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October 11, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Amnesty International is asking the New Zealand government to create a new humanitarian visa for Pacific people impacted by climate change. Kiribati community leader Charles Kiata said life on Kiribati was becoming extremely hard as sea levels rose and the country was hit by more severe storms, higher temperatures ... <a title="Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/11/amnesty-international-wants-nz-visa-for-climate-hit-pacific-islanders/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto of G News This morning New Zealand Herald columnist and political commentator Matthew Hooton was paid to write an article justifying Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ position on denying Palestinian Statehood on the eve of the first phase of Donald Trump’s 20 point plan while in tandem Peters was interviewed by Ryan ... <a title="Misleading ‘justification’ column on Peters and Palestine panned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/10/misleading-justification-column-on-peters-and-palestine-panned/" aria-label="Read more about Misleading ‘justification’ column on Peters and Palestine panned">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2025
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has “cautiously welcomed” the Gaza ceasefire and proposed exchange of hostages between Israel and the liberation movement Hamas. At least 7000 Palestinians are being held in detention without trial by Israel while about 20 Israeli soldiers are held by Hamas. PSNA ... <a title="PSNA cautiously welcomes Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/10/psna-cautiously-welcomes-gaza-ceasefire-and-hostage-release-deal/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA cautiously welcomes Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The signing of the Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty — officially known as the Pukpuk Treaty — marks a defining moment in the modern Pacific order. Framed as a “historic milestone”, the pact re-casts security cooperation between Port Moresby and Canberra while stirring deeper debates about ... <a title="The Pukpuk Treaty and the future of Papua New Guinea-Australia relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/09/the-pukpuk-treaty-and-the-future-of-papua-new-guinea-australia-relations/" aria-label="Read more about The Pukpuk Treaty and the future of Papua New Guinea-Australia relations">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
New Zealanders deserve to know how the country’s foreign policy is made, writes John Hobbs. ANALYSIS: By John Hobbs The New Zealand government remains unwilling to support Palestinian statehood recognition at the United Nations General Assembly. This is a disgraceful position which gives support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and seriously undermines our standing. Of ... <a title="John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our global standing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/john-hobbs-why-new-zealands-repugnant-stance-over-palestine-damages-our-global-standing/" aria-label="Read more about John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our global standing">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific Bougainville’s re-elected President Ishmael Toroama has announced a caretaker government following a formal swearing-in ceremony on Monday in the capital Buka. The former Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) commander won more than 90,000 votes in a landslide victory after the election on September 5-6. The interim Bougainville Executive Council (BEC) will ... <a title="Bougainville president sworn in after landslide re-election, names caretaker government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/bougainville-president-sworn-in-after-landslide-re-election-names-caretaker-government/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president sworn in after landslide re-election, names caretaker government">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2025
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Bougainvilleans went to the polls today, keen to elect a leader who will continue their fight for independence. “There’s a mood of excitement among the people here,” said Electoral Commissioner Desmond Tsianai. “It is important that this election is successful and credible, because we want legitimate leaders in ... <a title="‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push for independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/05/we-want-legitimate-leaders-bougainvilleans-head-to-the-polls-amid-push-for-independence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push for independence">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
By Antony Loewenstein in Sydney The grim facts should speak for themselves. Since 7 October 2023, Israel has deliberately killed an unprecedented number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those brave individuals are smeared as Hamas operatives and terrorists by Israel and its supporters. But the real story behind this, beyond just Western racism and dehumanisation ... <a title="Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/antony-loewenstein-israels-murderous-killing-spree-against-palestinian-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer A West Papuan activist says the transfer of four political prisoners by Indonesian authorities is a breach of human rights. In April, the men were arrested on charges of treason after requesting peace talks in the city of Sorong in southwest Papua. They were then transferred to Makassar ... <a title="Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/prisoner-transfer-sparks-new-human-rights-concerns-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
The colleagues of these Palestinian journalists in the Western press broadcast from the border fence with Gaza decked out in flak jackets and helmets, where they have as much chance of being hit by shrapnel or a bullet as being struck by an asteroid. They scurry like lemmings to briefings by Israeli officials. They are ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/chris-hedges-the-betrayal-of-palestinian-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
RNZ Pacific The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address Papua New Guinea’s national Parliament today. The UN chief is in Papua New Guinea on a four-day official state visit September 2-5. Prime Minister James Marape has held bilateral discussions with Guterres at his Melanesian House Office in Port Moresby yesterday. “We remain fully committed ... <a title="UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/un-chief-to-address-png-parliament-today-during-historic-visit/" aria-label="Read more about UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Israel is boosting its Zionist influence in the Pacific. Australia has exposed such media influence. The media in the Philippines is now under scrutiny. And Aotearoa New Zealand? COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello When the Flores and Velasco articles and posts whitewashing Israel’s genocidal policies in Gaza first came out a few days ago, I was ... <a title="Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists. It is far worse’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/walden-bello-on-gaza-and-the-media-silence-it-isnt-fear-of-the-zionists-it-is-far-worse/" aria-label="Read more about Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists. It is far worse’">Read more</a>
