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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 4, 2025
By Harlyne Joku and BenarNews staff Residents of an informal Port Moresby settlement that was razed following the gang rape and murder of a woman by 20 men say they are being unfairly punished by Papua New Guinea authorities over alleged links to the crime. Human rights advocates and the UN have condemned the killing ... <a title="Evicted PNG settlement fears collective punishment over gang rape and killing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/evicted-png-settlement-fears-collective-punishment-over-gang-rape-and-killing/" aria-label="Read more about Evicted PNG settlement fears collective punishment over gang rape and killing">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Niven Winchester, Auckland University of Technology We now have a clearer picture of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and how they will affect other trading nations, including the United States itself. The US administration claims these tariffs on imports will reduce the US trade deficit and address what it views as unfair and ... <a title="New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with US hit hardest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/new-modelling-reveals-full-impact-of-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-with-us-hit-hardest/" aria-label="Read more about New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with US hit hardest">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Although New Zealand and Australia seem to have escaped the worst of Donald Trump’s latest tariffs, some Pacific Islands stand to be hit hard — including a few that aren’t even “countries”. The US will impose a base tariff of 10 percent on all foreign imports, with rates between ... <a title="Fiji slapped with Trump’s highest tariffs among Pacific countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/03/fiji-slapped-with-trumps-highest-tariffs-among-pacific-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji slapped with Trump’s highest tariffs among Pacific countries">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2025
The second of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior crew and the return of Rainbow Warrior III 40 years later on a nuclear justice research mission. Journalist and author David Robie, who was on board, recalls ... <a title="From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/from-rongelap-to-mejatto-how-rainbow-warrior-helped-move-nuclear-refugees/" aria-label="Read more about From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear refugees">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan doctoral candidate has warned that indigenous noken-weaving practices back in her homeland are under threat with the world’s biggest deforestation project. About 60 people turned up for the opening of her “Noken/Men: String Bags of the Muyu Tribe of Southern West Papua” exhibition by Veronika T Kanem at Auckland ... <a title="Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/researcher-warns-over-west-papuan-deforestation-impact-on-traditional-noken-weaving/" aria-label="Read more about Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2025
RNZ News The prime ministers of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea have signed a new statement of partnership marking 50 years of bilateral relations between the two countries. The document — which focuses on education, trade, security, agriculture and fisheries — was signed by Christopher Luxon and James Marape at the Beehive in Wellington ... <a title="PNG’s Marape and NZ’s Luxon sign new partnership marking 50 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/pngs-marape-and-nzs-luxon-sign-new-partnership-marking-50-years/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape and NZ’s Luxon sign new partnership marking 50 years">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
By Christine Rovoi of PMN News A human rights group in Aotearoa New Zealand has welcomed support from several Pacific island nations for West Papua, which has been under Indonesian military occupation since the 1960s. West Papua is a region (with five provinces) in the far east of Indonesia, centred on the island of New ... <a title="Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/activist-group-praises-pacific-support-for-west-papua-but-slams-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2025
By Leah Lowonbu, Stefan Armbruster and Harlyne Joku of BenarNews The Pacific’s peak diplomatic bodies have signalled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Government of Bougainville as mediation begins on the delayed ratification of its successful 2019 independence referendum. PNG and Bougainville’s leaders met in the capital Port Moresby this week ... <a title="Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/22/top-pacific-diplomats-ready-for-direct-talks-on-bougainville-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
By Alex Willemyns for Radio Free Asia The Trump administration might let hundreds of millions of dollars in aid pledged to Pacific island nations during former President Joe Biden’s time in office stand, says New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. The Biden administration pledged about $1 billion in aid to the Pacific to help counter China’s influence ... <a title="US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/us-might-not-cut-pledged-pacific-aid-says-nz-foreign-minister/" aria-label="Read more about US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville’s push for independence are planning to meet several more times before a deadline in June. The leaders of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have been meeting all week in Port Moresby, with former New Zealand Governor-General ... <a title="PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/png-and-bougainville-to-hold-more-talks-on-independence-issue/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Hagatna, Guam Debate on Guam’s future as a US territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding resolution to become a US state amid mounting Pacific geostrategic tensions and expansionist declarations by the Trump administration. Located closer to Beijing than Hawai’i, Guam serves as a key US ... <a title="Guam at decolonisation ‘crossroads’ with resolution on US statehood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/guam-at-decolonisation-crossroads-with-resolution-on-us-statehood/" aria-label="Read more about Guam at decolonisation ‘crossroads’ with resolution on US statehood">Read more</a>
