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April 11, 2025
By Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ Māori news journalist Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning — as the controversial Treaty Principles Bill is officially killed in Parliament. The bill — which seeks to redefine the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi — sparked a nationwide hīkoi and ... <a title="‘Delusional’ Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but fight for Te Tiriti just beginning, say lawyers and advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/11/delusional-treaty-principles-bill-scrapped-but-fight-for-te-tiriti-just-beginning-say-lawyers-and-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Delusional’ Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but fight for Te Tiriti just beginning, say lawyers and advocates">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a statement condemning Fiji backing for Israel. In an open letter to the “people of Fiji”, the Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (F4P) has warned “your government openly supports Israel despite ... <a title="Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/06/fiji-solidarity-group-condemns-rabuka-plans-for-embassy-in-jerusalem/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a statement condemning Fiji backing for Israel. In an open letter to the “people of Fiji”, the Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (F4P) has warned “your government openly supports Israel despite ... <a title="Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for Israeli embassy in Jerusalem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/fiji-solidarity-group-condemns-rabuka-plans-for-israeli-embassy-in-jerusalem/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for Israeli embassy in Jerusalem">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Columbia Journalism School Freedom of the press — a bedrock principle of American democracy — is under threat in the United States. Here at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism we are witnessing and experiencing an alarming chill. We write to affirm our commitment to supporting and exercising First Amendment rights for students, faculty, and ... <a title="Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/free-press-under-threat-in-us-columbia-j-school-speaks-out/" aria-label="Read more about Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An open letter signed by 100 Christian leaders, calling for the granting of humanitarian visas to Aotearoa New Zealand for families of Palestinians trapped in Gaza has been handed over on the steps of Parliament. The letter was presented yesterday on Ash Wednesday to opposition Labour Party MP Phil Twyford, who was ... <a title="100 Christian leaders’ open letter calls for NZ humanitarian visas for trapped Gaza families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/100-christian-leaders-open-letter-calls-for-nz-humanitarian-visas-for-trapped-gaza-families/" aria-label="Read more about 100 Christian leaders’ open letter calls for NZ humanitarian visas for trapped Gaza families">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has launched an open letter calling on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to take action on the future of the besieged enclave of Gaza. The network is asking Foreign Minister Winston Peters to speak up for the people of New Zealand to at least condemn Israel’s ... <a title="PSNA open letter calls for NZ to condemn Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of Gaza humanitarian aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/psna-open-letter-calls-for-nz-to-condemn-israels-weaponisation-of-gaza-humanitarian-aid/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA open letter calls for NZ to condemn Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of Gaza humanitarian aid">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand marked International Women’s Day today and the start of Ramadan this week with solidarity rallies across the country, calling for justice and peace for Palestinian women and the territories occupied illegally by Israel. The theme this year for IWD is “For all women and girls: Rights. Equality. ... <a title="International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/09/international-womens-day-activists-protest-in-solidarity-with-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
AMY GOODMAN: And the Oscars were held Sunday evening. History was made in the best documentary category. SAMUEL L. JACKSON: And the Oscar goes to ‘No Other Land’. AMY GOODMAN: The Palestinian-Israeli film No Other Land won for best documentary. The film follows the struggles of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank community of Masafer ... <a title="‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta we’re still being erased.’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/our-film-won-an-oscar-but-here-in-west-banks-masafer-yatta-were-still-being-erased/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta we’re still being erased.’">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter Protesters have scaled the building of an international weapons company in Rolleston, Christchurch, in resistance to it establishing a presence in Aotearoa New Zealand. Two people from the group Peace Action Ōtautahi were on the roof of the NIOA building on Stoneleigh Drive, shown in a photo on ... <a title="Activists scale NZ building in protest against global weapons company" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/activists-scale-nz-building-in-protest-against-global-weapons-company/" aria-label="Read more about Activists scale NZ building in protest against global weapons company">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, in Avarua, Rarotonga More than 400 people have taken to the streets to protest against Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown’s recent decisions, which have led to a diplomatic spat with New Zealand. The protest, led by Opposition MP and Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather, has taken ... <a title="Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/cook-islanders-march-in-avarua-against-mark-brown-government/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea’s civic space has been rated as “obstructed” by the Civicus Monitor and the country has been criticised for pushing forward with a controversial media law in spite of strong opposition. Among concerns previously documented by the civil rights watchdog are harassment and threats against human rights defenders, particularly those ... <a title="Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/13/civicus-monitor-criticises-png-use-of-cybercrime-law-to-curb-free-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free speech">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Sawsan Madina I watched US President Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week in utter disbelief. Not that the idea, or indeed the practice, of ethnic cleansing of Palestine is new. But at that press conference the mask has fallen. Recently, fascism has been on the march ... <a title="Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/12/trumps-riviera-plan-for-gaza-heralds-an-age-of-naked-fascism/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism">Read more</a>
