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November 29, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific contributing journalist A new legal framework to support climate-displaced people and guarantee their human rights is being served up ahead of COP28. The United Nations Climate Change Conference opens tomorrow and is being held in the fossil fuel giant United Arab Emirates (UAE) from November 30 to December 12. The ... <a title="Human rights group wants climate mobility justice on COP28 agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/human-rights-group-wants-climate-mobility-justice-on-cop28-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights group wants climate mobility justice on COP28 agenda">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
RNZ News Hundreds of protesters have marched to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament in Wellington today, where streets were closed and the precinct blocked off in preparation. The march was met by a smaller group of counter protesters from Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition. About 600 protesters had gathered at Civic Square before setting off, according to RNZ ... <a title="NZ Parliament protest: Hundreds march, extra police on patrol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/nz-parliament-protest-hundreds-march-extra-police-on-patrol/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Parliament protest: Hundreds march, extra police on patrol">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand government has given its full blessing to Cook Islands and Niue establishing diplomatic relations with the United States. At the US-Pacific summit on Monday (Washington time), President Joe Biden said he recognised the two island nations as sovereign and independent states, an announcement which the US ... <a title="NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nz-govt-welcomes-us-diplomatic-relations-with-cook-islands-niue/" aria-label="Read more about NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue">Read more</a>
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September 26, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific youth climate champion Suluafi Brianna Fruean has likened her first time in the United Nations building to primary school. “It was my first time being in the [UN] General Assembly space,” Suluafi said. “I sat there and I was watching everyone and it kind of reminded me of ... <a title="Pacific climate warrior says ‘name who we’re fighting – the fossil fuel industry’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/pacific-climate-warrior-says-name-who-were-fighting-the-fossil-fuel-industry/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate warrior says ‘name who we’re fighting – the fossil fuel industry’">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2023
By Eloise Gibson, RNZ climate change correspondent While attention is focused on economists finding a $500 million-a-year hole in National’s tax plans, a similar-sized hole in climate costings is hiding in plain sight — and it applies to Labour, too. National appears to have the bigger gap, however. The gulf was highlighted in the Pre-election ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Both Labour and National face multimillion dollar ‘climate hole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/22/nz-election-2023-both-labour-and-national-face-multimillion-dollar-climate-hole/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Both Labour and National face multimillion dollar ‘climate hole’">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury Aotearoa New Zealand’s opposition – and poll leader — National Party’s three biggest donors have a combined net worth of $15 billion. The bottom 50 percent of NZ has $23 billion. The top 5 percent of New Zealanders own roughly 50 percent of New Zealand’s wealth, while the bottom 50 percent ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Dear NZ, our foundations are in ruin and there’s no political courage for tomorrow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/21/nz-election-2023-dear-nz-our-foundations-are-in-ruin-and-theres-no-political-courage-for-tomorrow/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Dear NZ, our foundations are in ruin and there’s no political courage for tomorrow">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2023
By Pita Ligaiula of Pacnews Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa says the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is focused on how they will approach the next seven years to achieve the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Addressing the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development in New York on behalf ... <a title="Samoa PM calls on world leaders to ‘leave nationalism behind’ to achieve UN sustainability goals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/21/samoa-pm-calls-on-world-leaders-to-leave-nationalism-behind-to-achieve-un-sustainability-goals/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa PM calls on world leaders to ‘leave nationalism behind’ to achieve UN sustainability goals">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Maree Mahony, RNZ digital journalist Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have faced off in a fast-paced but unspectacular debate in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election campaign with co-governance and gangs among the issues producing the liveliest exchanges. It was the first time the two leaders had squared off ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/nz-election-2023-hipkins-and-luxon-in-fast-paced-debate-but-fail-to-excite-pundits/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2023
The heads of small island states — including four Pacific countries — most vulnerable to climate change have criticised “endless” climate change negotiations at the start of an unprecedented maritime court hearing. During the opening of a two-week meeting in Hamburg on Monday to clarify state duties to protect the marine environment, Antigua and Barbuda ... <a title="Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/13/pacific-small-island-states-slam-endless-climate-talks-at-landmark-maritime-court-hearing/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime court hearing">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva While Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant has been drawing flak across the Pacific, a high-powered delegation of Chinese ocean and marine scientists and Asia-Pacific scholars from Shandong Province visited Fiji to promote South-South cooperation to mitigate climate change — the Pacific ... <a title="China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/chinas-shandong-province-expands-its-climate-footprint-to-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist A young Samoan climate activist says the UN’s new guidance on children’s rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is “the first step to global change”. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child have affirmed for the first time that climate change is affecting children’s rights ... <a title="Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/samoan-climate-activist-welcomes-uns-recognition-of-childrens-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with a debate where many focused on attacking their political opponents. Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins warned New Zealanders: “We can continue to move forward under Labour, or ... <a title="Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/hipkins-warns-nz-voters-against-turning-the-clock-back-on-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms">Read more</a>
