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March 15, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Prime Minister James Marape has announced comprehensive relief operations in Papua New Guinea’s devastating weather that has killed at least 21 people and impacted on 16 provinces. The 21 who died were buried under tonnes of mud in three separate mudslides in Chimbu province. Sixteen provinces in three regions were being monitored by ... <a title="PNG begins wild weather relief operations – 21 killed in mud slides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/png-begins-wild-weather-relief-operations-21-killed-in-mud-slides/" aria-label="Read more about PNG begins wild weather relief operations – 21 killed in mud slides">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Fears are rife in Hawai’i of predatory land buying after the recent wildfires have left many locals homeless and in dire financial straits. The wildfires incinerated the town of Lāhainā, destroying 2200 homes and businesses and leaving hundreds unaccounted for. At least 114 people are confirmed dead. The disaster ... <a title="Anger in Hawai’i over threat of land grabs after wildfire disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/anger-in-hawaii-over-threat-of-land-grabs-after-wildfire-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Anger in Hawai’i over threat of land grabs after wildfire disaster">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
RNZ Pacific The board chair of the Office of Hawai’ian Affairs says the Maui wildfires were caused in part by climate change and colonisation. Carmen Lindsey said as kānaka (Native Hawai’ians), no words could describe the devastation of the losses in Lāhainā, the former capital of the Hawai’ian Kingdom, on the island of Maui. “The ... <a title="Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/native-hawaiian-official-blames-colonisation-climate-change-for-wildfires/" aria-label="Read more about Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist As recovery and humanitarian efforts ramp up in Hawai’i’s Maui to help evacuees from the town of Lāhainā, there is frustration among many about the response and the failure of emergency sirens to sound off during the disaster. The most recent update for Hawai’i’s Governor’s Office has the death ... <a title="Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept through Lāhainā" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/17/anger-over-failure-of-sirens-to-go-off-as-wildfire-swept-through-lahaina/" aria-label="Read more about Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept through Lāhainā">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of Maui in Hawai’i, continues to rise, with 55 reported dead so far. Images of Lāhainā show a town obliterated by wildfires with homes and cars in ashes. Thousands have lost ... <a title="‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/12/everyone-was-in-panic-mode-lahaina-resident-tells-of-wildfire-escape/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
By Felix Walton, RNZ News reporter A New Zealander on holiday in Maui says the wildfires devastating the Hawai’ian island are unlike anything he has seen before. Deadly wildfires on Maui prompted a county-wide state of emergency, and several brush fires have also caused evacuations on Hawai’i Island. Officials say at least 53 people have ... <a title="Lāhainā ‘completely wiped out’ – US declares Maui wildfires disaster as toll tops 53" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/lahaina-completely-wiped-out-us-declares-maui-wildfires-disaster-as-toll-tops-53/" aria-label="Read more about Lāhainā ‘completely wiped out’ – US declares Maui wildfires disaster as toll tops 53">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2023
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist An influenza B outbreak has occurred at shelters housing residents who were hardest hit by Typhoon Mawar. It has been three weeks since typhoon Mawar wreaked havoc on Guam leaving hundreds displaced. Melissa Savares, mayor of Dededo, one of the worst hit areas, said some people were being kept ... <a title="Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/16/influenza-outbreak-after-mawar-challenges-guams-evacuation-centres/" aria-label="Read more about Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
RNZ Pacific Community leaders around Panguna mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville want mining giant Rio Tinto to help out following recent flooding. Rio Tinto was the owner/operator of the mine which has laid derelict for more than 30 years. Fears of the threat from flooding in the river system near ... <a title="Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/bougainville-leaders-call-on-mining-giant-rio-tinto-to-assist-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ News A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge in the capital Wellington’s Newtown suburb on Monday night when at least six people died. Authorities say it may be days before a final death toll is known. Two bodies were recovered from the scene today. In ... <a title="Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/loafers-lodge-fire-man-arrested-and-charged-with-arson/" aria-label="Read more about Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2023
Indonesia has sent 30 tonnes of relief supplies to aid the Vanuatu government’s recovery efforts post three major natural disasters earlier this year. The humanitarian aid has been delivered on a My Indo Airline B737-800 cargo aircraft that departed from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and landed at Vanuatu’s Bauerfield International Airport today. A representative of the ... <a title="Indonesia sends disaster aid supplies to Vanuatu – warning over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/09/indonesia-sends-disaster-aid-supplies-to-vanuatu-warning-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia sends disaster aid supplies to Vanuatu – warning over West Papua">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2023
RNZ Pacific An Anzac memorial service was held above the site in the South China Sea where a Japanese freighter — which had been carrying more than a 1000 prisoners — was sunk by an American submarine in 1942. The Montevideo Maru, carrying soldiers and civilians captured when Japan invaded Rabaul in Papua New Guinea ... <a title="Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/30/anzac-ceremony-to-recall-those-who-died-on-torpedoed-japanese-freighter/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2023
Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean. The global seafood market faces turmoil with the release of the Fukushima nuclear wastewater from Japan into the Pacific Ocean, computer modelling predicts. Japan announced in 2021 it will release more than 1.25 million tonnes of ... <a title="How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/15/how-fukushima-wastewater-into-pacific-will-disrupt-seafood-trade/" aria-label="Read more about How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade">Read more</a>
