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June 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within days of being sworn in has yielded what appears to have been an early success. Whether Wong’s intervention gave Pacific leaders pause about a wide-ranging economic and security pact with ... <a title="As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to history on mending ties with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/as-wong-makes-her-mark-in-the-pacific-the-albanese-government-should-look-to-history-on-mending-ties-with-china/" aria-label="Read more about As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to history on mending ties with China">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2022
By Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Energy Minister Saki Soloma and his supporters had to run for their lives when they were attacked by rival candidate supporters in Okapa station on Friday with the national elections due in July. His supporters were also injured when they protected Soloma from being harmed as ... <a title="PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/02/pngs-energy-minister-supporters-flee-for-their-lives-in-elections-attack/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the FijiFirst government is not fit to run the country because it cannot efficiently provide two basic necessities — electricity and water. In a statement issued yesterday, he said the continuing crises of dry taps and regular power cuts was “good reason for ... <a title="FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no lights’, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/fijifirst-not-fit-to-run-country-over-dry-taps-no-lights-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no lights’, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s Peoples’ National Congress is shaping up as the party to watch as the country’s general election approaches. Nominations are set to finish later today with campaigning then in earnest through to early July when voting starts. The Peoples’ National Congress (PNC) is led by Peter O’Neill ... <a title="PNG elections: Peoples’ National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/png-elections-peoples-national-congress-party-endorses-90-plus-candidates/" aria-label="Read more about PNG elections: Peoples’ National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific A female candidate in the Papua New Guinea elections believes it is more important than ever that the country has women MPs in Parliament. Dulciana Somare-Brash is the daughter of the late Sir Michael Somare and she unsuccessfully stood in the East Sepik regional seat in 2017, finishing fourth in the vote count. ... <a title="Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/women-mps-vital-for-pngs-future-says-campaigning-somare-brash/" aria-label="Read more about Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
PNG Post-Courier “Powes! Powes! Powes!” The city of Port Moresby was ringing with chants of support for its governor for the past 15 years — Powes Parkop. Hundreds of men, women and children from the settlements to the suburbs flocked at the weekend in support of the three-term politician who stands confident of defending his ... <a title="‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/im-ready-energised-port-moresbys-parkop-pledges-to-huge-crowd/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2022
RNZ News A New Caledonian anti-independence candidate has withdrawn from the race for a seat in the French National Assembly just hours before nominations closed. Vaea Frogier pulled out, citing concern about the splits in the anti-independence camp. Seventeen candidates in New Caledonia are standing in next month’s election, with the pro-independence parties jointly fielding ... <a title="New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/23/new-caledonias-frogier-pulls-out-of-french-national-assembly-race/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Mark Kenny, Australian National University You first have to lose an election on principle if you want to win one on principle. This was how Labor rationalised the miscalculations that led to its “Don’s Party” disappointment in 1969, followed by the 1972 triumph of the “It’s Time” campaign. Half a century later, the ... <a title="Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50 years. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/21/australians-face-their-starkest-choice-at-the-ballot-box-in-50-years-heres-why/" aria-label="Read more about Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50 years. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2022
Policy failure over the last eight years — including a massive cut to the ABC’s international funding — has weakened Australia’s voice in the Pacific to its lowest ebb since the Menzies government established the first radio shortwave service across the region more than 80 years ago. Now, with China’s media expansion and the recent ... <a title="Canberra must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/21/canberra-must-stop-wasting-time-and-urgently-support-abc-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific The pro-independence coalition parties of Kanaky New Caledonia have selected their candidates for the French Legislative elections next month. Wali Wahetra from the Palika Party is standing in one electoral district, and Gerard Reignier from Union Caledonienne is standing in the other. Speaking with La Premiere, Wahetra explained what the New Caledonian pro-independence ... <a title="New Caledonia’s pro-independence parties choose for French elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/new-caledonias-pro-independence-parties-choose-for-french-elections/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s pro-independence parties choose for French elections">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Nina Santos in Auckland On May 9, the Philippines went to the polls in what has been called “by far the most divisive and consequential electoral contest” in the Philippines. The electoral race had boiled down to two frontrunners: one was the current Vice-President Leni Robredo, running on a “people-led” campaign, and driven ... <a title="Pink tears for the Philippines, and transforming the rage into hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/pink-tears-for-the-philippines-and-transforming-the-rage-into-hope/" aria-label="Read more about Pink tears for the Philippines, and transforming the rage into hope">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Kalinga Seneviratne When Australians go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new government, the vast continent which was stolen from the indigenous people in 1788 and annexed to the British crown may have its “independent day” — not one that would declare itself a republic, but a day when independent ... <a title="Australia’s ‘independent day’ looms as voters reel from a ‘gutful’ of politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/australias-independent-day-looms-as-voters-reel-from-a-gutful-of-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘independent day’ looms as voters reel from a ‘gutful’ of politics">Read more</a>
