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May 4, 2025
World Media Freedom Day reflections of a protester Yesterday, World Media Freedom Day, we marched to Television New Zealand in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to deliver a letter asking them to do better. Their coverage [of Palestine] has been biased at its best, silent at its worst. I truly believe that if our media outlets reported ... <a title="‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/dead-weight-comes-to-mind-when-thinking-about-gazan-parents-and-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and genocide">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark World Press Freedom Day. He said in his May 3 message thanks to democracy his coalition government had removed the “dark days of oppression and suppressions”. “Today as we join ... <a title="Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/rabuka-salutes-fiji-media-but-warns-against-taking-freedom-for-granted/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day — May 3 — today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New Zealand in Auckland, accusing it of 18 months of “biased coverage” on the genocidal Israeli war against Gaza. They delivered a letter to the management board of TVNZ from Palestine ... <a title="Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/palestine-protesters-march-on-tvnz-accuse-broadcaster-of-bias-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2025
Pacific Media Watch After a year and a half of war, nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli army — including at least 43 slain on the job. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has brought multiple complaints before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and continues to tirelessly support Gazan journalists, working to halt ... <a title="RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them in death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/03/rsf-condemns-israeli-targeting-of-gaza-journalists-then-slandering-them-in-death/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them in death">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Teals and Greens are under political attack from a new pro-fossil fuel, pro-Israel astroturfing group, adding to the onslaught by far-right lobbyists Advance Australia for Australian federal election tomorrow — World Press Freedom Day. Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon investigate. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon On February 12 this year, former prime ... <a title="Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for Australian election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/dark-money-labor-and-liberal-join-forces-in-attacks-on-teals-and-greens-for-australian-election/" aria-label="Read more about Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for Australian election">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of senior hospital doctors and specialists walked off the job today for an unprecedented 24-hour strike in protest over stalled contract negotiations and thousands of other health workers protested across Aotearoa New Zealand against the coalition government’s cutbacks to the public health service Te Whatu Ora. In spite of the disruptive ... <a title="Gallery: Doctors, health workers challenge NZ government over national crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/gallery-doctors-health-workers-challenge-nz-government-over-national-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Doctors, health workers challenge NZ government over national crisis">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake Despite all the political machinations and hate towards the media coming from the president of the United States, I always thought the majority of Australian politicians supported the role of the press in safeguarding democracy. And I certainly did not expect Peter Dutton — amid an election campaign, one with citizens ... <a title="Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/amid-duttons-hate-media-and-trumps-despotism-press-freedom-is-more-vital-than-ever/" aria-label="Read more about Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Broadcasting Standards Authority New Zealand’s Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld complaints about two 1News reports relating to violence around a football match in Amsterdam between local team Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv. The authority found an item on “antisemitic violence” surrounding the match, and another on heightened security in Paris the following week, ... <a title="Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/inaccurate-1news-reporting-on-football-violence-breached-broadcasting-standards-rules-bsa/" aria-label="Read more about Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls, who is visiting New Caledonia this week for the third time in two months, has once again called on all parties to live up to their responsibilities in order to make a new political agreement possible. Failing that, he said ... <a title="French Minister Valls warns New Caledonia is ‘on a tightrope’, pleads for ‘innovative’ solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/french-minister-valls-warns-new-caledonia-is-on-a-tightrope-pleads-for-innovative-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about French Minister Valls warns New Caledonia is ‘on a tightrope’, pleads for ‘innovative’ solutions">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
PodTalk.live After a successful beta-launch this month, PodTalk.live has now called for people to register as foundation members — it’s free to join the post and podcast social platform. The foundation membership soft-launch is a great opportunity for founders to help shape a brand new, vibrant, algorithm-free, info discussion and debate social platform. “PodTalk.live has ... <a title="PodTalk.live ushers in new ‘indie’ information and debate era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/podtalk-live-ushers-in-new-indie-information-and-debate-era/" aria-label="Read more about PodTalk.live ushers in new ‘indie’ information and debate era">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Reporters Without Borders Donald Trump campaigned for the White House by unleashing a nearly endless barrage of insults against journalists and news outlets. He repeatedly threatened to weaponise the federal government against media professionals whom he considers his enemies. In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has already shown that he was not bluffing. ... <a title="Trump’s war on the media: 10 numbers from US President’s first 100 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/trumps-war-on-the-media-10-numbers-from-us-presidents-first-100-days/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s war on the media: 10 numbers from US President’s first 100 days">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Mandy Henk When the US Embassy knocked on my door in late 2024, I was both pleased and more than a little suspicious. I’d worked with them before, but the organisation where I did that work, Tohatoha, had closed its doors. My new project, Dark Times Academy, was specifically an attempt to pull ... <a title="How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/27/how-to-fight-trumps-cyber-dystopia-with-community-self-determination-care-and-truth/" aria-label="Read more about How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and truth">Read more</a>
