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October 14, 2020
By RNZ News National Party leader Judith Collins has described obesity as a weakness and says people should not “blame systems for personal choices”. She was asked about her view on obesity during a radio interview yesterday and was today asked about that by media on the New Zealand election campaign trail. Collins said people ... <a title="Obesity ‘a weakness’ and don’t blame state system, claims Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/obesity-a-weakness-and-dont-blame-state-system-claims-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Obesity ‘a weakness’ and don’t blame state system, claims Collins">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Graham Davis As the national flag – Fiji’s “noble banner blue” – flew over the celebrations at the weekend marking the 50th anniversary of Independence, it’s worth remembering just how close Voreqe Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum came five years ago to getting rid of it altogether. The display photo is of one of ... <a title="Graham Davis: It’s our flag, not theirs – defend it, Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/13/graham-davis-its-our-flag-not-theirs-defend-it-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: It’s our flag, not theirs – defend it, Fiji">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch In this new covid-19 world, environmental and climate crisis defenders are developing new ways to cope and operate under the pandemic constraints. Groups as diverse as the local branch of the global environmental campaigner Greenpeace Pacific, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Green Party in ... <a title="How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/how-pacific-environmental-defenders-are-coping-with-the-covid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Help with living costs while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want given more attention with the New Zealand general election. Universities NZ figures show there were 10,000 full-time Pasifika students enrolled in May, an increase of 35 percent since 2010. The ... <a title="Pacific students see mental health, living costs as election priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/pacific-students-see-mental-health-living-costs-as-election-priorities/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific students see mental health, living costs as election priorities">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region. It wrote to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and also asked him to follow through on his commitment to meet with Papuan pro-referendum groups. The churches said they were writing because of the escalation ... <a title="West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/west-papua-churches-call-on-widodo-to-end-militarisation/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Dash cameras have been installed in Papua New Guinea police vehicles to monitor the activities of drivers and officers using them. Police Minister Bryan Kramer has stressed the importance of using vehicles for work purposes only and not to transport family members or for drinking sprees. “The days of ... <a title="Dash cameras to brush up PNG police ‘transparency’, says minister Kramer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/dash-cameras-to-brush-up-png-police-transparency-says-minister-kramer/" aria-label="Read more about Dash cameras to brush up PNG police ‘transparency’, says minister Kramer">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2020
ANALYSIS: By John Minto Tēna koutou tēna koutou, tēna tātau katoa The topic of this talk is about the lies told about Palestine by the pro-Israeli lobby. That might sound a bit downbeat and negative but I can assure you it is not. I hope tonight you will go away feeling positive, clear headed and ... <a title="John Minto: The truth behind the lies being told about Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/11/john-minto-the-truth-behind-the-lies-being-told-about-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: The truth behind the lies being told about Palestine">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A new Fiji magazine published by a New Zealand-based media collective made its debut this weekend to mark Fiji’s 50th Independence Day anniversary. The first monthly edition of Fiji Dynamics was launched yesterday, 10th October 2020 – Fiji Day. The editorial team is made up of senior Fiji journalists and media ... <a title="Fiji Day – birth of a magazine and reflections for the past 50 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/11/fiji-day-birth-of-a-magazine-and-reflections-for-the-past-50-years/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Day – birth of a magazine and reflections for the past 50 years">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk By officially passing the controversial Omnibus Law on Job Creation this week, Indonesia’s House of Representatives (DPR), has triggered widespread protests and accusations of “betrayal”, reports CNN Indonesia. The House passed the law in a plenary session on Monday and accelerated the scheduled ratification – which had been planned for Thursday, ... <a title="Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/10/environmental-movement-condemns-indonesias-betrayal-of-the-people/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’">Read more</a>
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October 10, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis At precisely 10am 50 years ago today, Fiji gained its independence from Britain when HRH, the Prince of Wales, handed our founding Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the formal instruments of independence and the Fijian flag. Our noble banner blue – was hoisted for the first time over Suva’s Albert ... <a title="Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/10/graham-davis-happy-50th-independence-day-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Ford, University of Canterbury; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury, and Kevin Watson, University of Canterbury When New Zealand Health Minister Chris Hipkins recently quipped that the Green Party is “to some extent the conscience of the Labour Party” he was not simply referring to polls suggesting Labour may need the Greens’ support ... <a title="How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/how-the-greens-have-changed-the-nz-language-of-economic-debate/" aria-label="Read more about How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2020
By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement has confirmed that it will request a third and final referendum on independence from France. Last Sunday, 53 percent voted against independence in the second of three possible referendums – three percent less than in 2018. The FLNKS spokesman, Victor Tutugoro, ... <a title="Kanaks pledge third New Caledonia independence referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/09/kanaks-pledge-third-new-caledonia-independence-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaks pledge third New Caledonia independence referendum">Read more</a>
