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April 5, 2025
While public opinion of Israel plummets, each day the genocide continues without significant repercussions only reinforces that they can ignore this opinion, writes Alex Foley. SPECIAL REPORT: By Alex Foley Israel announced that Hossam Shabat was a “terrorist” alongside six other Palestinian journalists. Hossam predicted they would assassinate him. He survived several attempts on his ... <a title="With Hasbara failing, Israel placed Hossam Shabat on a kill list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/05/with-hasbara-failing-israel-placed-hossam-shabat-on-a-kill-list/" aria-label="Read more about With Hasbara failing, Israel placed Hossam Shabat on a kill list">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Now that Phil Goff has ended his term as New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the UK, he is officially free to speak his mind on the damage he believes the Trump Administration is doing to the world. He has started with these comments he made on the betrayal of Ukraine by the new Administration. By ... <a title="NZ’s refreshingly candid ex-envoy Phil Goff – why I spoke out on Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/nzs-refreshingly-candid-ex-envoy-phil-goff-why-i-spoke-out-on-trump/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s refreshingly candid ex-envoy Phil Goff – why I spoke out on Trump">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Democracy Now! Jewish students at Columbia University chained themselves to a campus gate across from the graduate School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) this week, braving rain and cold to demand the school release information related to the targeting and ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a former SIPA student. Democracy Now! was at the ... <a title="Jewish students chain themselves to Columbia gates to protest over ICE jailing of Mahmoud Khalil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/jewish-students-chain-themselves-to-columbia-gates-to-protest-over-ice-jailing-of-mahmoud-khalil/" aria-label="Read more about Jewish students chain themselves to Columbia gates to protest over ICE jailing of Mahmoud Khalil">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Norfolk Island sees its United States tariff as an acknowledgment of independence from Australia. Norfolk Island, despite being an Australian territory, has been included on Trump’s tariff list. The territory has been given a 29 percent tariff, despite Australia getting only 10 percent. It is home to just over ... <a title="‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s independence hopes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/not-an-extension-of-australia-trumps-tariffs-reinforces-norfolk-islands-independence-hopes/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s independence hopes">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter A stoush between the Chief Human Rights Commissioner and a Jewish community leader has flared up following a showdown at Parliament. Appearing before a parliamentary select committee today, Dr Stephen Rainbow was asked about his recent apology for incorrect comments he made about Muslims earlier this year. “If ... <a title="Stoush breaks out between NZ Human Rights Commissioner and Jewish leader at Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/stoush-breaks-out-between-nz-human-rights-commissioner-and-jewish-leader-at-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Stoush breaks out between NZ Human Rights Commissioner and Jewish leader at Parliament">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled that Parliament must be recalled on April 8 to debate a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. In a decision handed down yesterday, the court found that actions taken by the Parliament’s Private Business Committee and Deputy Speaker, ... <a title="Supreme Court orders a recall of PNG parliament for no confidence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/supreme-court-orders-a-recall-of-png-parliament-for-no-confidence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Supreme Court orders a recall of PNG parliament for no confidence vote">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Global press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza this week, who died in separate targeted airstrikes by the Israeli armed forces. And protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand dedicated their week 77 rally and march in the heart of Auckland to their memory, declaring “Journalism is not a ... <a title="NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/29/nz-protesters-honour-killed-gaza-journalists-targeted-say-press-freedom-groups/" aria-label="Read more about NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom groups">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Dozens of Filipinos and supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand came together in a Black Friday vigil and Rally for Justice in the heart of two cities tonight — Auckland and Christchurch. They celebrated the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier this month to face trial ... <a title="Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/29/filipino-activists-praise-arrest-of-ex-president-duterte-as-first-step-to-end-impunity/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Valerie A. Cooper, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so far, perhaps the most surprising has been his shutting down the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for being “radical propaganda”. Critics have long accused the agency — and its ... <a title="Trump silences Voice of America – end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/trump-silences-voice-of-america-end-of-a-propaganda-machine-or-void-for-china-and-russia-to-fill/" aria-label="Read more about Trump silences Voice of America – end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a statement condemning Fiji backing for Israel. In an open letter to the “people of Fiji”, the Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (F4P) has warned “your government openly supports Israel despite ... <a title="Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for Israeli embassy in Jerusalem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/fiji-solidarity-group-condemns-rabuka-plans-for-israeli-embassy-in-jerusalem/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for Israeli embassy in Jerusalem">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was “successfully tested” to block social media platforms, particularly Facebook, for much of the day yesterday. Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr said the “test” was done under the framework of the Anti-Terrorism Act 2024, ... <a title="PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/png-test-ban-blocks-facebook-governor-bird-warns-of-tyranny-risk/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny risk">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recalled that 20 journalists were killed during the six-year Philippines presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, a regime marked by fierce repression of the press. Former president Duterte was arrested earlier this week as part of an International Criminal Court investigation into crimes against ... <a title="Former Filipino president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/former-filipino-president-dutertes-arrest-by-the-icc-20-journalists-killed-during-his-presidency/" aria-label="Read more about Former Filipino president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency">Read more</a>
