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Murray Horton: Get tough on Israel – we’ve done it before over spies

April 24, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Murray Horton New Zealand needs to get tough with Israel. It’s not as if we haven’t done so before. When NZ authorities busted a Mossad operation in Auckland 20 years ago, the government didn’t say: “Oh well, Israel has the right to defend itself.” No, it arrested, prosecuted, convicted, imprisoned and deported the ... <a title="Murray Horton: Get tough on Israel – we’ve done it before over spies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/24/murray-horton-get-tough-on-israel-weve-done-it-before-over-spies/" aria-label="Read more about Murray Horton: Get tough on Israel – we’ve done it before over spies">Read more</a>

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Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media’s record of bias over Palestine

April 23, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans Last week’s leaked New York Times staff directive, as to what words can and cannot be used to describe the carnage Israel is raining on Palestinians, is proof positive, since those reports are published verbatim here in New Zealand, that our understanding of the conflict is carefully managed to always reflect ... <a title="Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media’s record of bias over Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/23/malcolm-evans-a-new-low-in-nz-medias-record-of-bias-over-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media’s record of bias over Palestine">Read more</a>

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Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions

April 21, 2024

Pacific Media Watch Australians are being urged to stay united following the horrific events in Sydney last week, reports the ABC’s Saturday Extra programme. Five women and one man were killed in a mass stabbing at Bondi Junction last Saturday by a man with a history of mental illness, and a nine-month-old baby baby was ... <a title="Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/australias-social-cohesion-under-strain-challenges-and-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions">Read more</a>

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Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

April 13, 2024

By Sharon Muller of Arah Juang On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the video, the victim is submerged in a drum filled with water with his hands tied behind his back. The victim was alternately beaten and kicked by the TNI members. The ... <a title="Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/13/indonesian-militarys-crimes-in-west-papua-and-the-democratic-solution/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution">Read more</a>

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Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or a domestic strategy?

April 10, 2024

SPECIAL REPORT: By Richard Naidu, editor of Islands Business South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been described as involving two competing narratives: one, about a displaced Palestinian people denied their right to self-determination, and the other, about the Jewish people who, having established an independent state in ... <a title="Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or a domestic strategy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/fijis-position-over-israeli-war-on-gaza-international-blunder-or-a-domestic-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or a domestic strategy?">Read more</a>

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PSNA’s Minto slams Peters over ‘bluster’ speech on Gaza at UN

April 9, 2024

Asia Pacific Report The leader of a New Zealand solidarity group of Palestinian self-determination supporters has accused the country’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters of making a “bluff and bluster” speech at the United Nations that was misleading about inaction at home. National chair John Minto of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) said in a ... <a title="PSNA’s Minto slams Peters over ‘bluster’ speech on Gaza at UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/09/psnas-minto-slams-peters-over-bluster-speech-on-gaza-at-un/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA’s Minto slams Peters over ‘bluster’ speech on Gaza at UN">Read more</a>

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PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024

April 6, 2024

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand’s only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year — and it will mark the occasion at the Pacific Media International Conference in Fiji in July. Founded at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994, PJR also published for ... <a title="PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/06/pjr-to-celebrate-30-years-of-journalism-publishing-at-pacific-media-2024/" aria-label="Read more about PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024">Read more</a>

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APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza

April 4, 2024

Pacific Media Watch Pacific media commentator and Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie has criticised New Zealand media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, describing it as “lopsided” in favour of Tel Aviv. He said New Zealand media was too dependent on American and British news services, which were based in two of the countries ... <a title="APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/04/apr-editor-criticises-nz-media-coverage-over-the-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza">Read more</a>

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Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold

April 2, 2024

Pacific Media Watch The New York-based media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to ban Al Jazeera follows a similar pattern of media interference, including the killing of media workers. “We’ve seen this kind of language before from Netanyahu and Israeli officials in which ... <a title="Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/israels-al-jazeera-ban-alarms-media-watchdog-on-free-press-stranglehold/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold">Read more</a>

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The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire

March 28, 2024

EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with videos on social media showing a Papuan man being tortured by a group of plainclothes men alleged to be the Indonesian Military (TNI) members. One clip shows the man’s ... <a title="The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/28/the-jakarta-post-stop-fighting-fire-with-fire-in-papua-it-only-leads-to-a-bigger-fire/" aria-label="Read more about The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire">Read more</a>

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Maiki Sherman named as TVNZ’s first wahine Māori political editor

March 26, 2024

Pacific Media Watch Journalist Maiki Sherman (Ngāpuhi/Whakatōhea) has been appointed Television New Zealand’s political editor, the first wahine Māori to lead the 1News political team in the channel’s history, reports Whakaata Māori’s Te Ao Māori News. “This is a huge milestone for me and one I’ve worked hard for. I’m proud to be the first ... <a title="Maiki Sherman named as TVNZ’s first wahine Māori political editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/maiki-sherman-named-as-tvnzs-first-wahine-maori-political-editor/" aria-label="Read more about Maiki Sherman named as TVNZ’s first wahine Māori political editor">Read more</a>

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West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently

March 25, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s suffering, laying bare the horrifying reality faced by its people. We must confront this grim truth — what we witness is not an isolated incident but a glaring demonstation of ... <a title="West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/west-papuan-wounds-of-suffering-diplomatic-pressure-on-indonesia-needed-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently">Read more</a>