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June 23, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Two international organisations are leading a call for the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to elevate the membership status of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) at their upcoming summit in Honiara in September. The collective, led by International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) and International Lawyers ... <a title="Pro-independence advocates urge MSG to elevate West Papua membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/23/pro-independence-advocates-urge-msg-to-elevate-west-papua-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence advocates urge MSG to elevate West Papua membership">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2025
Pacific Media Watch BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem Kia ora koutou, I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across the Palestinian and Israeli territories from on the ground. Israeli forces killed over 200 Palestinians in Gaza over the last 48 hours, injuring over 1037. Countless ... <a title="Starving Gaza civilians toll climbs at Israeli humanitarian ‘death traps’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/22/starving-gaza-civilians-toll-climbs-at-israeli-humanitarian-death-traps/" aria-label="Read more about Starving Gaza civilians toll climbs at Israeli humanitarian ‘death traps’">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has called on New Zealanders to condemn the US bombing of Iran. PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal said in a statement that he hoped the New Zealand government would be critical of the US for its war escalation. “Israel has once again hoodwinked the United States into fighting ... <a title="NZ group slams Israeli ‘hoodwinking’ of US over nuclear strikes – Peters calls for talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/22/nz-group-slams-israeli-hoodwinking-of-us-over-nuclear-strikes-peters-calls-for-talks/" aria-label="Read more about NZ group slams Israeli ‘hoodwinking’ of US over nuclear strikes – Peters calls for talks">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem Kia ora koutou, I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across the Palestinian and Israeli territories from on the ground. Sixty nine people killed in Gaza, 12 while seeking aid, and 221 injured (172 seeking aid). 11 killed by Israeli ... <a title="Israel blocks Gaza aid organisations’ access to fuel, hospitals running out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/21/israel-blocks-gaza-aid-organisations-access-to-fuel-hospitals-running-out/" aria-label="Read more about Israel blocks Gaza aid organisations’ access to fuel, hospitals running out">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A leading Middle East analyst has pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of the conclusion of his own national intelligence chief, who said in April that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, said in an interview that Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director ... <a title="Analyst dismisses ‘lie by rogue’ Netanyahu over Iran’s nuclear programme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/21/analyst-dismisses-lie-by-rogue-netanyahu-over-irans-nuclear-programme/" aria-label="Read more about Analyst dismisses ‘lie by rogue’ Netanyahu over Iran’s nuclear programme">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem Kia ora koutou, I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across the Palestinian and Israeli territories from on the ground. At least 16 killed by Israeli airstrike on al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. 92 killed across Gaza in total, ... <a title="15 months after ‘flour massacre’ shock, Israel commits daily Gaza food aid killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/15-months-after-flour-massacre-shock-israel-commits-daily-gaza-food-aid-killings/" aria-label="Read more about 15 months after ‘flour massacre’ shock, Israel commits daily Gaza food aid killings">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Ōtautahi and Ava Mulla in Cairo Hope for freedom for Palestinians remains high among a group of trauma-struck New Zealanders in Cairo. In spite of extensive planning, the Global March To Gaza (GMTG) delegation of about 4000 international aid volunteers was thwarted in its mission to walk from Cairo ... <a title="Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to ‘defeat genocide’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/egyptian-crackdown-on-gaza-blockade-busters-but-kiwi-activists-vow-to-defeat-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to ‘defeat genocide’">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Ninety-five New Zealand lawyers — including nine king’s counsel — have signed a letter demanding Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and two other ministers urge the government to take a stronger stand against Israel’s “catastrophic” actions in Gaza. The letter has been sent amid rising tensions in the region, ... <a title="95 lawyers demand stronger NZ stand over Israel amid Middle East tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/95-lawyers-demand-stronger-nz-stand-over-israel-amid-middle-east-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about 95 lawyers demand stronger NZ stand over Israel amid Middle East tensions">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Big Picture Podcast host, New Zealand-Egyptian journalist and author Mohamed Hassan, interviews Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it, and what it threatens to unleash on the global order. What does Israel really want to achieve, what options ... <a title="Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/israel-iran-war-more-dangerous-than-we-imagine-says-middle-east-eye-editor/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye editor">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but that Israeli support for the war may wane if the destruction continues. “I think it’s going to continue escalating because we are just in the first days of the war ... <a title="Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/israelis-now-realise-what-palestinians-and-lebanese-have-been-suffering-says-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says analyst">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2025
RNZ News Palestinian advocate Issa Amro has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his decades of work advocating for peaceful resistance against Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The settlements are illegal under international law — and a record 45 were established last year under cover of the war ... <a title="Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements – ‘life is very hard, the Israeli soldiers act like militia’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/16/issa-amro-youth-against-settlements-life-is-very-hard-the-israeli-soldiers-act-like-militia/" aria-label="Read more about Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements – ‘life is very hard, the Israeli soldiers act like militia’">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein War is good for business and geopolitical posturing. Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington in early February for his first visit to the US following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, he issued a bold statement on the strategic position of Israel. “The decisions we made in the war [since ... <a title="Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/15/why-israels-shock-and-awe-has-proven-its-power-but-lost-the-war/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost the war">Read more</a>
