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March 8, 2024
RNZ News Television New Zealand is proposing to axe its long-running and award-winning current affairs programme Sunday, hosted by veteran broadcaster Miriama Kamo. It is part of plans to cut dozens of jobs at the public broadcaster. Staff were learning which programmes will be affected at a series of meetings today. TVNZ said a proposal ... <a title="TVNZ plans to axe Fair Go, Sunday, midday and night news in restructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/tvnz-plans-to-axe-fair-go-sunday-midday-and-night-news-in-restructure/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ plans to axe Fair Go, Sunday, midday and night news in restructure">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The Israeli army has raided dozens of homes in the West Bank and detained 20 Palestinians, including two women — journalist Bushra al-Taweel and activist Sumood Muteer. Quoting witness accounts, Quds News Network reported that al-Taweel was beaten up by an officer who insulted her before she was arrested. Today is International ... <a title="Israeli army detains female journalist, activist in West Bank raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/israeli-army-detains-female-journalist-activist-in-west-bank-raids/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli army detains female journalist, activist in West Bank raids">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent One of the main components of New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS umbrella, the Union Calédonienne (UC), says it has now suspended all discussions with two pro-French parties until further notice. These are the Rassemblement and Les Loyalistes. Public broadcaster NC la 1ère has reported the bone of contention is ... <a title="Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/08/rift-widens-between-new-caledonias-pro-french-and-independence-parties/" aria-label="Read more about Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
RNZ News Television New Zealand will start talks from tomorrow with staff who will lose their jobs in the state broadcaster’s bid to stay “sustainable”. It is proposed that up to 68 jobs will be cut which equates to 9 percent of its staff. TVNZ chief executive Jodi O’Donnell told staff today that “tough economic ... <a title="TVNZ to cut up to 68 jobs in restructure – ‘dire for democracy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/tvnz-to-cut-up-to-68-jobs-in-restructure-dire-for-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ to cut up to 68 jobs in restructure – ‘dire for democracy’">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
By Vijay Narayan in Suva Army commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai has highlighted the need for the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to “redeem itself” as an institution and embark on a process of transformation, reconciliation, and restoration. Speaking at the Force Church Service for the RFMF at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Major-General Kalouniwai said the 1987, ... <a title="Fiji military commander seeks redemption for ‘past wrongs’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/fiji-military-commander-seeks-redemption-for-past-wrongs/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji military commander seeks redemption for ‘past wrongs’">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Interview by Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The man being touted by the opposition as the next leader of Papua New Guinea says the first thing his administration would do is put more focus on law and order. East Sepik governor Allan Bird is being put forward as the opposition’s candidate for prime minister ... <a title="East Sepik governor Allan Bird on how to ‘change the trajectory’ of PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/east-sepik-governor-allan-bird-on-how-to-change-the-trajectory-of-png/" aria-label="Read more about East Sepik governor Allan Bird on how to ‘change the trajectory’ of PNG">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A report by a media watchdog has revealed the United Kingdom’s media bias in covering the Hamas attack on October 7 and Israel’s five-month genocidal bombardment and ground assault in response. “Much of the news coverage of 7 October refers to Hamas’s attacks on Southern Israel as ground zero, with guests or ... <a title="Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/07/media-watchdog-calls-out-biased-uk-reporting-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog calls out biased UK reporting over Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji’s Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya says the decision by the People’s Alliance executive council to remove her as deputy leader of the governing party is “unfair as it is based solely on allegations . . . generated by opponents from outside the party”. Tabuya, who has been at the ... <a title="Lynda Tabuya fights back – ‘it’s unfortunate that as a woman I continue to be targeted’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/lynda-tabuya-fights-back-its-unfortunate-that-as-a-woman-i-continue-to-be-targeted/" aria-label="Read more about Lynda Tabuya fights back – ‘it’s unfortunate that as a woman I continue to be targeted’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell, Australian National University In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into whether they have aided or supported Israel’s actions in Gaza. The referral, made by the Sydney law firm Birchgrove Legal on behalf of ... <a title="Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/why-have-albanese-and-other-politicians-been-referred-to-the-icc-over-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2024
By Alex Bainbridge, Peter Boyle, Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha, Jordan Ellis, Alex Salmon, Stephen W Enciso and Khaled Ghannam of Green Left Thousands marched for Palestine across Australia at the weekend in the wake of Israel’s massacre of more than 100 starving Palestinians who were trying to get flour from an aid truck southwest of ... <a title="Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/06/protests-demand-unrwa-funding-restored-as-israel-starves-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure the unobstructed delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a last-ditch attempt to prevent imminent, says DAWN. If the UNSC is blocked by a US veto or fails to reach consensus, ... <a title="DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/05/dawn-calls-on-un-to-set-up-global-protection-force-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
By Bramo Tingkeo in Port Moresby A disturbing video has surfaced of a female, alleged to be a rape victim, attempting to jump out of the Kuri Dom Lecture Building at the University of Papua New Guinea. UPNG Students Representative Council (SRC) president Joel Rimbu has dispelled this allegation, saying that the female was not ... <a title="UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/upngs-student-body-rejects-rape-allegations-over-campus-video/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video">Read more</a>
