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May 16, 2022
By Mara Cepeda in Manila Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo will not allow the massive, volunteer-led movement she inspired in the 2022 presidential elections to just fade away following her loss to the late dictator’s son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Facing tens of thousands of her supporters during her thanksgiving event at the Ateneo de Manila ... <a title="After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine history’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/after-election-defeat-robredo-to-lead-biggest-volunteer-movement-in-philippine-history/" aria-label="Read more about After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine history’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today is Nakba Day — this is the day marking the ethnic cleansing of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and off their land by Israeli militias in 1948. For 74 years Israel has refused to allow them to return to their homes and land in Palestine despite dozens of United ... <a title="Gallery: Nakba Day in Auckland – protesting against Israel’s ‘ethnic cleansing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/15/gallery-nakba-day-in-auckland-protesting-against-israels-ethnic-cleansing/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Nakba Day in Auckland – protesting against Israel’s ‘ethnic cleansing’">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu’s outgoing president, Obed Moses Tallis, has urged the government not to abolish the Ministry of Justice, warning against a “dictatorial system”. His opening speech to Parliament’s first “ordinary” session of 2022 is his final duty of his mandate which will end in July. “In my observation during my five-year term as a ... <a title="Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/vanuatu-president-warns-against-dictatorship-if-justice-ministry-is-abolished/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
COMMENTARY: By John Minto The absolute impunity which the Aotearoa New Zealand government has given to Israel’s racist apartheid regime over many decades and the cowering of the Aotearoa New Zealand media in the face of threats of false smears of anti-semitism from the racist pro-Israel lobby are key factors in the daily murder and ... <a title="John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/john-minto-nz-government-and-media-must-own-up-to-their-silence-over-shireen-abu-akleh/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their silence over Shireen Abu Akleh">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning bring you a programme in three parts. First a roundup of Putin’s V-Day speech; they then evaluate a raft of election results that have occurred around the world; and then deep dive into the PRC-Solomons security deal.
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May 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory’s accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France. The joint position was adopted at the weekend at the congress of the FLNKS and then a meeting ... <a title="FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/flnks-insists-on-full-sovereignty-for-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific Fiji has been ranked as the worst place in the Pacific region for journalists in the latest assessment by the global press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index released last week, Fiji was placed 102nd out of 180 countries — receiving an overall score of 56.91 ... <a title="‘Intimidated’ Fiji worst place for Pacific journalists, says RSF’s freedom index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/09/intimidated-fiji-worst-place-for-pacific-journalists-says-rsfs-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Intimidated’ Fiji worst place for Pacific journalists, says RSF’s freedom index">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Michael Kabuni and Stephen Howes Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is Section 63 of PNG’s Organic Law on Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates (OLIPPAC), which was passed in 2001 (and then amended in 2003). Section 63 requires that the Governor-General invites ... <a title="How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency bias" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/how-a-law-change-in-png-has-fostered-prime-ministerial-incumbency-bias/" aria-label="Read more about How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency bias">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Māori Language Commissioner Professor Rawinia Higgins Whether he knows it or probably not, the year Joe Bennett arrived in Aotearoa from England was a milestone year for te reo Māori. After years of petitions, protest marches and activism from New Zealanders of all ethnicities as well as a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry: te reo ... <a title="About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/about-all-the-maori-nonsense-a-response-from-nzs-maori-language-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Terence Wood A spectre is haunting the Pacific. It is focused on Solomon Islands today, but has eyes everywhere and might pounce anywhere next. No, I’m not talking about China. I am talking about us. More specifically, I’m talking about a particular type of Western security pundit, who hypes danger and itches for ... <a title="Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/solomons-security-shambles-and-now-its-time-for-realism-over-hype/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
By Mara Cepeda in Manila Philippine presidential candidate and Vice-President Leni Robredo issued her marching orders for the crucial homestretch of the election campaign before hundreds of thousands of supporters, in a behemoth show of force meant to boost her numbers in the Philippines’ most vote-rich region Metro Manila. Local organisers said some 412,000 “Kakampink” ... <a title="Robredo’s plea to 412,000 in Pasay – 200 in Auckland: Fight fake news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/robredos-plea-to-412000-in-pasay-200-in-auckland-fight-fake-news/" aria-label="Read more about Robredo’s plea to 412,000 in Pasay – 200 in Auckland: Fight fake news">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the country needs an economic solution to its instability problems, not a security solution. Lilo said he could not understand how current Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare could justify signing a security cooperation agreement with China to quell public discontent in ... <a title="Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/former-solomons-pm-says-country-needs-economic-solution-not-security/" aria-label="Read more about Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security">Read more</a>
