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April 9, 2020
By Kelly Vacala in Suva Fiji disaster authorities have lifted movement restrictions imposed yesterday during the height of Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold have been lifted and both Queens and Kings highways are open. However, Covid-19 restrictions remain. Category 5 Harold is now heading for Tonga after leaving a trail of destruction in Vanuatu and Fiji. ... <a title="Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/fiji-lifts-movement-restrictions-in-wake-of-tc-harold-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji lifts movement restrictions in wake of TC Harold destruction">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
By Maggie Boyle of FBC News Fiji disaster authorities have put the whole of Viti Levu island on restricted movement due to TC Harold. Director for National Disaster Management Vasiti Soko confirmed the step had been taken as a precautionary measure. Soko said everyone except emergency services were to remain in their homes. LISTEN: Fiji ... <a title="Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/restricted-movement-on-viti-levu-as-tc-harold-hammers-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its resources to tackle other natural disasters posing threats to the lives of the people – Cyclone Harold still moving over the country after lashing Santo and constant ash fall from ... <a title="Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/stretched-by-coronavirus-pandemic-vanuatu-faces-cyclone-mt-yasur-ash/" aria-label="Read more about Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
By David Robie in Manila Operating out of a modest three-roomed rooftop suite overlooking the local marketplace in the rice-producing Bicol township of Vinzons, a tiny Filipino community radio startup is quietly making its mark. Radyo Katabang 107.7FM only began broadcasting two years ago out of a studio lined with egg-container acoustic buffers in the ... <a title="Radio storytelling and community empowerment in Vinzons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/radio-storytelling-and-community-empowerment-in-vinzons/" aria-label="Read more about Radio storytelling and community empowerment in Vinzons">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific For 74-year-old Teaga Esekia, a chief from the Tuvalu island of Vaitupu, the ocean is a lifeblood. “Tuvaluans, they have different types of months, not like January to December,” said the elderly but agile man, who still climbs coconut trees every day. “They have their seasons according to fish ... <a title="Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/ocean-at-breaking-point-pacific-angst-at-latest-climate-report/" aria-label="Read more about Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Thousands of forest fires have been burning across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra, disrupting air travel, closing schools and sickening thousands of people, reports the New York Times. Officials have said that about 80 per cent of the fires were intentionally set to make room for lucrative cash crops like oil palm. Spokesman ... <a title="Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/toxic-smoke-chokes-region-as-indonesian-rainforests-burn/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
By Michael Andrew Older generations are failing to address climate change and they need the world’s youth to lead the way, says United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Speaking at Auckland University of Technology’s southern campus in Manukau today as part of a two-day tour of New Zealand and the Pacific, Guterres said governments have not ... <a title="UN Security-General tells youth be ‘noisy as possible’ on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/un-security-general-tells-youth-be-noisy-as-possible-on-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about UN Security-General tells youth be ‘noisy as possible’ on climate change">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2019
Homes and bridges destroyed in Papua province by landslides triggered by torrential rainfall – the death toll is now 89. Video: Euronews Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The death toll from flash floods and mudslides, triggered by days of torrential downpours in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province, has risen to 89, with dozens of others missing, reports ... <a title="Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/20/death-toll-from-papuan-floods-mudslides-rises-to-89/" aria-label="Read more about Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2019
Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report, profiles the Christchurch atrocity that has outraged and shaken a peaceful South Pacific nation. Out of the blue:It was 1:39pm, Friday March 15. As was usual for a Friday, hundreds of people had turned up to pray at the Al Noor Mosque in Riccarton, Christchurch. All was peaceful, women, ... <a title="Christchurch terrorism attacks: NZ’s darkest hour – Friday, March 15, 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/19/christchurch-terrorism-attacks-nzs-darkest-hour-friday-march-15-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch terrorism attacks: NZ’s darkest hour – Friday, March 15, 2019">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Flooding of ricefields and villager homes beside the causeway between Vinzons and Labo in Camarines Norte, Bicol region, during Typhoon Usman on 29 December 2018. Video: Café Pacific By David Robie It was nerve wracking, and at times really scary. The wind howled and bowled over grown trees, the rain fell in a continuous deluge, ... <a title="Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/typhoon-usman-and-nightmarish-christmas-holiday-times-in-bicol/" aria-label="Read more about Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2018
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