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Hīkoi day four: Setting off from Huntly on way to Wellington – bill reading

November 14, 2024

RNZ News Thousands of people are continuing their North Island hīkoi as the legislation they are protesting against, the Treaty Principles Bill, gets its first reading in Parliament today. The hīkoi enters day four and headed off from Huntly, destined for Rotorua today, after it advanced through Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau yesterday. Traffic was at a ... <a title="Hīkoi day four: Setting off from Huntly on way to Wellington – bill reading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/hikoi-day-four-setting-off-from-huntly-on-way-to-wellington-bill-reading/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day four: Setting off from Huntly on way to Wellington – bill reading">Read more</a>

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Senior NZ lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned

November 13, 2024

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ political reporter Members of the King’s Counsel, some of New Zealand’s most senior legal minds, say the controversial Treaty Principles Bill “seeks to rewrite the Treaty itself” and are calling on the prime minister and the coalition government to “act responsibly now and abandon” it. More than 40 KCs have written ... <a title="Senior NZ lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/13/senior-nz-lawyers-call-for-treaty-principles-bill-to-be-abandoned/" aria-label="Read more about Senior NZ lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned">Read more</a>

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Hīkoi day three: Thousands of protesters walk across Auckland Harbour Bridge

November 13, 2024

RNZ News Thousands of supporters of Aotearoa New Zealand’s hīkoi mō te Tiriti — a march traversing the length of Aotearoa in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill and government policies impacting on Māori — have crossed the Auckland Harbour Bridge. RNZ reporters with the march said it was swaying and rocking as the protesters ... <a title="Hīkoi day three: Thousands of protesters walk across Auckland Harbour Bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/13/hikoi-day-three-thousands-of-protesters-walk-across-auckland-harbour-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi day three: Thousands of protesters walk across Auckland Harbour Bridge">Read more</a>

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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti sets off from Whangārei on day two

November 12, 2024

RNZ News Emotions are running high as the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti has been welcomed to Laurie Hill Park in Whangārei by mana whenua. Thousands have arrived to support the kaupapa — young and old, tangata whenua and tangata tiriti, all to make a stand for the rights of Māori. The crowd have joined in ... <a title="Hīkoi mō te Tiriti sets off from Whangārei on day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/12/hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-sets-off-from-whangarei-on-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi mō te Tiriti sets off from Whangārei on day two">Read more</a>

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NZ Speaker reverses journalist bar from abuse apology at Parliament

November 11, 2024

By Giles Dexter, RNZ political reporter An investigative journalist who was barred from attending New Zealand’s national apology to survivors of abuse in care has now been granted accreditation. Parliament’s Speaker has now granted temporary Press Gallery accreditation to journalist Aaron Smale for tomorrow’s apology for abuse in care. He must, however, be accompanied by ... <a title="NZ Speaker reverses journalist bar from abuse apology at Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/nz-speaker-reverses-journalist-bar-from-abuse-apology-at-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Speaker reverses journalist bar from abuse apology at Parliament">Read more</a>

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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build a nation’

November 11, 2024

RNZ News From the misty peaks of Cape Reinga to the rain-soaked streets of Kawakawa, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national hīkoi mō Te Tiriti rolled through the north and arrived in Whangārei. Since setting off this morning numbers have swelled from a couple of hundred to well over 1000 people, demonstrating their opposition to the coalition ... <a title="Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build a nation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-day-one-lets-make-this-hikoi-build-a-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build a nation’">Read more</a>

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Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

November 11, 2024

The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle for 30 hours. Despite the court ruling, Wendy Bacon reports that the protest will still go ahead next week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon In a decision delivered last Thursday, Justice ... <a title="Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/rising-tide-climate-crisis-protestival-to-go-ahead-despite-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling">Read more</a>

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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill protest hīkoi begins in Far North

November 10, 2024

RNZ News A national hīkoi across Aotearoa New Zealand began today in the small Far North town of Te Kāo. Supporters gathered at Pōtahi Marae, before setting out tomorrow on the first leg of the long journey south. Travellers from Bluff at the far end of the South Island are also travelling toward Wellington to ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill protest hīkoi begins in Far North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/10/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-protest-hikoi-begins-in-far-north/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill protest hīkoi begins in Far North">Read more</a>

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Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’

November 9, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reid The Enemy Within, by Maire Leadbeater is many things. It is: • A family history• A social history• A history of the left-wing in Aotearoa• A chilling reminder of the origin and continuation of the surveillance state in New Zealand, and• A damn good read. The book is a great example ... <a title="Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/09/behind-settler-colonial-nzs-paranoia-about-dissident-persons-of-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’">Read more</a>

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Chris Hedges: The politics of cultural despair – and the American nightmare

November 8, 2024

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges In the end, the US election was about despair. Despair over futures that evaporated with deindustrialisation. Despair over the loss of 30 million jobs in mass layoffs. Despair over austerity programmes and the funneling of wealth upwards into the hands of rapacious ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The politics of cultural despair – and the American nightmare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/08/chris-hedges-the-politics-of-cultural-despair-and-the-american-nightmare/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The politics of cultural despair – and the American nightmare">Read more</a>

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New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press in the US – particularly among white, Republican men

November 7, 2024

ANALYSIS: By Julie Posetti, City St George’s, University of London and Waqas Ejaz, University of Oxford Press freedom is a pillar of American democracy. But political attacks on US-based journalists and news organisations pose an unprecedented threat to their safety and the integrity of information. Less than 48 hours before election day, Donald Trump, now ... <a title="New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press in the US – particularly among white, Republican men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/new-survey-finds-an-alarming-tolerance-for-attacks-on-the-press-in-the-us-particularly-among-white-republican-men/" aria-label="Read more about New survey finds an alarming tolerance for attacks on the press in the US – particularly among white, Republican men">Read more</a>

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Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning

November 7, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis This morning, I am afraid. I am very afraid. I fear that by the time I go to bed democracy in the United States will be imperilled by a man, the nature of which the Founding Fathers could never envisage when creating the protective elements of the constitution. The risks will ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/gavin-ellis-a-day-to-be-gripped-by-fear-freedom-will-lose-its-true-meaning/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning">Read more</a>