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April 6, 2022
By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea A few shops and buildings in Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands provincial capital Mt Hagen have been destroyed and looted in a riot that caused four deaths and left 20 people injured and hospitalised. The violence was triggered by a fight between between Mt Hagen Secondary ... <a title="Tension still high in PNG’s Mt Hagen after school fight leads to 4 deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/tension-still-high-in-pngs-mt-hagen-after-school-fight-leads-to-4-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Tension still high in PNG’s Mt Hagen after school fight leads to 4 deaths">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Jakarta this week. On the table, an invitation for President Vladimir Putin to visit Papua later this year. The governor also had his small team ... <a title="Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-governor-lukas-enembe-is-inviting-russias-putin-to-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom Time is running out for a group of West Papuan students in New Zealand whose scholarships were cut — out of the blue — by the Indonesian government The sudden removal of government funding for the Papuan students has left many of them in financial dire straits on visas that ... <a title="Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/ukraine-example-cited-in-call-to-extend-visas-for-abandoned-papuan-students/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
Students from West Papua have been facing a stressful time in New Zealand since the beginning of the year after Indonesia said it would no longer fund their autonomous Papuan scholarships and wanted them repatriated home. One student from the Central Highlands in West Papua that RNZ Pacific has spoken to says he has had ... <a title="West Papuan students in dire straits in NZ after Indonesia cuts funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/west-papuan-students-in-dire-straits-in-nz-after-indonesia-cuts-funding/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan students in dire straits in NZ after Indonesia cuts funding">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
By Marena Mane of Māori Television Indigenous students from West Papua studying at universities across Aotearoa are defying an order from the Indonesian government to return home. In January, more than 40 students were told that Indonesia would no longer be funding autonomous West Papuan scholarships so they had to pack up and leave. Laurens ... <a title="West Papuan students fight to keep scholarships to study in Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/west-papuan-students-fight-to-keep-scholarships-to-study-in-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan students fight to keep scholarships to study in Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2022
By Kathleen Farmilo and Sweeney Preston in Sydney Journalism students from Australia’s Macleay College programme with 50 participants are saying their degrees have been cancelled just two weeks into the course. Macleay is a private tertiary institution with campuses in Sydney and Melbourne. Macleay students say that on Friday afternoon they were sent an email ... <a title="Australian journalism school students ‘hung out to dry’ over sudden closure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/australian-journalism-school-students-hung-out-to-dry-over-sudden-closure/" aria-label="Read more about Australian journalism school students ‘hung out to dry’ over sudden closure">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education correspondent Education Minister Chris Hipkins has warned that nearly every New Zealand school and early childhood centre will have contact with covid-19 in the next few weeks. He told students at Mana College in Porirua today that one in five schools were already managing cases among students or staff ... <a title="Covid-19 will be in ‘just about every NZ school’ soon, says Hipkins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/covid-19-will-be-in-just-about-every-nz-school-soon-says-hipkins/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 will be in ‘just about every NZ school’ soon, says Hipkins">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Mary Argue of the Wairarapa Times-Age Screams erupted as the sound of gunshots ricocheted around the open-air market. People ran. It was bloody. “I saw from my own eyes the gun violence,” says Laurens Ikinia. “It was just crazy.” Ikinia was still a child when he witnessed Indonesian security forces open fire ... <a title="Overcoming trauma, Papuan students in NZ now face new challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/overcoming-trauma-papuan-students-in-nz-now-face-new-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Overcoming trauma, Papuan students in NZ now face new challenge">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
RNZ News Many central Wellington shops face a crisis, university buildings have been closed for eight weeks and many report major disruptions from the illegal anti-vaccination mandates protest at New Zealand’s Parliament, with people’s patience wearing thin and calls for more decisive action. Retail NZ said the road blocks and disruption were a disaster for ... <a title="Parliament disruption: Growing calls for NZ protesters to go home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/parliament-disruption-growing-calls-for-nz-protesters-to-go-home/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament disruption: Growing calls for NZ protesters to go home">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya in Brisbane Google images of a country or region can offer a wealth of information about the people and cultures that live there. Some images accurately portray reality while others present camouflage, attempting to deceive or twist our perception. From a marketing standpoint, it’s all about selling the national identity, brands ... <a title="How Google moulds public opinion on West Papua, disrupts education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/how-google-moulds-public-opinion-on-west-papua-disrupts-education/" aria-label="Read more about How Google moulds public opinion on West Papua, disrupts education">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Mary Argue of the Wairarapa Times-Age In 2016, I was on a yacht in the Bahamas. Every morning I woke surrounded by postcard-perfect azure water — so crystal clear you could count the sharks sweeping the seafloor. From my porthole in the laundry, my 1x2m kingdom, I would watch the rain clouds gather ... <a title="Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of brothers’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/mary-argue-why-have-scholarships-dried-up-for-papuan-band-of-brothers/" aria-label="Read more about Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of brothers’?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain “quality education”. Five country groups affiliated to the International Alliance of Papuan Students Associations Overseas (IAPSAO) met virtually yesterday to make a united stance on Papuan education, affirming their appeal last ... <a title="Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/06/papuan-students-form-umbrella-body-reaffirm-campaign-for-education-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights">Read more</a>
