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October 9, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Ford, University of Canterbury; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury, and Kevin Watson, University of Canterbury When New Zealand Health Minister Chris Hipkins recently quipped that the Green Party is “to some extent the conscience of the Labour Party” he was not simply referring to polls suggesting Labour may need the Greens’ support ... <a title="How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/how-the-greens-have-changed-the-nz-language-of-economic-debate/" aria-label="Read more about How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2020
New Caledonia’s people have narrowly voted to stay part of France in the second referendum on the issue in two years. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk People in New Caledonia have once more voted to stay with France, narrowly rejecting independence in a tightly-fought referendum, reports Al Jazeera. But the pro-independence supporters increased ... <a title="New Caledonia rejects independence again, but Kanak vote gains ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/06/new-caledonia-rejects-independence-again-but-kanak-vote-gains-ground/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia rejects independence again, but Kanak vote gains ground">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson Ishmael Toroama built his reputation as a bold fighter and later a commander in the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) in its struggle to close the Panguna copper and gold mine and gain independence for Bougainville from Papua New Guinea in the 10-year civil war of the 1990s. Later, in 2001, he ... <a title="Bougainville president-elect Ishmael Toroama – rebel, peacemaker, farmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/bougainville-president-elect-ishmael-toroama-rebel-peacemaker-farmer/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president-elect Ishmael Toroama – rebel, peacemaker, farmer">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce I’ll be honest, it was a long day yesterday so I only watched the first 10 minutes of the Leader’s debate in the New Zealand general election 2020 last night. What I saw confirmed the view I expressed some weeks ago that in Judith Collins National have chosen someone who will ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Poll dancing in NZ election – the choice is clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/bryan-bruce-poll-dancing-in-nz-election-the-choice-is-clear/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Poll dancing in NZ election – the choice is clear">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis Stung by successive Grubsheet articles revealing how the military wants changes to the Fiji government and also revealing the name of his designated successor, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has made an astonishing personal attack on me on the front page of the government-controlled Fiji Sun newspaper today and in the government-controlled ... <a title="Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/20/graham-davis-why-bainimarama-has-slammed-me-in-the-fiji-state-media/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’ media">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. At what point in time does an atrocity have a beginning? Is it when the first gunshot is fired? When the first victim is killed? When a killer first submits to thoughts of hatred, alienation, blame and ... <a title="Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/selwyn-manning-the-sentencing-of-a-human-shell-over-nz-mosque-atrocity/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque atrocity">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of Indonesia’s struggle for independence from colonial powers, stories of Indigenous people’s role are nearly non-existent compared to that of the elite educated youth leaders. This lack of representation reflects the ... <a title="Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/indigenous-peoples-in-indonesia-still-struggle-for-equality-after-75-years/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Widow Erlinda Echanis demands the release of the body of her husband, assassinated peace activist Randall “Randy” Echanis. Video: Rappler By Rambo Talabong in Manila After her repeated urgings were unheeded, Erlinda Echanis formally has formally demanded that Pink Petals Memorial Homes release the body of her husband, assassinated Anakpawis chair Randall “Randy” Echanis. “The ... <a title="Assassinated Filipino activist Echanis’ widow demands release of his body" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/assassinated-filipino-activist-echanis-widow-demands-release-of-his-body/" aria-label="Read more about Assassinated Filipino activist Echanis’ widow demands release of his body">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesia’s West Papua province has again been recorded as having the worst democracy index in the republic, reports CNN Indonesia. This year (2019), the West Papuan Democracy Index (IDI) was 57.62, even dropping lower from 2018 when it was 58.29 points. Based on data from the National Statistics Agency (BPS), West ... <a title="West Papua scores lowest democracy index, free expression declines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/west-papua-scores-lowest-democracy-index-free-expression-declines/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua scores lowest democracy index, free expression declines">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
Linguist and author Noam Chomsky says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions have left the country ill-prepared for a major health crisis. By Democracy Now! As the US coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, Democracy Now! spends the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who ... <a title="Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/noam-chomsky-decades-of-neoliberal-plague-left-us-unprepared-for-coronavirus-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
By Richard Shaw, of Massey University Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll – which had support for the Labour Party at 60.9 percent and for National at 25.1 percent – suggests the team is not looking that strong at all. ... <a title="Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in NZ politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/rogue-poll-or-not-all-the-signs-point-to-a-tectonic-shift-in-nz-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in NZ politics">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2020
“We are requesting, if you can, just do it online. Because these are not ordinary times,” Gamboa said in a mix of English and Filipino. In SONA protests, activist groups usually deliver a counterpoint to the president’s rendition of current events in his or her report to Congress. The protests usually consist of marches and ... <a title="Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/police-chief-to-manila-democracy-protesters-just-do-it-online/" aria-label="Read more about Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’">Read more</a>
