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March 26, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Valerie A. Cooper, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so far, perhaps the most surprising has been his shutting down the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for being “radical propaganda”. Critics have long accused the agency — and its ... <a title="Trump silences Voice of America – end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/26/trump-silences-voice-of-america-end-of-a-propaganda-machine-or-void-for-china-and-russia-to-fill/" aria-label="Read more about Trump silences Voice of America – end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ state of the nation speech at the Christchurch Town Hall yesterday. A clarion call to Trumpism and Australia’s One Nation Party, the speech was accompanied by ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge NZ’s Winston Peters at state of the nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/pro-palestinian-protesters-challenge-nzs-winston-peters-at-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge NZ’s Winston Peters at state of the nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Christchurch Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ state of the nation speech at the Christchurch Town Hall yesterday. A clarion call to Trumpism and Australia’s One Nation Party, the speech was accompanied by the background ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/pro-palestinian-protesters-challenge-peters-at-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2025
By Alex Willemyns for Radio Free Asia The Trump administration might let hundreds of millions of dollars in aid pledged to Pacific island nations during former President Joe Biden’s time in office stand, says New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. The Biden administration pledged about $1 billion in aid to the Pacific to help counter China’s influence ... <a title="US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/21/us-might-not-cut-pledged-pacific-aid-says-nz-foreign-minister/" aria-label="Read more about US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Columbia Journalism School Freedom of the press — a bedrock principle of American democracy — is under threat in the United States. Here at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism we are witnessing and experiencing an alarming chill. We write to affirm our commitment to supporting and exercising First Amendment rights for students, faculty, and ... <a title="Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/free-press-under-threat-in-us-columbia-j-school-speaks-out/" aria-label="Read more about Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Notes from The Edge of the Narrative MatrixActing on orders from the White House, immigration agents arrested a Columbia University graduate for deportation due to his leadership of campus protests against Israel’s genocidal atrocities in Gaza last year. Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Even more assaults on free speech to silence criticism of Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/caitlin-johnstone-even-more-assaults-on-free-speech-to-silence-criticism-of-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Even more assaults on free speech to silence criticism of Israel">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
With the sudden departure of New Zealand’s Reserve Bank Governor, one has to ask whether there is a pattern here — of a succession of public sector leaders leaving their posts in uncertain circumstances and a series of decisions being made without much regard for due process. It brings to mind the current spectacle of ... <a title="How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/how-new-zealand-is-venturing-down-the-road-of-political-upheaval/" aria-label="Read more about How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis Little more than a month into the new US presidency, The Washington Post’s owner dimmed the light on a motto that became a beacon for freedom during the first Trump administration. “Democracy dies in darkness” has appeared below Washington Post for the past eight years. Last month it was powdered in ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/10/gavin-ellis-amazon-founder-bezos-dims-lights-on-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in a highly partisan 100-minute speech, the longest presidential address to Congress in modern history on Wednesday. Trump defended his sweeping actions over the past six weeks. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four ... <a title="Trump has ‘declared war against the American people’, says Ralph Nader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/trump-has-declared-war-against-the-american-people-says-ralph-nader/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has ‘declared war against the American people’, says Ralph Nader">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook If there is one thing we can thank US President Donald Trump for, it is this: he has decisively stripped away the ridiculous notion, long cultivated by Western media, that the United States is a benign global policeman enforcing a “rules-based order”. ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Yes, Trump is vulgar. But the US global shakedown is the same one as ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/jonathan-cook-yes-trump-is-vulgar-but-the-us-global-shakedown-is-the-same-one-as-ever/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Yes, Trump is vulgar. But the US global shakedown is the same one as ever">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Green Party has called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to rule out Aotearoa New Zealand joining the AUKUS military technical pact in any capacity following the row over Ukraine in the White House over the weekend. President Donald Trump’s “appalling treatment” of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a “clear warning ... <a title="‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of Trump row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/back-off-aukus-greens-mp-tuiono-warns-nz-in-wake-of-trump-row/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of Trump row">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
The re-election of Donald Trump is proof that the Right’s most powerful weapon is media manipulation, ensuring the public sphere is not engaged in rational debate, reports the Independent Australia. COMMENTARY: By Victoria Fielding I once heard someone say that when the Left and the Right became polarised — when they divorced from each other ... <a title="Manipulated media: The weapon of the Right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/manipulated-media-the-weapon-of-the-right/" aria-label="Read more about Manipulated media: The weapon of the Right">Read more</a>
