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November 1, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist With just three weeks to go before Tongans head to the polls, the debate over election issues is heating up. Under the spotlight are the role of the palace in the country’s democratic process and calls for voting rights for overseas-based Tongans. The state of the economy and ... <a title="Tonga election: What are the main issues ahead of the upcoming polls?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/01/tonga-election-what-are-the-main-issues-ahead-of-the-upcoming-polls/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga election: What are the main issues ahead of the upcoming polls?">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A national pro-Palestinian advocacy group has accused the New Zealand government of providing political cover and rewarding the Israeli genocide by deploying a “liaison officer” to the US-brokered peace plan for the besieged enclave. “It’s a knee-jerk reaction for New Zealand to send in the troops to the Middle East to back ... <a title="PSNA accuses NZ of giving ‘political cover’ to genocidal Israel over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/psna-accuses-nz-of-giving-political-cover-to-genocidal-israel-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA accuses NZ of giving ‘political cover’ to genocidal Israel over Gaza">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French MPs narrowly endorsed the postponement of New Caledonia’s provincial elections to no later than 28 June 2026 in a crucial vote in Paris this week. It comes as newly appointed Overseas Minister Naïma Moutchou prepares to visit the French Pacific territory for more talks on ... <a title="French MPs vote to postpone New Caledonia’s elections to June 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/french-mps-vote-to-postpone-new-caledonias-elections-to-june-2026/" aria-label="Read more about French MPs vote to postpone New Caledonia’s elections to June 2026">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – By David Robie in Vinzons, Philippines More than five years ago I wrote an article for the Pacific Media Centre addressing community radio broadcasting in the Philippines, with a special focus on the rice-producing township of Vinzons in Bicol. At the time — January 2020 — ... <a title="Filipino radio storytelling and community empowerment – a Vinzons update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/filipino-radio-storytelling-and-community-empowerment-a-vinzons-update/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino radio storytelling and community empowerment – a Vinzons update">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has challenged Defence Minister Judith Collins over her “can’t be trusted” backing for controversial BlackSky Technology satellite launches and called on the Prime Minister to withdraw approval. National co-chair John Minto today wrote to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon — who is currently in Korea for the ... <a title="PSNA condemns Collins for ‘can’t be trusted’ stance on Gaza over satellites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/psna-condemns-collins-for-cant-be-trusted-stance-on-gaza-over-satellites/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA condemns Collins for ‘can’t be trusted’ stance on Gaza over satellites">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent A Marshall Islands lawmaker has called on Pacific legislatures to establish and strengthen their national human rights commissions to help address the region’s nuclear testing legacy. “Our people in the Marshall Islands carry voices of our lives that are shaped by this nuclear legacy,” ... <a title="Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/pacific-lawmakers-call-for-creation-of-human-rights-commissions-to-fight-nuclear-testing-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former National MP has launched a petition calling for “equality and respect” in New Zealand’s immigration visa treatment of Pacific Islanders, saying “many are shocked when they learn the truth”. In a full page advertisement in The New Zealand Herald newspaper today, Anae Arthur Anae condemned the New Zealand government’s visa ... <a title="Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/former-mp-anae-calls-for-pacific-justice-over-immigration-in-petition/" aria-label="Read more about Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
RNZ Pacific Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has confirmed that his Finance Minister — and one of three deputies — has resigned after being charged by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog. Local media first reported that Professor Biman Prasad, the man in charge of government finances, had been charged with corruption-related offences under Fiji’s political party ... <a title="‘Political chaos’ – Fiji PM Rabuka confirms Biman Prasad’s resignation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/political-chaos-fiji-pm-rabuka-confirms-biman-prasads-resignation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Political chaos’ – Fiji PM Rabuka confirms Biman Prasad’s resignation">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor It was hardly a dream debut for Labour’s long-awaited, much-argued-over tax package for Aotearoa New Zealand. What was meant to be a carefully choreographed reveal of a capital gains tax (CGT) later this week instead arrived early — leaked to RNZ over the long weekend and ... <a title="Labour’s capital gains NZ tax gamble – from leak to launch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/labours-capital-gains-nz-tax-gamble-from-leak-to-launch/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s capital gains NZ tax gamble – from leak to launch">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin When the Pacific Islands Forum concluded in Honiara last month, leaders pledged regional unity under the motto “Iumi Tugeda” — “We are Together”. Eighteen Pacific heads of government reached agreements on climate resilience and nuclear-free oceans. They signed the Pacific Resilience Facility treaty and endorsed Australia’s proposal to jointly host the ... <a title="Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/blue-pacifics-unfinished-business-west-papua-and-regional-integrity/" aria-label="Read more about Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Aotearoa New Zealand to urgently close the “alarming” gaps in measles immunisation, particularly among Māori and Pacific communities. A WHO review last year found measles vaccination rates were at their lowest since 2012, and said the country was at risk of ... <a title="‘Alarming gaps’ – WHO warns NZ to urgently close measles vaccination gap among Māori and Pacific communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/alarming-gaps-who-warns-nz-to-urgently-close-measles-vaccination-gap-among-maori-and-pacific-communities/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Alarming gaps’ – WHO warns NZ to urgently close measles vaccination gap among Māori and Pacific communities">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Stanley Simpson, director of Mai TV You can wake up one morning in Fiji and feel like you’re living in a totally different country. Overnight we have lost two of our three Deputy Prime Ministers — by many accounts these were the two who were perhaps among the most influential and pivotal in ... <a title="Dark political clouds forming in Fiji – expect more lightning strikes after two DPMs charged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/dark-political-clouds-forming-in-fiji-expect-more-lightning-strikes-after-two-dpms-charged/" aria-label="Read more about Dark political clouds forming in Fiji – expect more lightning strikes after two DPMs charged">Read more</a>
