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November 12, 2025
RNZ Pacific An Israeli minister touring the Pacific to discuss defence and cooperation says Fiji and Papua New Guinea are “great friends”. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel recently visited the two countries and RNZ Pacific spoke with her during a brief stop in Auckland. She said the main goal of her trip was to ... <a title="Israel thanks Fiji and PNG for opening Jerusalem embassies, UN support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/israel-thanks-fiji-and-png-for-opening-jerusalem-embassies-un-support/" aria-label="Read more about Israel thanks Fiji and PNG for opening Jerusalem embassies, UN support">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Asia Pacific Report In an open letter released at the Belém Climate Summit, special envoys for strategic regions have expressed their support for the COP30 presidency and for all leaders committed to advancing climate crisis action. Former New Zealand prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern, the “voice” for Oceania, was among the seven climate envoys signing ... <a title="Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in Brazil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/oceania-voice-jacinda-ardern-in-open-letter-climate-crisis-plea-in-brazil/" aria-label="Read more about Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in Brazil">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
RNZ Pacific Pacific civil society groups say 2025 has been a big year for the ocean. Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) representative Maureen Penjueli said the Pacific Ocean was being hyper-militarised and there was a desire for seabed minerals to be used to build-up military capacity. “Critical minerals, whether from land ... <a title="Pacific civil society warn of growing militarisation and mining pressure on the ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/pacific-civil-society-warn-of-growing-militarisation-and-mining-pressure-on-the-ocean/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific civil society warn of growing militarisation and mining pressure on the ocean">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Pacific people’s mission to Kanaky New Caledonia was repeatedly confronted with a “profound sense of distrust” in the French state’s role in the decolonisation process, a new report released this week has revealed. “This scepticism, articulated by Kanak representatives, is rooted in the belief that France is not a neutral arbiter ... <a title="‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for new Kanaky negotiations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/09/profound-distrust-in-france-says-pacific-peoples-mission-report-calling-for-new-kanaky-negotiations/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for new Kanaky negotiations">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at West Auckland’s Te Pai Park today, celebrating successes of the BDS movement against apartheid Israel while condemning the failure of the country’s coalition government to impose sanctions against the pariah state. “They’ve done nothing,” said Neil Scott, secretary of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA). He ... <a title="NZ Palestine protesters condemn govt over failure to impose sanctions against Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/09/nz-palestine-protesters-condemn-govt-over-failure-to-impose-sanctions-against-israel/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestine protesters condemn govt over failure to impose sanctions against Israel">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2025
RNZ News The current New Zealand government has a “Trumpian accent” that should be a red flag for the people, one of the world’s leading human rights voices says. Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard spoke this week on 30 with Guyon Espiner during her first official visit to New Zealand. Once a country that was ... <a title="NZ government has ‘Trumpian accent’, says global human rights advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/08/nz-government-has-trumpian-accent-says-global-human-rights-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government has ‘Trumpian accent’, says global human rights advocate">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Robert Inlakesh Israelis are determined to erase the evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, through the use of paid and instructed propagandists to reshape the historical record. Zionists have also taken over social media platforms. Those who are critical of Israel are being censored or arrested. From YouTube to X, Wikipedia, and ... <a title="Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/censorship-crusade-israel-targets-platforms-and-online-archives-to-rewrite-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Bryce Edwards Yesterday’s victory of “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani in the race for the New York mayoralty is fuelling debate among progressives around the world about the way forward. And this has significant implications and lessons for the political left in New Zealand, casting the Labour and Green parties as too tired and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/bryce-edwards-mamdani-lessons-nz-left-need-to-catch-up-with-the-zeitgeist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Newly appointed French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou has now rescheduled her first visit to New Caledonia, which was postponed last week due to urgent budget talks in Paris. In the latest version of her schedule for next week, Moutchou now has earmarked the date November ... <a title="New dates for French minister Moutchou’s visit to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/new-dates-for-french-minister-moutchous-visit-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about New dates for French minister Moutchou’s visit to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Asia Pacific Report More than 700 academics have this week sent an open letter demanding the university retirement savings scheme UniSaver immediately divest from companies directly linked to Israel and genocide. This latest letter, organised by University Workers for Palestine (UW4P), has been signed by 715 people – almost double the number of 400 staff ... <a title="‘Divest from genocide’ call by NZ university workers to UniSaver" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/divest-from-genocide-call-by-nz-university-workers-to-unisaver/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Divest from genocide’ call by NZ university workers to UniSaver">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
By ‘Alakihihifo Vailala, PMN News The Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) repeatedly warned its minister that replacing the traditional population-wide survey with administrative data would have negative consequences for data on Pasifika communities. They cautioned that this change would undercount Pacific people and lead to poor policy decisions, yet the changes proceeded. In records obtained ... <a title="Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/confidential-documents-reveal-pacific-ministry-raised-concerns-over-nz-census-overhaul/" aria-label="Read more about Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
The average household in PNG was five people, according to the 2024 Census final figures. Image: RNZ Pacific/Koroi Hawkins RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s population has passed the 10 million mark, according to the final figures from the 2024 Population Census released by the country’s statistics office. The PNG census began on 16 June 2024 ... <a title="Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/papua-new-guineas-population-tops-10-million-census-data-reveals/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals">Read more</a>
