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June 27, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Professor Steven Ratuva The West and China continue to exert influence over the Pacific region. But discussions of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are increasingly patronising, framing them as vulnerable, and omitting their agency. In the battle for geopolitical influence and supremacy in the Pacific, the two most visible antagonists, the Anglo-West and China, ... <a title="Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/steven-ratuva-pacific-agency-a-devalued-political-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2022
RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka is infamous for making Fiji a republic after carrying out a military coup 35 years ago by overthrowing an Indo-Fijian dominated government to help maintain indigenous supremacy. Rabuka has been a central figure in Fijian politics since 1987 — as the nation’s first coup maker, a former prime minister, most recently ... <a title="Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/26/sitiveni-rabuka-takes-fiji-campaign-trail-to-aotearoa-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Following the United Kingdom’s decision to extradite Julian Assange to face trial in the United States, the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has called on the Australian government to take swift steps to lobby for the dismissal of all charges against Assange. ... <a title="IFJ calls on Canberra to act against Assange extradition order to US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/ifj-calls-on-canberra-to-act-against-assange-extradition-order-to-us/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ calls on Canberra to act against Assange extradition order to US">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia and Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle Last week on June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a statement confirming she had approved the US government’s request to extradite Julian Assange. The Australian founder of WikiLeaks faces 18 criminal charges of computer misuse and espionage. ... <a title="UK government orders extradition of Julian Assange to US, but that isn’t end of the matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/uk-government-orders-extradition-of-julian-assange-to-us-but-that-isnt-end-of-the-matter/" aria-label="Read more about UK government orders extradition of Julian Assange to US, but that isn’t end of the matter">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
RNZ Pacific In an unprecedented result, French Polynesia’s pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party candidates have won a clean sweep of all three seats in the French National Assembly. The three will sit with the left-wing Nupes group which emerged as the second biggest force in the 577-strong National Assembly. The success of the alliance around Jean-Luc ... <a title="Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/tahiti-pro-independence-candidates-sweep-seats-in-french-national-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
By Loreben Tuquero in Manila On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had a network of propagandist assets, popular myths that justified his family’s obscene wealth, and narratives that distorted the horrors of his father’s rule. He had even asked Cambridge Analytica to ... <a title="Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/duterte-institutionalised-disinformation-paved-the-way-for-a-marcos-victory/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The UK government’s decision to uphold the application by the US Department of Justice to extradite Australian publisher Julian Assange imperils journalists everywhere, says the union for Australia’s journalists. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance calls on the Australian government to take urgent steps to lobby the US and UK governments ... <a title="Assange extradition order a ‘dangerous assault on international journalism’, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/assange-extradition-order-a-dangerous-assault-on-international-journalism-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about Assange extradition order a ‘dangerous assault on international journalism’, says MEAA">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
Kizzy Kalsakau and Anita Roberts in Port Vila Vanuatu’s opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu said Members of Parliament from the Opposition bloc would boycott the special Parliament sitting again today. “We think there are a number of amendments that are very bad for the country, and very dangerous for the Parliament to be considering,” he said. ... <a title="Vanuatu opposition plans new boycott of ‘dangerous’ changes special sitting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/vanuatu-opposition-plans-new-boycott-of-dangerous-changes-special-sitting/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu opposition plans new boycott of ‘dangerous’ changes special sitting">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2022
By Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne A Gisborne councillor has called into question the mayor’s ability to lead the region forward, saying her background makes it hard to understand issues affecting Māori. Third-term councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown made the comments about Mayor Rehette Stoltz following questions about her intention to stand for the top position at the ... <a title="Gisborne district councillor hits out over lack of Māori leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/13/gisborne-district-councillor-hits-out-over-lack-of-maori-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Gisborne district councillor hits out over lack of Māori leadership">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Newly elected Māori Pati president and columnist John Tamihere has launched a blistering criticism of New Zealand’s negative media attitude to Chinese trade and security overtures to the South Pacific, saying “it’s none of our business”. Writing in The New Zealand Herald today, former Labour cabinet minister Tamihere argued that China ... <a title="‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’ says Māori Pati critic of NZ stance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/we-can-learn-from-chinese-diplomacy-says-maori-pati-critic-of-nz-stance/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’ says Māori Pati critic of NZ stance">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific In Vanuatu, one key party in the government says it will boycott tomorrow’s planned session of Parliament. That session is due to consider several constitutional amendments and the leader of the Reunification of Movements for Change party, former Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, said there had been no consultation with civil society. Salwai’s party ... <a title="Former Vanuatu PM Salwai’s party to boycott parliament session" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/former-vanuatu-pm-salwais-party-to-boycott-parliament-session/" aria-label="Read more about Former Vanuatu PM Salwai’s party to boycott parliament session">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Regional stability and security, and the China Economic and Security Deal were on the agenda today when some Pacific leaders met in Suva, Fiji, a Micronesian head of the Pacific’s regional political body says Several Pacific Island heads of state, including at least three from the Micronesian ... <a title="Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/pacific-leaders-talk-micronesia-china-and-regional-stability-security/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security">Read more</a>
