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August 12, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Vanuatu is leaning on Aotearoa’s medicinal cannabis production expertise in an effort to prop up its own market. While the Melanesian nation has topped the Happy Planet Index list twice, as the happiest place in the world, it remains one of the most climate vulnerable states in the ... <a title="Vanuatu leader in NZ talks marijuana, seasonal workers and cyclones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/vanuatu-leader-in-nz-talks-marijuana-seasonal-workers-and-cyclones/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu leader in NZ talks marijuana, seasonal workers and cyclones">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura and Pizaro Gozali Idrus in Jakarta Indonesian human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of Papua province earlier this week. The pilot, identified as Glen Malcolm Conning, was reportedly killed by an armed group shortly ... <a title="Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/indonesian-human-rights-groups-seek-independent-probe-of-nz-pilots-death-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica The obscure UN organisation attempting to set rules for the exploitation of deep-sea metals is facing a potential shake-up as more nations call for a mining moratorium and a new candidate for its leadership vows to address perceptions of corporate bias. The number of countries against the ... <a title="Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/nations-join-ranks-to-delay-deep-sea-mining-approval-by-un-regulator/" aria-label="Read more about Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2024
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: By Aubrey Belford of the OCCRP High in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island lies an abandoned, kilometer-wide crater cut deep into the earth. Formerly one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines, the open pit now serves as an unsightly monument to the environmental and social chaos that ... <a title="Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville – but some say it’s a cash grab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/lawsuit-promises-justice-for-rio-tintos-mining-disaster-in-bougainville-but-some-say-its-a-cash-grab/" aria-label="Read more about Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville – but some say it’s a cash grab">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A Kanak great chief has announced his resignation from New Caledonia’s customary Senate. Hippolyte Sinewami Htamumu once presided over the 16-member traditional Senate of chiefs, which was set up as part of the implementation of the Nouméa Accord signed in 1998. Sinewami, in announcing his resignation, ... <a title="Kanak great chief resigns from New Caledonia’s customary Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/kanak-great-chief-resigns-from-new-caledonias-customary-senate/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak great chief resigns from New Caledonia’s customary Senate">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Climate justice and gender equality cannot be achieved separately, a Pacific women’s conference heard this week. Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine said the climate crisis faced in the region and the world would make gender equality more difficult to attain. “For example, we know that we cannot have gender equality without climate justice, and ... <a title="‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without gender equality’, says Heine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/we-cant-solve-the-climate-crisis-without-gender-equality-says-heine/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without gender equality’, says Heine">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
Pacific leaders have been called on to innovative and be bold to create gender equality and respond to gaps which exist in their efforts to bridge differences. Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine said gender could not be addressed in isolation. “We must think also of how it intersects with our other challenges and opportunities ... <a title="President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/president-heine-calls-for-bold-responses-for-gender-equality-in-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the region">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2024
The second report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Netani Rika in Majuro A united effort will ensure a world in which every woman and girl is valued, respected, and given the opportunity to thrive. Envoy for ... <a title="‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall Islands senator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/collaboration-key-to-creating-respect-for-women-and-girls-says-marshall-islands-senator/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall Islands senator">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A former Papua New Guinea army leader, Major-General Jerry Singirok, is furious after being arrested and charged under the Capital Markets Act. He was a trustee of Melanesian Trustee Services Ltd, part of a superannuation agency with 20,000 unit holders, but its trustee licence was revoked last year. ... <a title="Retired PNG military chief furious over ‘witchhunt’ charge for Capital Markets Act breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/retired-png-military-chief-furious-over-witchhunt-charge-for-capital-markets-act-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Retired PNG military chief furious over ‘witchhunt’ charge for Capital Markets Act breach">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
The French Ambassador to the Pacific says President Emmanuel Macron is yet to sign-off on a letter from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) requesting authorisation for a high-level Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia. Véronique Roger-Lacan told RNZ Pacific with the Paris Olympics kicking off this week, it could be tough propping up security in ... <a title="French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to visit Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/french-president-macron-yet-to-sign-off-on-pacific-leaders-bid-to-visit-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to visit Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster, Harlyne Joku and Tria Dianti No progress has been made in sending a UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces despite the appointment of Fiji and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers to negotiate the visit. Pacific Island leaders have for more than a decade requested the UN’s involvement over reported abuses ... <a title="Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/fiji-png-fail-to-secure-un-human-rights-mission-to-indonesias-papuan-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on 7 May 2024 at the age of 79, the Timorese government sent its Education Minister, Dulce de Jesus Soares, to deliver a moving eulogy at the funeral service at Church of All Nations in Carlton. Helen will be remembered for many things, ... <a title="Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/helen-hill-for-social-justice-and-timor-lestes-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence">Read more</a>
