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June 9, 2020
By Wansolwara staff A “fight for justice and good governance” at the University of the South Pacific has continued as staff and students have echoed strong calls for members of the USP Council to allow the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, to carry out his work without interference. Hundreds of protesting staff and students rallied outside ... <a title="Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/staff-students-back-usp-academic-chief-amid-tension-over-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Edwin Nand in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, a Canadian, has been told to step down to allow for independent investigations relating to allegations of misconduct and breaches of USP policies and procedures. FBC News has independently verified that the USP executive committee, which met this morning, has ... <a title="USP vice-chancellor told to ‘step aside’, committee member resigns in protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/usp-vice-chancellor-told-to-step-aside-committee-member-resigns-in-protest/" aria-label="Read more about USP vice-chancellor told to ‘step aside’, committee member resigns in protest">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Soli Wilson in Apia A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now threatens the future of the university. Elizabeth Reade Fong, a representative of the university’s Students and Staff Association, said more than 500 members at USP had signed a petition in ... <a title="USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/usp-students-staff-call-on-council-to-drop-harassment-of-ahluwalia/" aria-label="Read more about USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
By John Gerritsen, education correspondent of RNZ News The second term of New Zealand’s school year starts today, but nobody is going to class. Schools are in lockdown along with the rest of the country and more than 800,000 teachers and students are now starting two weeks of remote learning. The curriculum leader for Year ... <a title="Term of digital distance learning begins for NZ teachers and pupils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/term-of-digital-distance-learning-begins-for-nz-teachers-and-pupils/" aria-label="Read more about Term of digital distance learning begins for NZ teachers and pupils">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By RNZ News The Auckland girl’s secondary school Marist College has New Zealand’s biggest Covid-19 cluster with 47 confirmed and probable cases. It is the biggest cluster of infection being tracked by NZ health authorities. The board chairperson Stephen Dallow said the confirmed cases included teachers, students and adults within the community. READ MORE: Al ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus cluster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/nz-lockdown-day-5-catholic-girls-school-has-biggest-virus-cluster/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus cluster">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year’s enrolments now in doubt. Immigration New Zealand figures show that of 76,203 valid study visas at 15 March, 60,348 were in New Zealand, and 15,855 were not. Immigration New Zealand ... <a title="NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/nzs-5-billion-foreign-student-industry-faces-dramatic-drop/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Fiji government has banned the vice-chancellor of the University of Fiji from the country, reports Fiji TV News. The Immigration Department reportedly cancelled the work permit of Professor Sushila Chang after she allegedly breached the border restriction order on the Lautoka confined area set up in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. ... <a title="Fiji University vice-chancellor banned after breaking Covid-19 cordon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/fiji-university-vice-chancellor-banned-after-breaking-covid-19-cordon/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji University vice-chancellor banned after breaking Covid-19 cordon">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) staff are calling for restraint and calm as a New Zealand family in isolation for Covid-19 coronavirus has been “battered through social media”. ARPHS Director Dr William Rainger said the family had done everything right and had minimised the risk to others. “The woman with the ... <a title="NZ health officials condemn ‘hostile’ social media attacks on virus family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/nz-health-officials-condemn-hostile-social-media-attacks-on-virus-family/" aria-label="Read more about NZ health officials condemn ‘hostile’ social media attacks on virus family">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
By Nicola Igusa The value of different perspectives in film making is valued now more than ever, says Auckland University of Technology screen production Associate Professor Arezou Zalipour. “We’ve just seen the historic win of Parasite at the 2020s Oscars – the first non-English language production to win Best Picture,” she says. “In the same ... <a title="‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/outsider-voice-films-open-new-storytelling-spaces-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2020
Jamela Alindogan reports on journalists in the Philippines protesting and demanding better protection of press freedoms. Video: Al Jazeera By Neil Joshua N. Servallos in Manila The University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, which has the biggest and oldest journalism school, has released a statement supporting television broadcaster ABS-CBN, adding its voice to the ... <a title="Philippines uni with biggest journalism school backs ABS-CBN amid threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/25/philippines-uni-with-biggest-journalism-school-backs-abs-cbn-amid-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines uni with biggest journalism school backs ABS-CBN amid threats">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2020
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC Pacific Media Watch Tuwhera, the open access repository and publisher of Auckland University of Technology, has added 16 years of back copy editions of Pacific Journalism Review to the digital resource. The full text articles from a further ... <a title="Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/09/tuwhera-expands-the-pjr-critical-inquiry-pacific-media-archive/" aria-label="Read more about Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2020
By Harry Lock of RNZ News New Zealand universities fear the temporary travel ban on foreigners from China due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is going to be a big financial hit. Latest figures from 2018 showed 15,000 Chinese students were enrolled in New Zealand’s universities, but it is not yet known how many have ... <a title="NZ universities fear financial hit if students caught in virus travel ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/04/nz-universities-fear-financial-hit-if-students-caught-in-virus-travel-ban/" aria-label="Read more about NZ universities fear financial hit if students caught in virus travel ban">Read more</a>
