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August 31, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello I am alarmed by reports that Filipino journalists were flown in by the Israeli government to participate in what is essentially a whitewashing campaign for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. At least two articles, atrocious excuses for journalism, have come out of this trip.One is a piece by Wilson Lee Flores ... <a title="How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/31/how-two-filipino-journalists-took-part-in-israeli-whitewashing-of-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The dominant issue going into the next election in Bougainville next week is not much different from the last election five years ago. The autonomous Papua New Guinea region goes to the polls on September 4. In 2020, there were strong expectations Bougainville would soon be independent, given ... <a title="Bougainville 2025 election: What’s at stake?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/31/bougainville-2025-election-whats-at-stake/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville 2025 election: What’s at stake?">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 30, 2025.
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August 30, 2025
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia, Samoa Samoa’s electoral commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo Alexander Stanley told the media the official count kicks off on Monday then next Friday is when official results are expected. The election, described as the most unpredictable in Samoa’s history, had no clear favourite going in given the governing party ... <a title="Samoa snap election: No results just yet, says electoral commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/30/samoa-snap-election-no-results-just-yet-says-electoral-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa snap election: No results just yet, says electoral commissioner">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Chances are, anyone whose family is dying of starvation would not be looking for New Zealand to have a prolonged debate over how they deserve to be defined. Yet a delay in making even the symbolic gestures seems to be all that we have to offer, as hundreds of thousands of ... <a title="Two state, deluded state – shuffling of the deck isn’t stopping Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/two-state-deluded-state-shuffling-of-the-deck-isnt-stopping-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Two state, deluded state – shuffling of the deck isn’t stopping Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell “Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot’ and has condemned attacks on Gaza. “It is among the strongest language the New Zealand leader has used against Netanyahu and comes amid reports of intense aerial attacks on Gaza after Israel’s decision to launch a fresh ... <a title="There is a plot Mr Luxon: It’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians based on biblical justification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/there-is-a-plot-mr-luxon-its-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-based-on-biblical-justification/" aria-label="Read more about There is a plot Mr Luxon: It’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians based on biblical justification">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
A West Papuan independence advocate has accused Indonesia of “continuing to murder children” while escalating its military operations across the Melanesian region. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda says West Papua faces two connected crimes — ecocide and genocide. Two schoolchildren were killed by the occupying military in the build ... <a title="Wenda accuses Indonesia of killing West Papuans for ‘independence’ day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/wenda-accuses-indonesia-of-killing-west-papuans-for-independence-day/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Indonesia of killing West Papuans for ‘independence’ day">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese appears to be edging closer to landing the long-sought meeting with President Donald Trump when the prime minister is in the United States in September. Despite Albanese’s reluctance to admit it, Deputy Prime Minster’s Richard Marles’ high level ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/view-from-the-hill-albanese-edging-closer-to-landing-trump-september-meeting-263917/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Blunden, Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia Vitaliia Hryshchenko/Getty US-based online store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin gummies to Australia. This comes after a rise in reports of non-fatal overdoses in Western Australia in children who took these popular supplements. This latest ... <a title="Can kids overdose on melatonin gummies? Yes, and an online store has suspended sales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/can-kids-overdose-on-melatonin-gummies-yes-and-an-online-store-has-suspended-sales-264116/" aria-label="Read more about Can kids overdose on melatonin gummies? Yes, and an online store has suspended sales">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University Australia has watched on as authorities have searched for Dezi Freeman, a so-called “sovereign citizen” accused of killing two police officers in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah. The case has put the spotlight on the sovereign citizen, or ... <a title="The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/the-sovereign-citizen-movement-is-growing-so-is-the-risk-of-more-violence-264182/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Littleton, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Healthy Sustainable Development, Torrens University Australia Westend61/Getty Images An experimental aged-care model in South Australia, where purpose-built independent retirement living apartments are co-located with an early learning centre, is seeking to foster connections between residents and children. ... <a title="‘We need to look after our grand-friends’: how childcare in aged care can help young and old" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/we-need-to-look-after-our-grand-friends-how-childcare-in-aged-care-can-help-young-and-old-263275/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We need to look after our grand-friends’: how childcare in aged care can help young and old">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Mackay, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images From images of fruit to claims of being “sugar-free”, manufacturers of baby and toddler foods try to convince parents their products are a healthy choice, convenient and good for their child’s ... <a title="New research finds many infant food products make claims that don’t match the main ingredients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/new-research-finds-many-infant-food-products-make-claims-that-dont-match-the-main-ingredients-263424/" aria-label="Read more about New research finds many infant food products make claims that don’t match the main ingredients">Read more</a>
