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August 14, 2019
By Matthew Vari in Funafuti, Tuvalu Relocation is a cheap option for sinking island countries – but “we are going to stay”, vows Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga, who is this year’s chair of the Pacific Islands Forum. Sopoaga highlighted this during a press conference held before the main Forum meetings took place. He said ... <a title="Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/relocation-for-sinking-islands-cheaper-but-were-staying-vows-tuvalu-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2019
By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific There was a frenetic energy outside the Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre on Sunday, where the finishing touches were being hurriedly put to the newly-built centre on reclaimed land here on Tuvalu’s main atoll, Funafuti. People were sweeping the freshly-laid pavement, laying out the desks inside, finishing off the ... <a title="Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/12/pacific-islands-forum-what-to-watch-out-for/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Islands Forum: What to watch out for">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An American journalist working in the Philippines on indigenous environmental and human rights issues has been shot and critically wounded while fetching his daughter from school in the northern province of Ifugao, according to his news media outlet and other press reports, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The New ... <a title="American environmental journalist shot, critically wounded in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/11/american-environmental-journalist-shot-critically-wounded-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about American environmental journalist shot, critically wounded in Philippines">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Indigenous Pacific knowledge should inform the science to save the world’s oceans. That was the consensus among Pacific ocean scientists and other regional stakeholders who gathered in New Caledonia recently for the first global workshop aimed at arresting the decline of the world’s oceans. RNZ’s Dominic Godfrey was there. LISTEN: Indigenous Pacific ... <a title="Indigenous Pacific knowledge to help save the ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/09/indigenous-pacific-knowledge-to-help-save-the-ocean/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Pacific knowledge to help save the ocean">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Steve Sawyer, Rongelap campaigner with the original Rainbow Warrior which was bombed by French secret service agents in July 1985 in Auckland, aboard the new Rainbow Warrior during the ship’s first visit to New Zealand. © Nigel Marple/Greenpeace A tribute to STEVE SAWYER by former Rainbow ... <a title="Remembering environmental campaigner Steve Sawyer, 1956-2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/remembering-environmental-campaigner-steve-sawyer-1956-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering environmental campaigner Steve Sawyer, 1956-2019">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A journalist has been taken in for police questioning while documenting the land struggles of Temiar Orang Asli, an indigenous community in Kampung Sungai Papan, Malaysia, reports the Malay Mail. Alexandra Radu from Romania said she was taken to the Gerik district police station yesterday morning after talking to the indigenous ... <a title="Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/journalist-hauled-in-for-police-questioning-at-malaysia-land-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2019
James Marape told The Guardian that Australia had “a moral responsibility … to the upkeep of the planet”, particularly given the extreme effect it was having on smaller Pacific nations. “I don’t intend to speak from Canberra’s perspective, they have their own policy mindset, but as human beings I know they will respond to the moral obligation ... <a title="Helen Davidson: Australia has a ‘moral responsibility’ to planet, says Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/29/helen-davidson-australia-has-a-moral-responsibility-to-planet-says-marape/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Davidson: Australia has a ‘moral responsibility’ to planet, says Marape">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
French television journalist Hugo Clément speaking out about the arrest in Queensland on Monday. Video: Euronews Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has dropped trespass charges against a prominent French journalist and his film crew who were arrested while filming anti-Adani protesters earlier this week, reports ABC News. France 2 reporter Hugo ... <a title="Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/police-drop-trespass-charges-against-french-tv-crew-at-adani-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
The supposed end of the 20-year standoff between environmentalists and farmers was announced last week, with the release of the Interim Climate Change Committee’s report on “Action on agricultural emissions”. It was celebrated as an “historic consensus” between farmers and environmentalists, as the agricultural sector was agreeing to pay for part of their methane emissions. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The contentious “historic consensus” for farmers on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-contentious-historic-consensus-for-farmers-on-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The contentious “historic consensus” for farmers on climate change">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to drop all charges against four French TV journalists who – in what RSF called an “unacceptable attack on investigative journalism” – were arrested yesterday while filming environmentalists protesting at a coal terminal near the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Australia. ... <a title="RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/rsf-demands-australian-police-drop-charges-against-french-tv-crew/" aria-label="Read more about RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media responses are featured in the latest Pacific Journalism Review being published next week. Analysis articles in the “democracy and terrorism edition” include award-winning New Zealand Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson and ... <a title="NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/20/nz-mosque-massacre-new-caledonia-referendum-and-fiji-elections-top-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
It seems inevitable that New Zealand will soon officially be in a state of emergency over climate change, with a declaration likely to be passed in Parliament. Is this a good thing? The debate over moving into official emergency status has already been going on in every local government body throughout the country. A large ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-problems-with-declaring-climate-change-emergencies/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies">Read more</a>
