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August 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Rarotonga The Cook Islands Secretary of Culture Emile Kairua says people in his country are getting complacent about the use of Māori. Cook Islands Māori Language Week started on Sunday in New Zealand and will run until Saturday. Kairua said the language is at risk at the source. ... <a title="‘People have stopped using it’: Culture secretary warns of complacency over Cook Islands Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/04/people-have-stopped-using-it-culture-secretary-warns-of-complacency-over-cook-islands-maori/" aria-label="Read more about ‘People have stopped using it’: Culture secretary warns of complacency over Cook Islands Māori">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
By Torika Tokalau, Local Democracy Reporter The sisters running Auckland’s first authentic Polynesian show for tourists say it’s not just for visitors, but also to help uplift Pacific people. Louisa Tipene Opetaia and Ama Mosese’s Glorious Tours was pooled as one of 10 new “Treasures of Tāmaki Makaurau”: a go-to guide by Tātaki Auckland Unlimited ... <a title="‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/glorious-sisters-showcase-aucklands-polynesian-experiences-for-tourists/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
By Jamie Tahana in The Hague for RNZ Pacific In 2019, a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific, frustrated at the slow pace with which the world’s governments were moving to address the climate crisis, had an idea — they would take the world’s governments to court. They arranged a ... <a title="ICJ climate crisis ruling: Will world’s top court back Pacific-led call to hold governments accountable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/icj-climate-crisis-ruling-will-worlds-top-court-back-pacific-led-call-to-hold-governments-accountable/" aria-label="Read more about ICJ climate crisis ruling: Will world’s top court back Pacific-led call to hold governments accountable?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
By Mary Afemata, of PMN News and RNZ Pacific Porirua City Council is set to create a memorial for more than 1800 former patients of the local hospital buried in unmarked graves. But Pacific leaders are asking to be “meaningfully involved” in the process, including incorporating prayer, language, and ceremonial practices. More than 50 people ... <a title="Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/pacific-leaders-demand-respectful-involvement-in-memorial-for-unmarked-graves/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The Cook Islands’ outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations. This year is particularly significant, August 4 marks 60 years of the Cook Islands being in free association with New Zealand. Cook Islands Secretary of Culture Emile Kairua said ... <a title="Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/cook-islanders-flock-from-outer-islands-for-60th-anniversary-celebrations/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Greenpeace pioneer and activist Susi Newborn is among the “nuclear free heroes” featured in a video tribute premiered this week in an exhibition dedicated to a nuclear-free Pacific. The week-long exhibition at Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Ellen Melville Centre, titled “Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995,” closes tomorrow afternoon. ... <a title="Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/18/susi-newborn-among-activists-featured-in-pacific-nuclear-free-heroes-video/" aria-label="Read more about Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A journalist who was on the Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap last night condemned France for its “callous” attack of an environmental ship, saying “we haven’t forgotten, or forgiven this outrage”. David Robie, the author of Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, said at the launch ... <a title="Author condemns ‘callous’ health legacy of French, US nuclear bomb tests in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/author-condemns-callous-health-legacy-of-french-us-nuclear-bomb-tests-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Author condemns ‘callous’ health legacy of French, US nuclear bomb tests in Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Nuclear-free and independent Pacific advocates are treating Aucklanders to a lively week-long exhibition dedicated to the struggle for nuclear justice in the region. It will be opened today by the opposition Labour Party’s spokesperson on disarmament and MP for Te Atatu, Phil Twyford, and will include a range of speakers on Aotearoa ... <a title="NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/12/nfip-activists-advocates-to-open-nuclear-free-pacific-exhibition/" aria-label="Read more about NFIP activists, advocates to open nuclear-free Pacific exhibition">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Immediately after killing Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, several of the French agents went on a ski holiday in New Zealand’s South Island to celebrate. Such was the contempt the French had for the Kiwis and the abilities of our police to pursue ... <a title="The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/the-rainbow-warrior-saga-1-french-state-terrorism-and-nzs-end-of-innocence/" aria-label="Read more about The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
By Reinhard Minong in Port Moresby The Catholic Church has strongly warned against Papua New Guinea’s political rhetoric and push to declare the nation a Christian country, saying such a move threatens constitutional freedoms and risks dangerous implications for the country’s future. Speaking before the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Communication on Tuesday at Rapopo during ... <a title="Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/catholic-church-warns-against-png-declaring-itself-a-christian-country/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with the official opening for top leadership from the islands tomorrow morning. Marshall Islands leaders are being joined at this summit by their counterparts from Kiribati, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia, ... <a title="Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/micronesian-summit-in-majuro-this-week-aims-to-be-one-step-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
RNZ Te Manu Korihi Tahiti will mark Matari’i as a national public holiday for the first time in November, following in the footsteps of Matariki in Aotearoa New Zealand. Matari’i refers to the same star cluster as Matariki. And for Tahitians, November 20 will mark the start of Matari’i i ni’a — the “season of ... <a title="Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/tahiti-prepares-for-its-first-matarii-public-holiday/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday">Read more</a>
