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November 2, 2025
By Heather Devere of Asia Pacific Media Network November 5 marks the day that has been set aside to acknowledge Parihaka and the courageous and peaceful resistance of the people against the armed militia that invaded their village in 1881. This year, Parihaka will be the focus of an international conference held in New Plymouth ... <a title="Parihaka the focus for global IPRA peace conference in Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/parihaka-the-focus-for-global-ipra-peace-conference-in-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about Parihaka the focus for global IPRA peace conference in Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A feature story authored by a student journalist highlighting the harm plastic pollution poses to human health in Fiji — with risks expected to rise significantly if robust action is not taken soon — has won the Online category of the 2024 Vision Pasifika Media Awards — Cleaner Pacific. Riya Bhagwan, a ... <a title="USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/01/usp-student-journalist-wins-vision-pasifika-media-award-for-plastic-pollution-report/" aria-label="Read more about USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2025
RNZ News Thousands have marched through major city streets and rallied in small towns across Aotearoa New Zealand as part of today’s “mega strike” of public workers. More than 100,000 workers from several sectors walked off the job in increasingly bitter disputes over pay and conditions. It was billed as possibly the country’s biggest labour ... <a title="Thousands march through streets as part of NZ’s ‘mega strike’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/23/thousands-march-through-streets-as-part-of-nzs-mega-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands march through streets as part of NZ’s ‘mega strike’">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2025
RNZ News It is being billed as quite possibly New Zealand’s biggest labour action in more than 40 years. It is the latest in a growing series of strikes and walkoffs this year, but the sheer size of it today means much of New Zealand will come to a halt. Several public sector unions say ... <a title="Thousands of nurses, teachers and doctors take part in NZ’s ‘mega strike’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/23/thousands-of-nurses-teachers-and-doctors-take-part-in-nzs-mega-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of nurses, teachers and doctors take part in NZ’s ‘mega strike’">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Sara Awad On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now call “the peace plan”. US President Donald Trump, they announced, would go to Cairo to oversee the agreement signing and then to Israel to speak at the Knesset. The air ... <a title="Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/sara-awad-why-gaza-still-looks-to-the-freedom-flotillas-for-true-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2025
By Anthea Grape in Manila Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is vital to nation-building. It empowers Filipinos to make informed decisions by fostering critical thinking, strengthening media awareness and encouraging responsible digital use. This call was echoed last week when United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and MediaQuest’s THINKaMuna campaign representatives came together ... <a title="Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/11/think-click-share-making-media-literacy-fun-for-filipinos/" aria-label="Read more about Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin Keith Rankin – One of our least-discussed discriminatory ‘isms’ is what I call ‘lookism’. Discrimination on the basis of a person’s or a group’s appearance, noting in particular features of ancestry, age, and culture. Discrimination based on how individuals and peoples look to other people. Discrimination on the basis of the presence ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Lookism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/keith-rankin-on-lookism/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Lookism">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Pacific Media Watch “Speak Up Kōrerotia” — a radio show centred on human rights issues — has featured a nuclear-free Pacific and other issues in this week’s show. Encouraging discussion on human rights issues in both Canterbury and New Zealand, Speak Up Kōrerotia offers a forum to provide a voice for affected communities. Engaging in ... <a title="Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/nuclear-free-pacific-advocates-speak-out-in-nz-human-rights-radio-show/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Quarterly Labour market data in Aotearoa New Zealand was released today. Much of the data is functionally useless, because of definitions which disguise rather than reveal important trends and turning points. I have focussed on employment data (although the definition of ’employment’ is too generous to be optimally useful) relative to ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Employment in New Zealand – especially of women – at the Age Margins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/07/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-employment-in-new-zealand-especially-of-women-at-the-age-margins/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Employment in New Zealand – especially of women – at the Age Margins">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Rarotonga The Cook Islands Secretary of Culture Emile Kairua says people in his country are getting complacent about the use of Māori. Cook Islands Māori Language Week started on Sunday in New Zealand and will run until Saturday. Kairua said the language is at risk at the source. ... <a title="‘People have stopped using it’: Culture secretary warns of complacency over Cook Islands Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/04/people-have-stopped-using-it-culture-secretary-warns-of-complacency-over-cook-islands-maori/" aria-label="Read more about ‘People have stopped using it’: Culture secretary warns of complacency over Cook Islands Māori">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Muslims, and the global community, must rally around the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights: to exist, to return home, and to live free from occupation. ANALYSIS: By Shadee ElMasry In our world today, one would be hard-pressed to find a reputable, well-known scholar or group of scholars who support Israel. Of course, the keywords here are ... <a title="Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/debunking-the-theological-gaslighting-of-israel-supporting-imams/" aria-label="Read more about Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
By Mary Afemata, of PMN News and RNZ Pacific Porirua City Council is set to create a memorial for more than 1800 former patients of the local hospital buried in unmarked graves. But Pacific leaders are asking to be “meaningfully involved” in the process, including incorporating prayer, language, and ceremonial practices. More than 50 people ... <a title="Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/pacific-leaders-demand-respectful-involvement-in-memorial-for-unmarked-graves/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves">Read more</a>