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November 5, 2025
By ‘Alakihihifo Vailala, PMN News The Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) repeatedly warned its minister that replacing the traditional population-wide survey with administrative data would have negative consequences for data on Pasifika communities. They cautioned that this change would undercount Pacific people and lead to poor policy decisions, yet the changes proceeded. In records obtained ... <a title="Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/confidential-documents-reveal-pacific-ministry-raised-concerns-over-nz-census-overhaul/" aria-label="Read more about Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
The average household in PNG was five people, according to the 2024 Census final figures. Image: RNZ Pacific/Koroi Hawkins RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s population has passed the 10 million mark, according to the final figures from the 2024 Population Census released by the country’s statistics office. The PNG census began on 16 June 2024 ... <a title="Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/papua-new-guineas-population-tops-10-million-census-data-reveals/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
William Faulkner was right: past events continue to inform and shape our world. With powerful forces gathering to reassert US dominance over not just Venezuela but the entire Western hemisphere, the vexed issue of local elites, for example Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado and her backers, enlisting an imperial power in domestic broils, is again top ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the Ancien Régime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/eugene-doyle-venezuela-and-trumps-war-to-save-the-ancien-regime/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the Ancien Régime">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A People’s Mission to Kanaky New Caledonia says the French Pacific territory remains in a fragile political and social transition nearly three decades after the signing of the Nouméa Accord. It says the pro-independence unrest in May last year has “left visible scars” — not only in a damaged economy but in ... <a title="People’s mission to Kanaky warns over ‘broken trust’ in France about decolonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/peoples-mission-to-kanaky-warns-over-broken-trust-in-france-about-decolonisation/" aria-label="Read more about People’s mission to Kanaky warns over ‘broken trust’ in France about decolonisation">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham and Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalists Not enough is yet known about the seafloor to decide if deep sea mining can start in the Cook Islands, says an ocean scientist with the government authority in charge of seabed minerals. The Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) returned last week from a 21-day ... <a title="Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is scientist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/not-enough-known-about-seafloor-to-begin-mining-says-cook-is-scientist/" aria-label="Read more about Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is scientist">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it “regrets” the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to grant the Tel Aviv government 30 days to respond to a petition to allow journalists access to the Gaza Strip following the ceasefire. RSF said in a statement it believes the blockade on ... <a title="RSF expresses ‘regret’ over new Israeli Supreme Court delay on Gaza media access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/rsf-expresses-regret-over-new-israeli-supreme-court-delay-on-gaza-media-access/" aria-label="Read more about RSF expresses ‘regret’ over new Israeli Supreme Court delay on Gaza media access">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s tourism industry is hopeful for a rebound as Air New Zealand resumed its flights over the weekend. To mark Air New Zealand’s return, on its social networks, Nouméa-La Tontouta international airport posted a vibrant “Welcome Back to New Caledonia Air New Zealand, we are ... <a title="Air New Zealand resumes Auckland-Nouméa flights after nearly 18-month suspension following riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/air-new-zealand-resumes-auckland-noumea-flights-after-nearly-18-month-suspension-following-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Air New Zealand resumes Auckland-Nouméa flights after nearly 18-month suspension following riots">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2025
By Heather Devere of Asia Pacific Media Network November 5 marks the day that has been set aside to acknowledge Parihaka and the courageous and peaceful resistance of the people against the armed militia that invaded their village in 1881. This year, Parihaka will be the focus of an international conference held in New Plymouth ... <a title="Parihaka the focus for global IPRA peace conference in Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/parihaka-the-focus-for-global-ipra-peace-conference-in-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about Parihaka the focus for global IPRA peace conference in Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Today marks 108 years since the 1917 Balfour Declaration and New Zealand pro-Palestinian protest groups have condemned this infamous date in rallies across the country. “Britain promised a land that wasn’t theirs to give,” said Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) co-chair Maher Nazzal. “That single act of colonial arrogance set in motion ... <a title="Britain’s act of ‘colonial arrogance’ created living injustice for Palestinians, says PSNA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/britains-act-of-colonial-arrogance-created-living-injustice-for-palestinians-says-psna/" aria-label="Read more about Britain’s act of ‘colonial arrogance’ created living injustice for Palestinians, says PSNA">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2025
More than a quarter of Australia’s National Press Club sponsors are part of the global arms industry or working on its behalf. Michelle Fahy reports. ANALYSIS: By Michelle Fahy The National Press Club of Australia lists 81 corporate sponsors on its website. Of those, 10 are multinational weapons manufacturers or military services corporations, and another ... <a title="Weaponising media – National Press Club and its arms industry sponsors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/weaponising-media-national-press-club-and-its-arms-industry-sponsors/" aria-label="Read more about Weaponising media – National Press Club and its arms industry sponsors">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2025
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s Democracy Now! show looking at US-China relations and President Trump’s threat to resume nuclear weapons testing. President Trump and President Xi Jinping met in South Korea and agreed to a one-year trade truce, but the trade deal was overshadowed by Trump’s announcement that the US would resume testing ... <a title="‘Extraordinarily destabilising decision’ – Trump denounced over call to immediately resume nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/extraordinarily-destabilising-decision-trump-denounced-over-call-to-immediately-resume-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Extraordinarily destabilising decision’ – Trump denounced over call to immediately resume nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A feature story authored by a student journalist highlighting the harm plastic pollution poses to human health in Fiji — with risks expected to rise significantly if robust action is not taken soon — has won the Online category of the 2024 Vision Pasifika Media Awards — Cleaner Pacific. Riya Bhagwan, a ... <a title="USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/01/usp-student-journalist-wins-vision-pasifika-media-award-for-plastic-pollution-report/" aria-label="Read more about USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report">Read more</a>
