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November 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific Islanders believe corruption is a big problem in both their governments and the business sector, says a new report. About one third of 6000 interviewees across the region believe that most or all members of parliament and staff in heads of government’s offices are involved in corruption, says Transparency International’s ... <a title="Corruption in Pacific big problem – and it’s getting worse, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/corruption-in-pacific-big-problem-and-its-getting-worse-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about Corruption in Pacific big problem – and it’s getting worse, says report">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2021
By Litia Cava in Suva Leaders of four political parties in Fiji are calling for a “complete clean-up” of the Elections Office before preparations for the 2022 election get underway. A joint statement endorsed by the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Viliame Gavoka, Freedom Alliance Party leader Jagath Karunaratne, Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra ... <a title="Fiji political parties call for probe into elections chief Saneem’s ‘behaviour’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/14/fiji-political-parties-call-for-probe-into-elections-chief-saneems-behaviour/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji political parties call for probe into elections chief Saneem’s ‘behaviour’">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia, Patrice Faure, has confirmed the December 12 date for the independence referendum, fuelling tension over the ballot. Kanaky New Caledonia’s pro-independence parties had called on Paris to postpone the vote to the second half of 2022 because of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak, ... <a title="France keeps December 12 date for New Caledonia independence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/13/france-keeps-december-12-date-for-new-caledonia-independence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about France keeps December 12 date for New Caledonia independence vote">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Wadan Narsey in Suva The opinion polls about voting intentions for Fiji’s 2022 General Election suggests that voters face the horrible challenge of choosing as their next Prime Minister one of two former military officers. Both of these former soldiers have carried out military coups removing lawfully elected governments. Is Fiji genuinely between, ... <a title="Wadan Narsey: Between a rock and a not so hard place in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/09/wadan-narsey-between-a-rock-and-a-not-so-hard-place-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Wadan Narsey: Between a rock and a not so hard place in Fiji">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Police stopped a climate change march in Suva today and forced activists to remove their banners. They also warned demonstrators against making social media posts about the event. Priests, church workers and youth had gathered at My Suva Park to march as part of worldwide Day of Climate Action protests against ... <a title="Fiji police block Suva climate change march marking COP26 protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/07/fiji-police-block-suva-climate-change-march-marking-cop26-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police block Suva climate change march marking COP26 protests">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Australia’s union for journalists says Australian journalism is in crisis after years of disruption, undermining and neglect, and swift action is needed to halt the decline. A new study pointing to the crisis in public interest journalism demands urgent government action to safeguard democracy. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) ... <a title="MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/meaa-calls-for-halt-to-slow-erosion-of-media-to-safeguard-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard democracy">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
RNZ News In just a few weeks the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated sharply as millions cope without desperately needed international aid, New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis says. Bellis is Al Jazeera’s senior producer in Afghanistan and reported on the turmoil in August as the Taliban took over the government and thousands of people tried ... <a title="Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/charlotte-bellis-on-afghanistan-its-just-life-and-death-on-so-many-levels/" aria-label="Read more about Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former Timor-Leste President Xanana Gusmão today lamented the death of journalist and filmmaker Max Stahl, recalling that his work had “changed the fate of the nation”. In a letter sent to his widow Dr Ingrid Brucens, Gusmão, chief negotiator over East Timor’s maritime borders, said Stahl’s footage of the 1991 ... <a title="Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/journalist-max-stahl-changed-the-fate-of-east-timor-says-xanana/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
By Jeffrey Enapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s ruling Pangu Pati is entangled in another internal dispute just six months before the issue of writs for the 2022 general election. This time, the former president of the party, Patrick Pundao, has gone to the National Court to dispute the recent election of the first ... <a title="PNG’s Pangu Pati entangled in new legal row over female president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/pngs-pangu-pati-entangled-in-new-legal-row-over-female-president/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Pangu Pati entangled in new legal row over female president">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Protesting students have held demonstrations in several cities around Indonesia to mark seven years of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration, reports CNN Indonesia. The protests came as President Widodo left Jakarta to officiate at the opening of a palm oil processing factory owned by the PT Jhonlin Group in South Kalimantan. ... <a title="Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/student-protests-in-indonesia-slam-7th-year-of-jokowis-administration/" aria-label="Read more about Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2021
RNZ Pacific A leading anti-independence politician in New Caledonia, Sonia Backes, has rejected calls for the referendum on independence from France to be postponed, saying it should be held as planned. Pro-independence politicians have asked Paris to postpone the vote — due on December 12 — until next year because of the impact of the ... <a title="Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/20/backes-rejects-delaying-new-caledonia-independence-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report “Public interest journalism plays a crucial role in promoting the quality of public life, protecting individuals from misconduct on the part of government and the private sector, and giving real content to the public’s ‘right to know’.” – The Crucial Role of Public Interest Journalism in Australia ... <a title="Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/20/perceptions-over-nzs-public-interest-journalism-project-saint-or-sinner/" aria-label="Read more about Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?">Read more</a>
