound paradox. Beneath its ancient, cathedral-like forests and ... <a title="Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/papua-in-the-pacific-mirror-a-path-to-recognition-and-reconciliation/" aria-label="Read more about Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation">Read more</a>
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Leaders in the Northern Marianas have warned that a deepening economic crisis in the US territory could begin to undermine civilian systems that support America’s long-term strategic presence in the Indo-Pacific. In joint letters sent to US President Donald Trump and Admiral Samuel Paparo, ... <a title="CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/cnmi-leaders-warn-economic-slide-could-affect-us-strategic-presence-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in Pacific">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 12, 2026.

RNZ Pacific A proposal by Sāmoa’s Prime Minister to ban all non-Christian religions from the country is being met with mixed reactions. The Samoa Observer reported church ministers and members of the public voicing views both for and against the proposal. Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt said he raised the issue with Samoa’s Council of ... <a title="Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/mixed-reactions-over-samoan-pms-proposal-to-ban-non-christian-religions/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions">Read more</a>

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Beach Attack and antisemitism. Andrew Brown weighs the evidence on Australia’s “antisemitism crisis” for Michael West Media. ANALYSIS: By Andrew Brown Australia is being told it faces an unprecedented wave of antisemitism — a crisis requiring extraordinary measures, including a Royal ... <a title="Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/11/australias-antisemitism-crisis-examining-whats-real-and-what-isnt/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t">Read more</a>

RNZ Pacific Sāmoa is set to become the third Pacific nation to have an embassy in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt told a gathering of the Sāmoa branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem on Tuesday he had instructed the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin work on the opening of an office ... <a title="Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/11/samoa-set-to-become-third-pacific-nation-to-open-jerusalem-embassy/" aria-label="Read more about Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 11, 2026.