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May 4, 2020
By RNZ Pacific New Zealanders left behind in India are asking for additional repatriation flights to evacuate them, after the government did not have enough capacity to return everyone who wanted to come home in the face of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. More than 700 citizens and permanent residents returned on the three flights from ... <a title="Stranded New Zealanders still hope for India flights – two new covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/stranded-new-zealanders-still-hope-for-india-flights-two-new-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Stranded New Zealanders still hope for India flights – two new covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2020
By Phil Pennington of RNZ News Air New Zealand stands accused of borderline legal treatment of thousands of workers as the country entered its first day in a month-long lockdown over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. It has told its workers they must take all their leave soon, a move a union says is not in ... <a title="Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/26/lockdown-airline-crew-very-anxious-worried-as-nz-redundancies-loom/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2020
FBC News reports on the airports economic setbacks. By Ritika Pratap in Suva Fiji Airports will defer future infrastructure projects as a result of financial set-backs caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus. In response to a global slow-down in travel and reduced flights, chief executive Faiz Khan said almost all costs at airports were fixed, and ... <a title="Fiji Airports face major financial disaster over Covid-19, warns chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/fiji-airports-face-major-financial-disaster-over-covid-19-warns-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Airports face major financial disaster over Covid-19, warns chief">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Four people have been isolated by Fiji health officials and are being monitored for a suspected Covid-19 coronavirus infection. The Health Ministry in a statement said all four people were in strict isolation and were in a stable condition while they were awaiting test results. The ministry said a 15-month old girl developed respiratory symptoms ... <a title="Four Fiji suspected coronavirus cases in ‘strict isolation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/four-fiji-suspected-coronavirus-cases-in-strict-isolation/" aria-label="Read more about Four Fiji suspected coronavirus cases in ‘strict isolation’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Papua New Guinea’s Minister for State Enterprises Sasindran Muthuvel has reassured the nation that Air Niugini is taking all necessary steps to protect the country against the spread of coronavirus, reports EMTV News. “The airline has instituted a wide range of measures to minimise the risk to the nation, and is constantly ... <a title="Air Niugini putting people first in fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/18/air-niugini-putting-people-first-in-fight-against-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Air Niugini putting people first in fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2020
St John says several people were turned away from a New Zealand-led evacuation from China yesterday. Nearly 200 people, mostly New Zealanders, were flown to Auckland airport at about 6pm last night from Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus. Seventeen Papua New Guinean students were among those evacuated. READ MORE: Coronavirus updates from RNZ ... <a title="NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – several people ‘miss out’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/06/nz-evacuates-png-students-in-wuhan-airlift-several-people-miss-out/" aria-label="Read more about NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – several people ‘miss out’">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The search for the missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter, which disappeared on Friday, continues around the Mol and Aprok mountains near Jayapura, Papua, Jakarta news media reported today. “We are currently searching over ground and air, with a helicopter unit dispatched as well,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Chandra Dianto of the Jayawijaya Military ... <a title="Search goes on for missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/search-goes-on-for-missing-indonesian-military-mi-17-helicopter-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Search goes on for missing Indonesian military Mi-17 helicopter in Papua">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2019
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta Silas Papare Air Force base in Sentani, Jayapura, has reported that an Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army lost contact after departing from Oksibil airport in Pegunungan Bintang regency, Papua, yesterday afternoon. The helicopter took off from Oksibil, where it had stopped to refuel, at 11:44 a.m. local ... <a title="Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/29/indonesian-army-helicopter-with-12-on-board-goes-missing-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Julian Pettifer introduces his 1979 BBC series Diamonds in the Sky. Video: Julian Pettifer ANALYSIS: By Dr Philip Cass There was an American entrepreneur who claimed he was being pursued by the CIA and an Australian bookmaker whose racing career could best be described as colourful. There were Libyans with money to spare and political ... <a title="The wanted man, the CIA, the Russians and a Tongan king’s jumbo dream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/the-wanted-man-the-cia-the-russians-and-a-tongan-kings-jumbo-dream/" aria-label="Read more about The wanted man, the CIA, the Russians and a Tongan king’s jumbo dream">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
By Dan McGarry The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup in the sector. Dubbed Shared Vision 2030, the plan commits Air Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Tourism Office, and Airports Vanuatu Ltd to an ambitious expansion strategy. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported yesterday that Air ... <a title="Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/vanuatus-shared-vision-2013-tourism-shakeup-pipe-dream-or-survival-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
An AirCalin promotion poster at Tontouta International Airport, New Caledonia. Image: David Robie/PMC By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s international airline, AirCalin, has been given tax rebates by France to buy two new Airbus airliners. The French High Commission in Noumea announced the Economics and Finance Ministry had approved the concession for the purchase of two ... <a title="France tax rebate to boost New Caledonia’s AirCalin airliner fleet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/france-tax-rebate-to-boost-new-caledonias-aircalin-airliner-fleet/" aria-label="Read more about France tax rebate to boost New Caledonia’s AirCalin airliner fleet">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2018
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