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February 4, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Fiji Immigration officials and police have detained and expelled the University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, and his wife Sandra. The president of the University of the South Pacific Staff Association, Elizabeth Fong, said that the USPSA had received confirmation that the pair were taken in between 11pm ... <a title="Fiji immigration officials, police deport USP chief Ahluwalia in swoop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/fiji-immigration-officials-police-deport-usp-chief-ahluwalia-in-swoop/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji immigration officials, police deport USP chief Ahluwalia in swoop">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By RNZ Pacific A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale of nickel assets. The South Pacific archipelago has been gripped by riots over the sale process of Brazilian mining giant Vale’s local nickel business, with protesters saying a locally-led offer ... <a title="New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/new-caledonia-government-collapses-amid-storm-and-assets-sale-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By Māni Dunlop, RNZ News Māori News Director New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has heard the voices of Māori women have been marginalised for far too long and the impact of colonisation has caused the negation of rights over their bodies, minds, and beliefs. The Mana Wāhine Inquiry is underway in Kerikeri – it is the ... <a title="Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/mana-wahine-inquiry-hearing-original-claimant-ripeka-evans-gives-evidence/" aria-label="Read more about Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2021
ANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission this week released its long-anticipated advice to the government on how to reshape the economy to meet the country’s domestic and international climate change obligations. The document sets out three emissions budgets, covering 15 years to 2035 in ... <a title="Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/03/climate-change-commission-calls-on-nz-to-take-immediate-decisive-action/" aria-label="Read more about Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today was an extraordinary birthday for Tahiti’s Mama Tini, as she is known locally – she turned 100. Emma Temaiana-Tehaamatai celebrated her century surrounded by her children and grandchildren, reports Tahiti-Infos. Mama Tini was born on 1 February 1921 – today with the Tahitian time difference – in Haapu, Huahine. She ... <a title="Happy birthday Tahiti’s Mama Tini – celebrating with 100 candles, family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/happy-birthday-tahitis-mama-tini-celebrating-with-100-candles-family/" aria-label="Read more about Happy birthday Tahiti’s Mama Tini – celebrating with 100 candles, family">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
COMMENT: By Scott Waide In a nation such as Papua New Guinea where oral storytelling is central to the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and wisdom, playwright Andrew Kuliniasi has taken things to a whole different level by embedding historical accounts and capturing snapshots of a society in transition in a Western art form. In 2015, ... <a title="Scott Waide: Playwright Andrew Kuliniasi unleashes another creative bomb – on culture, sex and gender" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/scott-waide-playwright-andrew-kuliniasi-unleashes-another-creative-bomb-on-culture-sex-and-gender/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Playwright Andrew Kuliniasi unleashes another creative bomb – on culture, sex and gender">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2021
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta Jakarta Indonesian Doctor’s Association (IDI) chairperson Slamet Budiarto has challenged a statement by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo who has claimed that the Indonesian government has succeeded in bringing the coronavirus pandemic under control. Budiarto said he was confused about what parameters Widodo was using in making such a statement. “I don’t ... <a title="Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/02/indonesian-doctors-challenge-jokowis-claim-pandemic-is-under-control/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
By RNZ Pacific The intensity of Cyclone Ana surprised many in Fiji which was hammered with 140km/hr gusts and heavy rain over the weekend. The storm developed into a Category 2 storm after initially sweeping past the Yasawas as a Category 1 system. It proceeded to cut a swathe through the northern and eastern parts ... <a title="Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/intensity-of-cyclone-ana-hammering-of-fiji-catches-many-by-surprise/" aria-label="Read more about Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2021
By Luke Rawalai in Suva Fiji’s national curfew enforced by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) on Friday evening has been dubbed as thoughtless and the “height of stupidity”. National Federation Party president Pio Tikoduadua said it showed the government’s “disconnect with reality”. “When NDMO director announced the imposition of a curfew, she said it ... <a title="Curfew safety uproar in Fiji as TC Ana strikes – Soko apologises for decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/01/curfew-safety-uproar-in-fiji-as-tc-ana-strikes-soko-apologises-for-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Curfew safety uproar in Fiji as TC Ana strikes – Soko apologises for decision">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Labasa Fiji villagers of Nacula in Labasa whose homes are under water after the Labasa River broke its banks this morning have been evacuated to the community hall. Elderly people and children were assisted by men from their homes and were transported on boats to the village hall. The majority of ... <a title="TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/31/tc-ana-hits-fiji-nacula-villagers-evacuated-to-community-hall/" aria-label="Read more about TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
By Priestley Habru in Honiara Solomon Islands’ environmental authorities have highlighted the need to protect the forests from logging following a recent report on new distributional sightings of the blue-faced parrotfinch, or Erythrura trichroa. The bird revealed its existence on Malaita and Makira islands and the report, published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology on ... <a title="New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/new-sighting-of-endemic-bird-signals-need-to-stop-logging-in-the-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Timorese Episcopal Conference has called on the entire Catholic community in Timor-Leste to accept and respect Pope Francis’ decision to expel an American accused of child sexual abuse in the country from the priesthood, reports LUSA news agency. “Mr Richard Daschbach has already received his sentence for the Doctrine of ... <a title="Church demands Timor-Leste faithful accept defrocking of accused priest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/church-demands-timor-leste-faithful-accept-defrocking-of-accused-priest/" aria-label="Read more about Church demands Timor-Leste faithful accept defrocking of accused priest">Read more</a>
