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April 28, 2025
Reporters Without Borders Donald Trump campaigned for the White House by unleashing a nearly endless barrage of insults against journalists and news outlets. He repeatedly threatened to weaponise the federal government against media professionals whom he considers his enemies. In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has already shown that he was not bluffing. ... <a title="Trump’s war on the media: 10 numbers from US President’s first 100 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/trumps-war-on-the-media-10-numbers-from-us-presidents-first-100-days/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s war on the media: 10 numbers from US President’s first 100 days">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Donald Trump is committing genocide for Israel after publicly admitting to being bought and owned by the Adelsons. All the worst shit happens right out in the open. You don’t need to come up with any elaborate conspiracy theories to see it. ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: All the worst evils are happening right out In the open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/27/caitlin-johnstone-all-the-worst-evils-are-happening-right-out-in-the-open/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: All the worst evils are happening right out In the open">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Mandy Henk When the US Embassy knocked on my door in late 2024, I was both pleased and more than a little suspicious. I’d worked with them before, but the organisation where I did that work, Tohatoha, had closed its doors. My new project, Dark Times Academy, was specifically an attempt to pull ... <a title="How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/27/how-to-fight-trumps-cyber-dystopia-with-community-self-determination-care-and-truth/" aria-label="Read more about How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and truth">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2025
An ocean conservation non-profit has condemned the United States President’s latest executive order aimed at boosting the deep sea mining industry. President Donald Trump issued the “Unleashing America’s offshore critical minerals and resources” order on Thursday, directing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to allow deep sea mining. The order states: “It is the ... <a title="Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/25/trump-signs-deeply-dangerous-order-to-fast-track-deep-sea-mining/" aria-label="Read more about Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction in Widakuswara v Lake, affirming the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) was unlawfully shuttered by the Trump administration, Acting Director Victor Morales and Special Adviser Kari Lake. The decision enshrines that USAGM must fulfill its legally required ... <a title="Victory for US press freedom and workers – court grants injunction in VOA media case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/23/victory-for-us-press-freedom-and-workers-court-grants-injunction-in-voa-media-case/" aria-label="Read more about Victory for US press freedom and workers – court grants injunction in VOA media case">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2025
By Gujari Singh in Washington The Trump administration has issued a new executive order opening up vast swathes of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including areas within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. It allows commercial fishing in areas long considered off-limits due to their ecological significance — despite overwhelming scientific consensus that marine ... <a title="Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/19/trump-executive-orders-roll-back-ocean-fisheries-protections-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing the Trump administration’s demands. “Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions — rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make ... <a title="Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/obama-praises-harvard-for-setting-example-to-universities-resisting-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai’i New Zealand’s Pacific connection with the United States is “more important than ever”, says Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters after rounding up the Hawai’i leg of his Pacific trip. Peters said common strategic interests of the US and New Zealand were underlined while in the state. “Our ... <a title="Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ’s Pacific ties with the United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/peters-emphasises-growing-importance-of-nzs-pacific-ties-with-the-united-states/" aria-label="Read more about Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ’s Pacific ties with the United States">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2025
Now that Phil Goff has ended his term as New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the UK, he is officially free to speak his mind on the damage he believes the Trump Administration is doing to the world. He has started with these comments he made on the betrayal of Ukraine by the new Administration. By ... <a title="NZ’s refreshingly candid ex-envoy Phil Goff – why I spoke out on Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/04/nzs-refreshingly-candid-ex-envoy-phil-goff-why-i-spoke-out-on-trump/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s refreshingly candid ex-envoy Phil Goff – why I spoke out on Trump">Read more</a>
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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 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>
