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November 12, 2025
RNZ Pacific An Israeli minister touring the Pacific to discuss defence and cooperation says Fiji and Papua New Guinea are “great friends”. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel recently visited the two countries and RNZ Pacific spoke with her during a brief stop in Auckland. She said the main goal of her trip was to ... <a title="Israel thanks Fiji and PNG for opening Jerusalem embassies, UN support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/israel-thanks-fiji-and-png-for-opening-jerusalem-embassies-un-support/" aria-label="Read more about Israel thanks Fiji and PNG for opening Jerusalem embassies, UN support">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2024
Significant attempts were made from overseas to hack into the government’s central network a few weeks ago, Prime Minister Mark Brown has revealed. However, the Prime Minister said that the government’s robust firewall security systems were able to fend off these attempts. Brown revealed this while speaking in support of the Financial Transactions Reporting Amendment ... <a title="Cook Islands govt fends off cyberattacks, passes bill to strengthen financial transparency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/13/cook-islands-govt-fends-off-cyberattacks-passes-bill-to-strengthen-financial-transparency/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands govt fends off cyberattacks, passes bill to strengthen financial transparency">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy areas. Together with July’s strategic foreign policy ... <a title="Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/out-of-the-shadows-why-making-nzs-security-threat-assessment-public-is-timely/" aria-label="Read more about Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2022
In this episode, Buchanan and Manning take you on a journey into a world that exists all around us, no matter where we live. But, it’s fair to say, it’s a world few realise exists and few realise how it is effecting them. With the technologies that surround us, tech that we use every day, it has become easy to conduct indirect or non-attributable warfare using a variety of means.
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August 31, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse the advent of new technologies and the rise of hybrid warfare. In this episode, we will take you on a journey into a world that exists all around us, no matter where we live. But, it’s fair to ... <a title="LIVE@Midday Thurs Buchanan + Manning: How Hybrid Warfare and Hostile Tech Surrounds Us All" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/31/livemidday-thurs-buchanan-manning-how-hybrid-warfare-and-hostile-tech-surrounds-us-all/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@Midday Thurs Buchanan + Manning: How Hybrid Warfare and Hostile Tech Surrounds Us All">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific The President of the Federated States of Micronesia says he has serious concerns about the details of two leaked Chinese government documents to be tabled at a meeting next week. President David Panuelo warns the sovereignty of the Pacific Island countries is at stake, and that the outcome of one of the documents ... <a title="China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/china-documents-threaten-pacific-sovereignty-warns-fsm-president/" aria-label="Read more about China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2022
Essay by By Raymond Maisano, Head of Australia and New Zealand, Cloudflare. Aotearoa New Zealand makes up a small portion of the world’s population, yet the country is being hit by a relatively bigger share of cyber attacks. Chances are, you’re familiar with the term ‘distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack’. Not because your organisation ... <a title="Submission – Why New Zealand is a ‘sweet spot’ for DDoS attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/22/submission-why-new-zealand-is-a-sweet-spot-for-ddos-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about Submission – Why New Zealand is a ‘sweet spot’ for DDoS attacks">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar with a deep-dive into cyber-attacks and hybrid warfare - Especially how 2021 has witnessed a Cold War II styled stand-off between global powers.
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July 21, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s cyber security agency believes China has been behind numerous hack attacks spanning years. The government joined Western allies and Japan in calling out Beijing for so-called state-sponsored hacks, including a major incursion in February when Microsoft email servers were targeted. The US has charged four Chinese nationals — three security officials ... <a title="NZ cyber agency chief worried China hacks exploiting security weakness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/nz-cyber-agency-chief-worried-china-hacks-exploiting-security-weakness/" aria-label="Read more about NZ cyber agency chief worried China hacks exploiting security weakness">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
The problem with scandals involving so much mystery is they naturally lead to plenty of speculation, some of which might be useful and some which might be completely wrong, or even highly-damaging. And while we are still in the midst of it all, it’s extremely difficult to sort out the useful from the damaging. For ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-intense-speculation-on-budget-leaking-and-hacking/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
The world is changing fast, with digital technological innovation that is both liberating and disturbing. The threats and opportunities this presents requires a massive debate, and intervention, to ensure such changes are as healthy as possible for humanity. The online dimension of the Christchurch terrorist attacks is now provoking a sea change in attitudes towards ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-christchurch-calling-the-clampdown-on-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2019
Political Roundup: Will the Government fix spying in the public service? by Dr Bryce Edwards The week before Christmas was dominated by what may actually have been the most important political issue of the year in New Zealand – revelations that government agencies have spied on New Zealanders through the use of private investigators. The ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government fix spying in the public service?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-fix-spying-in-the-public-service/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government fix spying in the public service?">Read more</a>
