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February 13, 2021
COMMENT: By Laurens Ikinia The above photo is an image of how I grew up in Papua. But before I share my story, I would like to extend my warm greetings to my fellow brothers and sisters who were on the day that I wrote this piece commemorating the 166th anniversary of evangelism in the ... <a title="Laurens Ikinia: Trash cans and study, a short story of Papuan prayer and hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/laurens-ikinia-trash-cans-and-study-a-short-story-of-papuan-prayer-and-hope/" aria-label="Read more about Laurens Ikinia: Trash cans and study, a short story of Papuan prayer and hope">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
By RNZ News New Zealand’s parliamentary Speaker has offered an olive branch to Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over his refusal to wear a tie in the debating chamber yesterday. Speaker Trevor Mallard’s office has confirmed he has encouraged the party to submit to the Standing Orders Committee asking that hei-tiki be allowed instead of ... <a title="Waititi to wear his ‘Māori business attire’ back to NZ’s Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/waititi-to-wear-his-maori-business-attire-back-to-nzs-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Waititi to wear his ‘Māori business attire’ back to NZ’s Parliament">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2021
The politics of divide and rule and how Indonesia’s attempt to separate indigenous Papuans is an irrational and unrealistic proposal that will damage the cultural values of kinship and togetherness as Melanesian people, writes Dr Socratez Yoman. ANALYSIS: By Dr Socratez Yoman The Indonesian coloniser has become an ignorant ruler with deaf ears and with ... <a title="Why Indonesia’s planned new Papuan provinces will cause division and destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/07/why-indonesias-planned-new-papuan-provinces-will-cause-division-and-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Why Indonesia’s planned new Papuan provinces will cause division and destruction">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By Māni Dunlop, RNZ News Māori News Director New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has heard the voices of Māori women have been marginalised for far too long and the impact of colonisation has caused the negation of rights over their bodies, minds, and beliefs. The Mana Wāhine Inquiry is underway in Kerikeri – it is the ... <a title="Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/mana-wahine-inquiry-hearing-original-claimant-ripeka-evans-gives-evidence/" aria-label="Read more about Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today was an extraordinary birthday for Tahiti’s Mama Tini, as she is known locally – she turned 100. Emma Temaiana-Tehaamatai celebrated her century surrounded by her children and grandchildren, reports Tahiti-Infos. Mama Tini was born on 1 February 1921 – today with the Tahitian time difference – in Haapu, Huahine. She ... <a title="Happy birthday Tahiti’s Mama Tini – celebrating with 100 candles, family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/happy-birthday-tahitis-mama-tini-celebrating-with-100-candles-family/" aria-label="Read more about Happy birthday Tahiti’s Mama Tini – celebrating with 100 candles, family">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
COMMENT: By Scott Waide In a nation such as Papua New Guinea where oral storytelling is central to the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and wisdom, playwright Andrew Kuliniasi has taken things to a whole different level by embedding historical accounts and capturing snapshots of a society in transition in a Western art form. In 2015, ... <a title="Scott Waide: Playwright Andrew Kuliniasi unleashes another creative bomb – on culture, sex and gender" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/scott-waide-playwright-andrew-kuliniasi-unleashes-another-creative-bomb-on-culture-sex-and-gender/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Playwright Andrew Kuliniasi unleashes another creative bomb – on culture, sex and gender">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) – and all West Papuans, says United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda. “Since the illegal Indonesian invasion in 1963, Indonesian elites have made clear their ... <a title="State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/state-sanctioned-racism-against-west-papuans-shows-jakartas-true-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Among the many hard truths exposed by covid-19 is the huge disparity between the world’s rich and poor. As economies went into freefall, the world’s billionaires increased their already huge fortunes by 27.5 percent. And as many ordinary people lost their jobs ... <a title="We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/we-are-the-1-the-wealth-of-many-australians-puts-them-in-an-elite-club-wrecking-the-planet/" aria-label="Read more about We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Pacific Climate Warrior today told of personal struggles that impact on island people in the region and how this inspires them to take action for climate justice. But Wellington coordinator of the Pacific warriors Mary Moeono-Kolio appealed to politicians and policy leaders to take real action fast – before it ... <a title="Pacific Climate Warriors win global award as struggle gets ‘personal’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/10/pacific-climate-warriors-win-global-award-as-struggle-gets-personal/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Climate Warriors win global award as struggle gets ‘personal’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2020
COMMENT: By Luisa Tuilau and Ronny Kareni As West Papua’s Morning Star flag marks its historic 59th anniversary today on December 1, the Wan Musik Wan Sing virtual concert for West Papua has brought together artists from across our solwara with a Song for Freedom that traverses a sonic celebration with the West Papuan people. ... <a title="Musicians across Pacific stage virtual Wan Musik Wan Sing for West Papua’s freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/01/musicians-across-pacific-stage-virtual-wan-musik-wan-sing-for-west-papuas-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Musicians across Pacific stage virtual Wan Musik Wan Sing for West Papua’s freedom">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2020
By Katarina Williams, a senior reporter of Stuff Stuff has introduced a new company charter with Te Tiriti o Waitangi at its core, after a major internal investigation uncovered evidence of racism and marginalisation against Māori. The media organisation issued an historic public apology today following the Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono investigation which saw ... <a title="Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Stuff introduces new Treaty of Waitangi based charter following historic apology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/30/our-truth-ta-matou-pono-stuff-introduces-new-treaty-of-waitangi-based-charter-following-historic-apology/" aria-label="Read more about Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Stuff introduces new Treaty of Waitangi based charter following historic apology">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi “No matter how we come to be in Fiji, or how long we have been here …we all part of the land. It is the land of our birth or land of our adoption, the land to which we belong” – The late archbishop Petero Mataca. When a New Zealand youth, an ... <a title="A loss of ‘Fijian’ identity – or no identity at all – in Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/21/a-loss-of-fijian-identity-or-no-identity-at-all-in-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about A loss of ‘Fijian’ identity – or no identity at all – in Aotearoa">Read more</a>
