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September 14, 2020
RNZ’s Meriana Johnsen speaks to Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori chair Rawinia Higgins as part of the Māori Language Moment. By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News journalist More than one million New Zealanders took up the challenge today of using te reo Māori for the single, largest celebration of the language in history. With ... <a title="One million New Zealanders celebrate te reo Māori at the same time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/14/one-million-new-zealanders-celebrate-te-reo-maori-at-the-same-time/" aria-label="Read more about One million New Zealanders celebrate te reo Māori at the same time">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2020
By AUT News Teenage trendsetters are one of the keys to sustainable language revitalisation and points to an unlikely source of inspiration – the Korean wave, says Dr Rachael Ka’ai-Mahuta of Auckland University of Technology’s Te Ipukarea Research Institute. Korean popular culture is driving interest in Korean language and culture, and has had a large ... <a title="Harnessing power of trendy teens ‘a key for language revitalisation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/14/harnessing-power-of-trendy-teens-a-key-for-language-revitalisation/" aria-label="Read more about Harnessing power of trendy teens ‘a key for language revitalisation’">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2020
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare today has reassured the nation and parents of six students who have tested positive for covid-19 in the Philippines that the government is taking care of their welfare. He said the government was working closely with authorities in Manila to take care of their ... <a title="Sogavare reassures Solomon Islands on health of 6 covid positive students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/13/sogavare-reassures-solomon-islands-on-health-of-6-covid-positive-students/" aria-label="Read more about Sogavare reassures Solomon Islands on health of 6 covid positive students">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
By Lena Reece in Suva The University of the South Pacific Council has terminated the investigation into allegations of material misconduct against USP vice-chancellor and president Professor Pal Ahluwalia. A media release from the university stated the council had considered the decision by the special executive committee, viewed all the evidence against the vice-chancellor, and ... <a title="USP Council terminates investigation into academic chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/usp-council-terminates-investigation-into-academic-chief/" aria-label="Read more about USP Council terminates investigation into academic chief">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ News Te Manu Korihi reporter Allegations of casual and structural racism within the University of Waikato have been met with resounding silence from the university’s leaders, Professor of Indigenous Education Linda Tuhiwai Smith says. She is one of six academics who have written a 13-page letter to the Ministry of ... <a title="Academics call for action over ‘racism’ allegations at University of Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/academics-call-for-action-over-racism-allegations-at-university-of-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Academics call for action over ‘racism’ allegations at University of Waikato">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Centre A New Zealand youth MP Shaneel Lal is speaking out against education policies that exclude some Pacific Island people from Pasifika programmes and scholarships as unfair. Lal, who is eighth generation Indo-Fijian, applied for a Pasifika scholarship at the University of Otago only to be told he had ... <a title="Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/youth-mp-speaks-out-against-unfair-pacific-criteria-in-nz-education-system/" aria-label="Read more about Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In the middle of the convicted mosque attack terrorist’s sentencing in New Zealand’s High Court at Christchurch last week was language interpreter Dr Mustafa Derbashi helping survivors and families tell their stories. His task was trying to help people to understand and to be understood. “It was an honour … to ... <a title="Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/challenges-of-an-interpreter-at-the-christchurch-terrorist-sentencing/" aria-label="Read more about Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of children in school, although the final decision to send them to class is entirely theirs. National Capital District Education Services Secretary Sam Lora made these points when responding to concerns ... <a title="Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit 333" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/student-safety-still-a-concern-as-png-covid-infection-cases-hit-333/" aria-label="Read more about Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit 333">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Schools in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District resumed yesterday, with strict covid-19 protocols in place, and with several turning away those who came without masks. This came in the wake of a new covid-19 spike with PNG reporting another 52 cases of covid-19 yesterday since Thursday, taking its total to ... <a title="PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/png-schools-follow-no-mask-no-entry-rule-amid-growing-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman says the Indonesian government has asked her to return scholarship money amounting to 773 million rupiah (about US$70,000) which she received to undergo her master’s degree in Australia in 2016, reports CNN Indonesia. According to Vero – as she is known – this financial ... <a title="Jakarta asks Papuan rights lawyer Koman to return scholarship money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/jakarta-asks-papuan-rights-lawyer-koman-to-return-scholarship-money/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta asks Papuan rights lawyer Koman to return scholarship money">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2020
Studying a Bachelor of Arts at AUT helped Guled Mire understand his place in the world, so that he can make a difference in his community. Video: AUT By Simon Smith Guled Mire says his new Fulbright NZ scholarship to study at an Ivy League university in the United States sends a strong message to ... <a title="Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/09/former-somali-refugee-now-ivy-league-scholar-bound-for-us/" aria-label="Read more about Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
The Cook Islands language video. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Cook Islands episode in AUT’s Pacific language video series – “Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures” – is out now. The video is narrated in Cook Islands Māori (with English subtitles) to acknowledge the language being celebrated in Aotearoa this week. Pacific Islands ... <a title="Cook Islands episode in AUT Pacific language series launched" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/cook-islands-episode-in-aut-pacific-language-series-launched/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands episode in AUT Pacific language series launched">Read more</a>
