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December 23, 2024
By Emma Andrews, Henare te Ua Māori Journalism Intern at RNZ News The New Zealand fuel company Z Energy is swapping out street names for “correct” kupu on service stops around the country, with the help of local hapū. When Z took over 226 fuel sites from Shell in 2010, the easy solution was to ... <a title="NZ’s Z Energy renames stations with ‘correct’ kupu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/23/nzs-z-energy-renames-stations-with-correct-kupu/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Z Energy renames stations with ‘correct’ kupu">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A South African company is reported to be the most probable bidder for shares in New Caledonia’s Prony Resources. As part of an already advanced takeover of the ailing southern plant of Prony Resources, the most probable bidder is reported to be South African group Sibaneye-Stillwater, ... <a title="SA company Sibaneye-Stillwater eyes New Caledonia nickel mining plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/17/sa-company-sibaneye-stillwater-eyes-new-caledonia-nickel-mining-plant/" aria-label="Read more about SA company Sibaneye-Stillwater eyes New Caledonia nickel mining plant">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
By Anusha Bradley, RNZ investigative reporter A Hamilton couple convicted of exploiting Pacific migrants have had their convictions quashed after the New Zealand’s Court of Appeal ruled there had been a miscarriage of justice. Anthony Swarbrick and Christina Kewa-Swarbrick were found guilty on nine representative charges of aiding and abetting, completion of a visa application ... <a title="Couple convicted of exploiting Pacific migrants have convictions thrown out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/couple-convicted-of-exploiting-pacific-migrants-have-convictions-thrown-out/" aria-label="Read more about Couple convicted of exploiting Pacific migrants have convictions thrown out">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Victorian Greens have demanded an independent inquiry into Australian police tactics and alleged excessive use of force today against antiwar protesters at the Land Forces expo in Melbourne. State Greens leader Ellen Sandell said her party had lodged a formal protest to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC). “We have seen ... <a title="Greens accuse Australian police of ‘excessive force’ against anti-war protesters at arms expo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/greens-accuse-australian-police-of-excessive-force-against-anti-war-protesters-at-arms-expo/" aria-label="Read more about Greens accuse Australian police of ‘excessive force’ against anti-war protesters at arms expo">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s domestic carrier Air Calédonie is set to launch a biweekly international connection to neighbouring Vanuatu. The new link is set to start operating from October 3 with two return flights, one on Mondays and the other on Thursdays. The company said this followed a ... <a title="New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/new-caledonia-crisis-unrest-hit-air-caledonie-in-search-of-new-markets/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2024
Opinion by Hon. Matt Robson, former Alliance Party Cabinet Minister and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2000, the Initial vote on Kiwibank in the Labour-Alliance government was 16 votes against from Labour, and four votes in favour from the Alliance. I was there when this was reversed, and in 2001 the four insurgent Alliance ... <a title="Opinion: The New Zealand Public’s KiwiBank On The Auction Block" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/22/opinion-the-new-zealand-publics-kiwibank-on-the-auction-block/" aria-label="Read more about Opinion: The New Zealand Public’s KiwiBank On The Auction Block">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A former Papua New Guinea army leader, Major-General Jerry Singirok, is furious after being arrested and charged under the Capital Markets Act. He was a trustee of Melanesian Trustee Services Ltd, part of a superannuation agency with 20,000 unit holders, but its trustee licence was revoked last year. ... <a title="Retired PNG military chief furious over ‘witchhunt’ charge for Capital Markets Act breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/retired-png-military-chief-furious-over-witchhunt-charge-for-capital-markets-act-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Retired PNG military chief furious over ‘witchhunt’ charge for Capital Markets Act breach">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2024
By Matthew Vari in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea will face a grim reality of a ban on its shipping of oil and hydrocarbons in international waters if it continues to ignore the implementation of a domestic waste oil policy that is 28 years overdue. The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority’s Director for Renewable Brendan ... <a title="PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste oil problem not sorted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/16/png-oil-and-lng-shipments-face-foreign-waters-ban-if-waste-oil-problem-not-sorted/" aria-label="Read more about PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste oil problem not sorted">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A group of NZ-based Fiji business people have met in Auckland to plan a boost for indigenous participation in commerce. And the iTaukei notion of “solesolevaki” — coming together for the greater good — is at the heart of the initiative. The get-together was facilitated this week by the Fiji High Commissioner ... <a title="NZ Fiji indigenous business leaders promote ‘solesolevaki’ boost for commerce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/22/nz-fiji-indigenous-business-leaders-promote-solesolevaki-boost-for-commerce/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Fiji indigenous business leaders promote ‘solesolevaki’ boost for commerce">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A National Union of Workers (NUW) official is hopeful Fiji Water employees who have been on strike for almost a week will return to work shortly. Last Tuesday, a group of workers for Fiji Water went on strike over pay disputes at the multi-million dollar US-owned company’s water bottling ... <a title="Fiji Water workers strike almost a week – but union ‘hopeful’ for deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/fiji-water-workers-strike-almost-a-week-but-union-hopeful-for-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Water workers strike almost a week – but union ‘hopeful’ for deal">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s deputy opposition leader James Nomane has accused the government of “reckless economic management” that has forced devaluation to manage loan repayments in foreign currency and placate the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister James Marape “must stop lying to the people of Papua New Guinea”, he said in a statement ... <a title="‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/08/reckless-kina-devaluation-spells-disaster-for-png-says-nomane/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2024
By Dale Luma in Port Moresby “We want grants and not concessional loans,” is the crisp message from Papua New Guinea businesses directly affected by the Black Wednesday looting four months ago. The businesses, which lost millions after the January 10 rioting and looting, say they need grants as part of the government’s Restock and ... <a title="PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/01/png-businesses-want-grants-not-loans-over-black-wednesday-riots/" aria-label="Read more about PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots">Read more</a>
