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July 9, 2019
By Michael Andrew An Auckland University of Technology graduate is practicing true community journalism by sharing the stories of Auckland’s most marginalised and vulnerable people. Former AUT journalism student Six is the editor of the K’Road Chronicle, a community newspaper capturing the essence and eccentricities of Auckland’s infamous Karangahape Road which serves as home to ... <a title="AUT journo graduate covering Auckland’s most vulnerable community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/aut-journo-graduate-covering-aucklands-most-vulnerable-community/" aria-label="Read more about AUT journo graduate covering Auckland’s most vulnerable community">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Cook Islands censor has backtracked on its initial decision to ban Rocketman. Instead, the Cook Islands Internal Affairs has followed the New Zealand censor’s classification and rated the film R18, reports Cook Islands News. The censor announced the ban last week, after Samoa banned screenings of the film due to ... <a title="Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/cook-islands-backtracks-on-rocketman-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the Cook Islands News. Lawyer Heinz Matysik announced he would challenge the ban, if it proceeded. “If the chief censor wants to roll this way, I will bring a full legal ... <a title="Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/outrage-opposition-to-cook-islands-rocketman-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a week, reports the Cook Islands News. The film, a biography of English pop singer Elton John, was banned in Samoa last week due to its graphic depiction of gay sex. ... <a title="Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/cook-islands-to-follow-samoa-and-ban-rocketman/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
By Justin Fa’afia in Apia The Samoa Censorship Board has banned the screening of Rocketman – a biographical movie about the life of British rock star Elton John. “Unfortunately due to censoring issues, we have had to cancel Rocketman,” the Apollo Cinemas Samoa stated during a Facebook update of its movie screenings for the week. ... <a title="Samoa bans Elton John movie Rocketman from cinemas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/samoa-bans-elton-john-movie-rocketman-from-cinemas/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa bans Elton John movie Rocketman from cinemas">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper reader has protested over Facebook addiction, describing it as ruining the lives of teenagers and youth who spend most of their time on smartphones. The reader says that Facebook and other social media are undermining the constitution and its preamble that calls for the cherishing of ... <a title="Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/18/dear-editor-why-smartphones-are-ruining-our-nakamal-storytelling/" aria-label="Read more about Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A New Plymouth Boys’ High School student has won a national race relations competition with a speech citing examples of past and present New Zealand leaders who have helped forge unity in Aotearoa. The year 11 student, Robbie White, used the metaphor of a tui building a nest to explain how ... <a title="Student winner tells of ‘tui nesting’ leadership in race speech award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/12/student-winner-tells-of-tui-nesting-leadership-in-race-speech-award/" aria-label="Read more about Student winner tells of ‘tui nesting’ leadership in race speech award">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Koori Mail, after awaiting permission from the Kapeen family, has announced with great sadness the sudden passing of Koori Mail chairperson and Bundjalung elder, Russell Kapeen. “Uncle Russell” passed away on Saturday, May 4, in his home at Coraki, NSW, the Koori Mail statement said. He was 72. The Koori ... <a title="Koori Mail’s ‘Uncle Russell’ was a dedicated Indigenous voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/koori-mails-uncle-russell-was-a-dedicated-indigenous-voice/" aria-label="Read more about Koori Mail’s ‘Uncle Russell’ was a dedicated Indigenous voice">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Radio Morobe … “The Morobe provincial government has neglected its upgrading and funding in the last 10 years or more”. Image: Post-Courier COMMENTARY: By Sylvester Gawi in Lae I grew up in the 1990s listening to NBC Radio – Radio Kundu – which was informative and always reaching out to the mass population of Papua ... <a title="Sylvester Gawi: Deplorable neglect of PNG’s ‘voice of the nation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/sylvester-gawi-deplorable-neglect-of-pngs-voice-of-the-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Sylvester Gawi: Deplorable neglect of PNG’s ‘voice of the nation’">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2019
ABC’s Caroline Tiriman … “who were those people talking on the radio?” Image: ABC PROFILE: By Scott Waide in Lae For a Tolai girl growing up in Papua New Guinea between 1960 and 1970, career options were very limited. Forty years ago, that was part of the story for now veteran broadcaster Caroline Tiriman for ... <a title="Caroline Tiriman – a runaway who became Tok Pisin voice of Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/04/caroline-tiriman-a-runaway-who-became-tok-pisin-voice-of-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Caroline Tiriman – a runaway who became Tok Pisin voice of Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2019
The Imam of the Al Noor Mosque, Gamal Fouda speaking to Christchurch, New Zealand, and the watching world. He says despite the terrorist’s intentions, New Zealand remains “unbreakable”. Video: TRT World Now COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose of RNZ Mediawatch The speech by Imam Gamal Fouda of Al Noor mosque delivered just a week after the ... <a title="Mediawatch: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/31/mediawatch-reporting-islam-before-and-after-15-3/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2019
Fifty Kowhai Intermediate School children sing the waiata at the remembrance service in Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland today. Video: Del Abcede/PMC By Amy Williams and of Brooke Jenner of RNZ News All Black Sonny Bill Williams has challenged hundreds of people at Auckland’s memorial service for those who died in the Christchurch mosque ... <a title="Mosque atrocity remembrance service calls for ‘love, solidarity’ to continue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/29/mosque-atrocity-remembrance-service-calls-for-love-solidarity-to-continue/" aria-label="Read more about Mosque atrocity remembrance service calls for ‘love, solidarity’ to continue">Read more</a>
