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Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam

December 5, 2024

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Northern Marianas Governor Arnold Palacios and Senator Celina Babauta have travelled to Guam to attend a luncheon with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. Taiwan is officially known as the Republic of China (Taiwan). China claims Taiwan as its own territory, with no right to state-to-state ... <a title="Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/05/northern-marianas-leaders-meet-taiwan-president-lai-ching-te-in-guam/" aria-label="Read more about Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Opinion – Bidenomics and Luxonomics

December 3, 2024

Keith Rankin – Opinion. Joe Biden struggled to understand why his presidency was unpopular; especially why so many regarded his economic legacy as weak when he thought it was strong. Indeed, by many of the conventional macroeconomic indicators Joe Biden’s economic policies were a success. Part of the problem is that much of that seeming ... <a title="Keith Rankin Opinion – Bidenomics and Luxonomics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/keith-rankin-opinion-bidenomics-and-luxonomics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Opinion – Bidenomics and Luxonomics">Read more</a>

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Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’

December 1, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has unveiled the main outcome of its congress last weekend, including its plans for the French Pacific territory’s political future. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Nouméa, the party’s newly-elected executive bureau, now headed by ... <a title="Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/01/tjibaous-party-unveils-plan-for-new-caledonias-future-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’">Read more</a>

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COP29: Pacific takes stock of ‘baby steps’ global climate summit

November 30, 2024

By Sera Sefeti in Baku, Azerbaijan As the curtain fell at the UN climate summit in Baku last Sunday, frustration and disappointment engulfed Pacific delegations after another meeting under-delivered. Two weeks of intensive negotiations at COP29, hosted by Azerbaijan and attended by 55,000 delegates, resulted in a consensus decision among nearly 200 nations. Climate finance ... <a title="COP29: Pacific takes stock of ‘baby steps’ global climate summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/30/cop29-pacific-takes-stock-of-baby-steps-global-climate-summit/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Pacific takes stock of ‘baby steps’ global climate summit">Read more</a>

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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

November 25, 2024

RNZ Pacific The United Nations climate change summit COP29 has “once again ignored” the Pacific Islands, a group of regional climate advocacy organisations say. The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) said today that “the richest nations turned their backs on their legal and moral obligations” as the UN meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, fell short ... <a title="COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-pacific-climate-advocates-decry-outcome-as-a-catastrophic-failure/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’">Read more</a>

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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’

November 25, 2024

By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter A new carbon credit trading deal reached in the final hours of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been criticised as a free pass for countries to slack off on efforts to reduce emissions at home. The deal, sealed at the annual UN climate talks nearly a decade after ... <a title="COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-carbon-credit-trading-scheme-criticised-as-get-out-of-jail-free-card/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’">Read more</a>

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Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle

November 21, 2024

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution — for the fourth time — in Israel’s war on Gaza, while Hezbollah demands a complete ceasefire and “protection of Lebanon’s sovereignty” in any deal with Israel. Amid the death and devastation, Joe Hendren reflects on his time in Lebanon and examines what the ... <a title="Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/kia-kaha-lebanon-nz-media-only-tell-half-your-story-of-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle">Read more</a>

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NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance

November 18, 2024

By Anish Chand in Nadi, Fiji National Federation Party president Parmod Chand has described Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry as a “self-professed champion of the poor” and criticised him over “hallucinating” about the country. Chand made the comment when responding to remarks made by Chaudhry during FLP’s Annual Delegates Conference in Nadi on Saturday. ... <a title="NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/nfp-president-slams-labour-leader-for-hallucinating-about-fiji-governance/" aria-label="Read more about NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance">Read more</a>

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Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

November 11, 2024

The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle for 30 hours. Despite the court ruling, Wendy Bacon reports that the protest will still go ahead next week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon In a decision delivered last Thursday, Justice ... <a title="Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/rising-tide-climate-crisis-protestival-to-go-ahead-despite-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling">Read more</a>

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COP29: Pacific countries cannot be conveniently pigeonholed

November 10, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Reverend James Bhagwan “We will not sign our death certificate. We cannot sign on to text that does not have strong commitments on phasing out fossil fuels.” These were the words of Samoa’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, speaking in his capacity as chair of the Alliance of Small ... <a title="COP29: Pacific countries cannot be conveniently pigeonholed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/10/cop29-pacific-countries-cannot-be-conveniently-pigeonholed/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Pacific countries cannot be conveniently pigeonholed">Read more</a>

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US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if Trump wins

November 6, 2024

By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News The leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group says that if Donald Trump wins the United States elections — and he seemed to be on target to succeed as results were rolling in tonight — he will push back on climate change negotiations made since he was last ... <a title="US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if Trump wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/06/us-elections-cook-islands-group-warns-of-climate-crisis-pushback-if-trump-wins/" aria-label="Read more about US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if Trump wins">Read more</a>

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Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia

October 31, 2024

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As a three-day fact-finding mission from a group of Pacific leaders drew to a close in New Caledonia, and with the outcomes report not expected before next year, the visit to the riot-hit French Pacific territory seems to have triggered a new sense of awareness ... <a title="Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/31/forum-troikas-visit-highlights-value-of-regionalism-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia">Read more</a>