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May 14, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The co-founder of Auckland’s Fiji Centre is concerned that Indo-Fijians are not classified as Pacific Islanders in Aotearoa. This week marks the 146th anniversary of the arrival of the first indentured labourers from British India to Fiji, who departed from Calcutta. ... <a title="Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/14/fiji-indians-in-nz-not-giving-up-on-pasifika-classification-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 14, 2025.
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May 14, 2025
RNZ Pacific An escape of a 13-year-old girl from a hostage crisis on the border of Papua New Guinea’s Western and Hela provinces has boosted hopes for the rescue of her fellow captives. The group of 10 people was taken captive early on Monday morning at Adujmari. PNG Police Commissioner David Manning has called the ... <a title="PNG police authorised to use lethal force with ‘domestic terrorist’ kidnappers as one hostage escapes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/14/png-police-authorised-to-use-lethal-force-with-domestic-terrorist-kidnappers-as-one-hostage-escapes/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police authorised to use lethal force with ‘domestic terrorist’ kidnappers as one hostage escapes">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2025
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Aotearoa celebrates Rotuman language as part of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Pacific Language Week series this week. Rotuman is one of five UNESCO-listed endangered languages among the 12 officially celebrated in New Zealand. The others are Tokelaun, Niuean, Cook Islands Māori and Tuvaluan. This year’s theme is, ‘Åf’ạkia ... <a title="NZ celebrates Rotuman as part of Pacific Language Week series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/14/nz-celebrates-rotuman-as-part-of-pacific-language-week-series/" aria-label="Read more about NZ celebrates Rotuman as part of Pacific Language Week series">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An Australian solidarity group for West Papuan self-determination has called on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise the human rights crisis in the Melanesian region with the Indonesian president this week. Albanese is visiting Indonesia for two days from tomorrow. AWPA has written a letter to Albanese making the appeal for ... <a title="AWPA calls on Albanese to raise West Papuan human rights with Prabowo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/awpa-calls-on-albanese-to-raise-west-papuan-human-rights-with-prabowo/" aria-label="Read more about AWPA calls on Albanese to raise West Papuan human rights with Prabowo">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor Stuck in a state of disbelief for months, journalist Coralie Cochin was one of many media personnel who inadvertently put their lives on the line as New Caledonia burned. “It was very shocking. I don’t know the word in English, you can’t believe what you’re seeing,” ... <a title="New Caledonia riots one year on: ‘Like the country was at war’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/new-caledonia-riots-one-year-on-like-the-country-was-at-war/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia riots one year on: ‘Like the country was at war’">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 13, 2025.
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May 13, 2025
By Andrew Mathieson New Caledonia has imposed a 50-year ban on deep-sea mining across its entire maritime zone in a rare and sweeping move that places the French Pacific territory among the most restricted exploration areas on the planet’s waters. The law blocks commercial exploration, prospecting and mining of mineral resources that sits within Kanaky ... <a title="Indigenous Kanaks support New Caledonia’s 50-year ban on seabed mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/indigenous-kanaks-support-new-caledonias-50-year-ban-on-seabed-mining/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Kanaks support New Caledonia’s 50-year ban on seabed mining">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
By Devin Watkins of Vatican News Only four days have passed since his election to the papacy, and Pope Leo XIV has made it a point to hold an audience with the men and women who were in Rome to report on the death of Pope Francis, the conclave, and the first days of his ... <a title="Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity for ‘persecuted’ journalists seeking truth, calls for their freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/pope-leo-xiv-expresses-solidarity-for-persecuted-journalists-seeking-truth-calls-for-their-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity for ‘persecuted’ journalists seeking truth, calls for their freedom">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news media, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa. The authority ruled that a TVNZ news item on violence in Amsterdam in the Netherlands breached BSA rules. 1News described violence in the ... <a title="PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/psna-says-broadcast-ruling-a-warning-to-nz-news-media-to-be-wary-of-israeli-propaganda/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A group of New Zealand academics at Otago University have drawn up a “Declaration on Palestine” against genocide, apartheid and scholasticide of Palestinians by Israel that has illegally occupied their indigenous lands for more than seven decades. The document, which had already drawn more than 300 signatures from staff, students and alumni ... <a title="Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/otago-academics-plan-declaration-on-palestine-to-face-daily-horrors/" aria-label="Read more about Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Fresh, stringent security measures have been imposed in New Caledonia following aborted political talks last week and ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly riots that broke out on 13 May 2024, which resulted in 14 deaths and 2.2 billion euros (NZ$4.2 billion) in damages. On Sunday, the French High Commission in Nouméa announced ... <a title="France tightens security for riots anniversary after aborted New Caledonia political talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/france-tightens-security-for-riots-anniversary-after-aborted-new-caledonia-political-talks/" aria-label="Read more about France tightens security for riots anniversary after aborted New Caledonia political talks">Read more</a>
