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Academic slams NZ government over ‘compromised’ foreign policy

July 9, 2025

Asia Pacific Report A prominent academic has criticised the New Zealand coalition government for compromising the country’s traditional commitment to upholding an international rules-based order due to a “desire not to offend” the Trump administration. Professor Robert Patman, an inaugural sesquicentennial distinguished chair and a specialist in international relations at the University of Otago, has ... <a title="Academic slams NZ government over ‘compromised’ foreign policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/09/academic-slams-nz-government-over-compromised-foreign-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Academic slams NZ government over ‘compromised’ foreign policy">Read more</a>

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Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll

July 8, 2025

RNZ Pacific The Bougainville election process begins today with the issuance of the writs yesterday. Nominations open Tuesday, July 8, and close on Thursday, July 10. Voting is scheduled for one week starting on September 2, allowing seven weeks of campaigning. Candidates will be vying for a total of 46 seats, with the autonomous Parliament ... <a title="Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/08/bougainville-election-process-begins-as-writs-issued-for-september-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll">Read more</a>

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NZDF not considering recruiting personnel from Pacific nations

July 7, 2025

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is not considering recruiting personnel from across the Pacific as talk continues of Australia doing so for its Defence Force (ADF). In response to a question from The Australian at the National Press Club in Canberra about Australia’s plans to potentially recruit from ... <a title="NZDF not considering recruiting personnel from Pacific nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/nzdf-not-considering-recruiting-personnel-from-pacific-nations/" aria-label="Read more about NZDF not considering recruiting personnel from Pacific nations">Read more</a>

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The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap

July 7, 2025

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret agents in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985 the ship had evacuated the entire population of 320 from Rongelap in the Marshall Islands. After conducting dozens of above-ground nuclear explosions, the US government had left the ... <a title="The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/the-rainbow-warrior-saga-part-2-nuclear-refugees-in-the-pacific-the-evacuation-of-rongelap/" aria-label="Read more about The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap">Read more</a>

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Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote

July 7, 2025

Pacific Media Watch West Papuan independence advocate Octovianus Mote was in Aotearoa New Zealand late last year seeking support for independence for West Papua, which has been ruled by Indonesia for more than six decades. Mote is vice-president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and was hosted in New Zealand by the ... <a title="Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/legends-of-a-nuclear-free-and-independent-pacific-octo-mote/" aria-label="Read more about Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote">Read more</a>

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Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza

July 6, 2025

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free champion in the 1980s, and challenged the country to again become a leading voice for “peace and justice”, this time for the Palestinian people. He told the weekly Palestinian solidarity rally in Auckland’s central Te Komititanga ... <a title="Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/06/greenpeace-chief-recalls-new-zealands-nuclear-free-exploits-seeks-peace-voice-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza">Read more</a>

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Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide

July 4, 2025

Asia Pacific Report Protesters against the Israeli genocide in Gaza and occupied West Bank targeted three business sites accused of being “complicit” in Aotearoa New Zealand today. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa’s “End Rocket Lab Genocide Complicity” themed protest picketed Rocket Lab’s New Zealand head office in Mt Wellington. Simultaneously, protesters also picketed a site ... <a title="Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/palestine-protesters-target-nz-businesses-complicit-with-israels-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide">Read more</a>

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