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September 20, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Maree Mahony, RNZ digital journalist Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have faced off in a fast-paced but unspectacular debate in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election campaign with co-governance and gangs among the issues producing the liveliest exchanges. It was the first time the two leaders had squared off ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/nz-election-2023-hipkins-and-luxon-in-fast-paced-debate-but-fail-to-excite-pundits/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2023
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Civil society groups wanting to see an end to destructive logging practices by foreign companies in Papua New Guinea, say these companies are being given forest clearance authorities and then misusing them. The PNG advocacy group, Act Now!, and Jubilee Australia said the forest clearance authorities (FCAs) are ... <a title="Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/campaigners-call-on-png-govt-to-act-over-destructive-logging/" aria-label="Read more about Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Former MP for Madang Open and anti-corruption campaigner Bryan Kramer has filed a Supreme Court appeal against a National Court ruling dismissing his application for leave to review a Leadership Tribunal’s decision to dismiss him from office. His appeal to the Supreme Court follows the refusal of a leave to review application in ... <a title="Anti-corruption former MP Kramer appeals to PNG Supreme Court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/anti-corruption-former-mp-kramer-appeals-to-png-supreme-court/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-corruption former MP Kramer appeals to PNG Supreme Court">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Aotearoa New Zealand’s public television broadcaster TVNZ is planning significant cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending in response to commercial clients’ reduced spending on advertising. Future projects are under review and pay rises for executives and top-earning staff have also been scrapped at the state-owned broadcaster. ... <a title="TVNZ tightens its belt with ‘tough calls’ citing ad revenue slump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/tvnz-tightens-its-belt-with-tough-calls-citing-ad-revenue-slump/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ tightens its belt with ‘tough calls’ citing ad revenue slump">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Vice-Minister of Planning James Nomane has called on Prime Minister James Marape to put Papua New Guinea first and reshuffle cabinet to bring together the best of both government and opposition MPs. In his 48th Independence message at the weekend, Nomane said that this Independence Day must trigger change in the way Marape’s ... <a title="‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says Nomane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/quit-lip-service-and-reshuffle-png-cabinet-for-national-benefit-says-nomane/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says Nomane">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific sports reporter in Saint Etienne, France The Flying Fijians won its Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Australia 22-15 in Saint Etienne with the team’s fourth choice kicker, Simione Kuruvoli, leading them. And the win came after 69 long years since Fiji last defeated the Wallabies in 1954. Kuruvoli, ... <a title="RWC2023: Simi Kuruvoli’s boot helps ‘best ever’ Flying Fijians beat Wallabies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/rwc2023-simi-kuruvolis-boot-helps-best-ever-flying-fijians-beat-wallabies/" aria-label="Read more about RWC2023: Simi Kuruvoli’s boot helps ‘best ever’ Flying Fijians beat Wallabies">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier “Is there a democratic Papua New Guinean nation — or is it merely an arbitrary nation built on a shaky, crumbling foundation of disparate traditional customs and the Melanesian Way? “Has the system of government become a hybrid of concepts that fail to work on any level — a bastardisation ... <a title="PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/png-post-courier-our-democracy-our-melanesian-way/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Asia Pacific Report An Australian human rights advocacy group for West Papuans has condemned the killing of 5 youths found dead in Dekai, capital of Yahukimo Regency, and have challenged Canberra to reconsider government ties with Indonesian security forces. Criticising the latest deaths, Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) spokesperson Joe Collins said: “While West Papuans ... <a title="Australian advocacy group condemns killing of 5 West Papuans – challenges Canberra" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/australian-advocacy-group-condemns-killing-of-5-west-papuans-challenges-canberra/" aria-label="Read more about Australian advocacy group condemns killing of 5 West Papuans – challenges Canberra">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2023
Though the Oslo Accords and its signatories made many promises to the Palestinians, in reality, it carved Palestine up into bantustans and ghettos with limited self-autonomy for Palestinians on a minuscule portion of their homeland. By Yumna Patel On September 13, 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) ... <a title="‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on 30 years of the Oslo Accords" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/17/it-was-set-up-to-fail-us-palestinians-reflect-on-30-years-of-the-oslo-accords/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on 30 years of the Oslo Accords">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The Free Papua Organisation (Organisasi Papua Merdeka-OPM) has sent an open letter to the United Nations leadership demanding that “decolonisation” of the former Dutch colony of West New Guinea, the Indonesian-administered region known across the Pacific as West Papua, be initiated under the direction of the UN Trusteeship Council. The letter accuses ... <a title="OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/16/opm-calls-for-decolonisation-of-west-papua-condemns-un-collusion/" aria-label="Read more about OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2023
TE WIKI O TE RĒO MĀORI: By Aroha Awarau Last year Joelle Holland invested all of the money she had saved for a home deposit and put it into a baby product business called Hawaiiki Pēpi. The sole focus of Hawaiiki Pēpi is to teach Māori children to be proud of their culture and language. ... <a title="Baby product business to teach Māori children pride in culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/15/baby-product-business-to-teach-maori-children-pride-in-culture/" aria-label="Read more about Baby product business to teach Māori children pride in culture">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2023
Pacific Media Watch A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders’ summit in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila last month. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, the Media Association Vanuatu ... <a title="IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/15/ifj-condemns-indonesia-over-bribery-harassment-attempt-on-rnz-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist">Read more</a>
