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April 1, 2021
THE KNIGHTLY VIEWS: By Gavin Ellis For many years I thought universities were the ideal place to establish centres of investigative journalism excellence. Now I’m not so sure. My views have been shaken to the core by the Auckland University of Technology gutting the Pacific Media Centre. Its future in anything but name is now ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: The Pacific Media Centre must break free to survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/gavin-ellis-the-pacific-media-centre-must-break-free-to-survive/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: The Pacific Media Centre must break free to survive">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala The arrest, detention, and deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia and his wife are significant issues for Fiji and the “Sea of Islands”. As a son of the Pacific committed to Oceania, I am dismayed by recent events at USP. I write in support of all the ... <a title="How Fiji could help resolve the Pal Ahluwalia and USP crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/10/how-fiji-could-help-resolve-the-pal-ahluwalia-and-usp-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about How Fiji could help resolve the Pal Ahluwalia and USP crisis">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
By Luke Rawalai in Suva Opposition parliamentarian Ro Filipe Tuisawau claims University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor Winston Thompson and audit and risk committee deputy chair Mahmood Khan had blocked investigations into irregularities highlighted by vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia. Speaking in Parliament during debate on the the 2017 USP annual report, Ro Filipe said deported ... <a title="Tuisawau claims Fiji pro-chancellor blocked USP audit probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/tuisawau-claims-fiji-pro-chancellor-blocked-usp-audit-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Tuisawau claims Fiji pro-chancellor blocked USP audit probe">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal deportation of he and his wife, Sandra Price, last week as a “surreal” experience. Many would agree that the inhumane, immoral and illegal deportation has plunged the tertiary institution into ... <a title="The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/the-future-of-usp-is-at-stake-do-australia-and-nz-still-stand-for-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (USP), and his wife Sandra Price on the morning of Thursday, February 4, during their long and unexpected plane journey back to Brisbane after their shock expulsion from Fiji brought back ... <a title="Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/fijis-actions-threaten-to-unwind-the-pacifics-great-experiment-in-regional-education-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Indigenous Papuan students who are currently studying in New Zealand and Australia have formed an educational association, choosing Waitangi Day to mark the occasion of their inaugural virtual conference. Called the Papuan Students Association Oceania (PSAO), the organisation plans to represent all students from the Land of Papua who are ... <a title="Papuans choose NZ’s Waitangi Day to launch new Oceania student group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/papuans-choose-nzs-waitangi-day-to-launch-new-oceania-student-group/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans choose NZ’s Waitangi Day to launch new Oceania student group">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s prime minister has gone public with his desire to “rehouse” the University of the South Pacific (USP) in his country. It Is a long-term vision, according to Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, one that has been resurrected by the ongoing saga surrounding the tenure of USP vice-chancellor and ... <a title="Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/samoa-goes-public-with-bid-for-usp-to-move-headquarters-from-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk University of the South Pacific staff unions and students have protested in “disgust” over what they call interference and unsolicited presence by Fiji police on the Laucala campus. “We demand that this must immediately stop, to allow staff to work and prepare for incoming students and the semester of learning ahead,” ... <a title="USP staff, student unions protest over Fiji police ‘attack’ on campus safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/usp-staff-student-unions-protest-over-fiji-police-attack-on-campus-safety/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff, student unions protest over Fiji police ‘attack’ on campus safety">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
There is no saga at the University of the South Pacific, claims Fiji’s Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. “There is no saga, there is no crisis,” said Sayed-Khaiyum when questioned about the deportation last Thursday of the university’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia. Speaking outside Parliament yesterday, he said he could not comment further on the issue, adding ... <a title="‘No crisis at USP,’ says Sayed-Khaiyum – ‘Untrue’, says Ro Teimumu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/no-crisis-at-usp-says-sayed-khaiyum-untrue-says-ro-teimumu/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No crisis at USP,’ says Sayed-Khaiyum – ‘Untrue’, says Ro Teimumu">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By RNZ Pacific There are signs Fiji’s deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given better security. Professor Pal Ahluwalia told RNZ Dateline Pacific that on Wednesday last week the USP chancellor, Nauru President Lionel Aingimea, had alerted the university’s governing body, the USP Council, ... <a title="Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/deportation-of-usp-academic-head-hinted-at-in-fiji-media-veiled-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By RNZ Pacific The Speaker of Fiji’s Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau ruled that an oral question from National Federation Party (NFP) leader Professor Biman Prasad, a former USP economics academic, and an adjournment ... <a title="Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/fiji-speaker-disallows-debate-on-usps-ahluwalia-deportation/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
By Jina Amba in Port Moresby The University of PNG has clarified that Papua New Guinea’s higher education loan programme (Help) is administered by a government department and not the university. Vice-chancellor Professor Frank Griffin said the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST) looked after the loan programme. He said UPNG had ... <a title="Griffin clarifies UPNG’s stance over higher education loan programme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/griffin-clarifies-upngs-stance-over-higher-education-loan-programme/" aria-label="Read more about Griffin clarifies UPNG’s stance over higher education loan programme">Read more</a>
