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August 19, 2020
By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of Indonesia’s struggle for independence from colonial powers, stories of Indigenous people’s role are nearly non-existent compared to that of the elite educated youth leaders. This lack of representation reflects the ... <a title="Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/indigenous-peoples-in-indonesia-still-struggle-for-equality-after-75-years/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
The Cook Islands language video. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Cook Islands episode in AUT’s Pacific language video series – “Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures” – is out now. The video is narrated in Cook Islands Māori (with English subtitles) to acknowledge the language being celebrated in Aotearoa this week. Pacific Islands ... <a title="Cook Islands episode in AUT Pacific language series launched" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/cook-islands-episode-in-aut-pacific-language-series-launched/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands episode in AUT Pacific language series launched">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Host Zoe Larsen Cumming had much to discuss on a new documentary, the exquisitely made Loimata – The Sweetest Tears, which was launched last Saturday to a full house at the ASB Waterfront Theatre as part of the international Whanau Marama film festival. She asked Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi ... <a title="Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/loimata-the-sweetest-tears-is-a-spectacularly-exquisite-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2020
An interview with filmmaker Anna Marbrook on the making of Loimata. Video: Tagata Pasifika/Sunpix DOCUMENTARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, who talks to Jim Marbrook about the making of Loimata – The Sweetest Tears. Loimata isn’t just a true story of one of the Pacific’s great waka builders and sailors that has been captured in a stirring ... <a title="Loimata – a poignant family-to-family story of the revival of waka voyaging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/22/loimata-a-poignant-family-to-family-story-of-the-revival-of-waka-voyaging/" aria-label="Read more about Loimata – a poignant family-to-family story of the revival of waka voyaging">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
The AUT video … first of this year’s languags series. By Simon Smith of AUT News The Kiribati instalment in the AUT Pacific language video series – “Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures” – has been released. The video, produced by Auckland University of Technology, is narrated in I-Kiribati, (with English subtitles) to ... <a title="Pacific language videos: Kiribati week highlights role of fathers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/pacific-language-videos-kiribati-week-highlights-role-of-fathers/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific language videos: Kiribati week highlights role of fathers">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
From RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand children use a lot less Kiwi media than they used to. New research shows its Netflix, YouTube and TikTok engaging their eyeballs big time these days. If our kids screen out our local media, what does the future hold for them? The news media seized on one startling stat in ... <a title="New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/new-zealand-kids-prefer-youtube-netflix-and-toktok-to-local-media/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2020
The New Zealand Herald recently published a column which criticises its own record on race. Teuila Fuatai explains why she felt she had to call out the paper that commissioned her. In the column, freelance journalist Teuila Fuatai detailed her concerns about the Herald’s record on race and her efforts to raise those with her editors. ... <a title="RNZ Mediawatch: Forcing the issue of race at the Herald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/05/rnz-mediawatch-forcing-the-issue-of-race-at-the-herald/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Mediawatch: Forcing the issue of race at the Herald">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2020
The National editorial Hundreds walked the Sir John Guise drive on Thursday calling for justice for the brutal death of 19-year-old mother-of-two – Jenelyn Kennedy last week. Jenelyn’s battered lifeless body was taken into the Port Moresby General Hospital last Tuesday by four men (one believed to be the father of her two children). Dr ... <a title="The National: Let’s play our part to end violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/04/the-national-lets-play-our-part-to-end-violence/" aria-label="Read more about The National: Let’s play our part to end violence">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby A passionate plea by men, women and children has echoed around the Papua New Guinean capital of Port Moresby – that it is time to turn the corner on addressing gender-based violence in the country. Gatherings, a peaceful march and a vigil were staged in the capital city on ... <a title="‘It’s time men stand up for our women’ message at ‘turning point’ PNG vigil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/04/its-time-men-stand-up-for-our-women-message-at-turning-point-png-vigil/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s time men stand up for our women’ message at ‘turning point’ PNG vigil">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
I write this as a Papua New Guinean and a daughter of this nation. I believe in the rights of women. I believe that the Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, the Mama Lo, safeguards the place of women in our nation. I understand the strengths and limitations of our cultures and ... <a title="Dame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/dame-meg-taylor-we-must-act-now-over-gender-based-violence-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about Dame Meg Taylor: We must act now over gender-based violence in PNG">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Miss Universe NZ 2019 beauty queen Diamond Langi is being trolled by thousands of Indonesians on social media for speaking up about discrimination against West Papuans. “The post I had made was #FreeWestPapua with a video showcasing the discrimination West Papuans have had to endure for ... <a title="Indonesian trolls target Tongan beauty Diamond Langi over Papuan solidarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/indonesian-trolls-target-tongan-beauty-diamond-langi-over-papuan-solidarity/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian trolls target Tongan beauty Diamond Langi over Papuan solidarity">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2020
It’s only been a year and half since I started university, but sometimes that’s enough time to realise more about the world than you could ever imagine. For me, the biggest thing, the one thing intertwined into every part of my life, is privilege. I’m a white male, and if society loves anything, it’s straight ... <a title="James Tapp: Confronting Pākehā Privilege as a white male student" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/30/james-tapp-confronting-pakeha-privilege-as-a-white-male-student/" aria-label="Read more about James Tapp: Confronting Pākehā Privilege as a white male student">Read more</a>