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December 9, 2024
The Cook Islands has used its first-ever appearance at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to advocate for the “decolonisation” of international law. While making an oral statement for an advisory opinion on the obligations of states regarding climate change, Auckland University senior lecturer Fuimaono Dr Dylan Asafo placed the blame on “our international legal ... <a title="Cook Islands seeks ‘decolonisation’ of international law at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/cook-islands-seeks-decolonisation-of-international-law-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands seeks ‘decolonisation’ of international law at ICJ">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific A group of concerned alumni of the University of the South Pacific has called the regional institution’s delay in releasing the outcomes of the 98th USP Council meeting held in Rarotonga late last month “totally unacceptable”. The group released a statement on Thursday, stating that the regional university’s main decision-making body and support ... <a title="Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/07/alumni-group-slams-usps-failure-to-release-council-meeting-outcomes/" aria-label="Read more about Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific The Tongan and Fijian prime ministers are among the first Pacific Island leaders to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, 78, returned to the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, according to Edison Research projections. Tonga’s Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, who is ... <a title="Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/pacific-nation-leaders-look-forward-to-strengthened-us-relations-with-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2024
By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News The leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group says that if Donald Trump wins the United States elections — and he seemed to be on target to succeed as results were rolling in tonight — he will push back on climate change negotiations made since he was last ... <a title="US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if Trump wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/06/us-elections-cook-islands-group-warns-of-climate-crisis-pushback-if-trump-wins/" aria-label="Read more about US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if Trump wins">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has returned from New Caledonia saying it is not a simple “black and white situation”. Brown returned from a three-day Pacific fact-finding mission in the French Pacific territory alongside the Prime Ministers of Solomon Islands, Tonga and Fiji. New Caledonia has been going ... <a title="Cook Islands PM calls for easing of tensions in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/02/cook-islands-pm-calls-for-easing-of-tensions-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands PM calls for easing of tensions in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As a three-day fact-finding mission from a group of Pacific leaders drew to a close in New Caledonia, and with the outcomes report not expected before next year, the visit to the riot-hit French Pacific territory seems to have triggered a new sense of awareness ... <a title="Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/31/forum-troikas-visit-highlights-value-of-regionalism-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor A three-day fact-finding mission, headed by three Pacific leaders, has wrapped up in Nouméa, and New Caledonia’s President Louis Mapou says the French territory is at a “turning point”. The semi-autonomous Pacific territory has been riddled with violent unrest since May. While tensions have reportedly eased for now, ... <a title="Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at ‘turning point’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/30/pacific-leaders-mission-to-noumea-mapou-says-new-caledonia-at-turning-point/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at ‘turning point’">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he will take a back seat in the upcoming Pacific leaders’ fact-finding mission to New Caledonia, which was postponed from earlier in the year. Leaders from the Cook Islands, Tonga, and Solomon Islands make up a group called the Pacific Islands ... <a title="‘We’ll be talking about the future of negotiations’, says Rabuka on New Caledonia mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/well-be-talking-about-the-future-of-negotiations-says-rabuka-on-new-caledonia-mission/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ll be talking about the future of negotiations’, says Rabuka on New Caledonia mission">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva Regional leaders will gather later this month in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Tonga and high on the agenda will be Japan’s dumping oftreated nuclear wastewater in the Pacific Ocean. A week ago on the 6 August 2024, the 79th anniversary of the atomic ... <a title="Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/browns-backflip-over-japanese-nuclear-wastewater-dump-poses-challenge-for-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific foreign ministers have given their nod of approval for United States territories Guam and American Samoa to be associate members of main regional decision-making body, but a political analyst says it is geopolitics at play. The news was delivered by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair and Cook Islands ... <a title="Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/greenlight-given-to-guam-american-samoa-for-pif-associate-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Suva The high-level Pacific mission to New Caledonia will be a three person-led delegation and it is still expected to happen prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders (PIF) Meeting in Tonga on August 26, says PIF chair Mark Brown. Brown, who is also the Cook Islands Prime ... <a title="Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/11/brown-rabuka-and-manele-to-lead-pacific-mission-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Wright of BenarNews Promises of “accountability and transparency” in deep-sea mining has seen a tsunami-size vote by nations on Friday for a Brazilian scientist to replace the incumbent British lawyer as head of an obscure UN organisation that regulates the world’s seabed. Mounting international opposition to prospects of the International Seabed ... <a title="New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/03/new-head-of-un-deep-sea-mining-regulator-vows-to-restore-neutrality/" aria-label="Read more about New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality">Read more</a>
