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September 7, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Sex workers have urged the Papua New Guinea government to pass a law to protect them after one of them was recently gang-raped, beaten and left to die on a roadside in the capital of Port Moresby. One told The National: “Yes, she is a prostitute. We all are. ... <a title="PNG sex workers plead for help after one gang-raped, beaten, left to die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/png-sex-workers-plead-for-help-after-one-gang-raped-beaten-left-to-die/" aria-label="Read more about PNG sex workers plead for help after one gang-raped, beaten, left to die">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Commercial broadcasting company MediaWorks has agreed to sell its television channels to Discovery Inc. The US-based global entertainment company will become the biggest privately-owned player in New Zealand free-to-air TV industry in 2021. MediaWorks has been trying to sell its television arm – including the free-to-air channel Three ... <a title="Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/global-media-giant-set-to-be-nzs-biggest-private-tv-broadcaster/" aria-label="Read more about Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
New Zealand’s MediaWorks headquarters on Flower Street in Auckland central. Image: Google Maps/RNZ By RNZ News New Zealand’s MediaWorks has confirmed it will sell its television operations to US company Discovery Inc. The deal includes channels Three and Bravo, streaming service ThreeNow, and multi-platform news and current affairs service Newshub, as well as the further ... <a title="NZ’s MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/nzs-mediaworks-confirms-sale-of-tv-operations-to-discovery-inc/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange, a film by Juan Passarelli @jlpassarelli By Simon Floth in Armidale, NSW On Monday, September 7, Julian Assange is scheduled to appear in a British court for several weeks of hearings regarding the U.S. attempt to extradite him. This concerns Wikileaks obtaining and jointly publishing US-classified ... <a title="Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/assanges-uk-detention-violates-international-law-australia-must-intervene/" aria-label="Read more about Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
I have a lot for which to be thankful to Dr Joe Williams, or Papa Joe as we call him in the Pasifika Medical Association family. I was a refugee from the military coup in Fiji at Christmas 1987, and arrived in New Zealand with a young family, not able to register immediately in my ... <a title="Farewell, Papa Joe – a Cook Islands beacon of calm and wise leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/farewell-papa-joe-a-cook-islands-beacon-of-calm-and-wise-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell, Papa Joe – a Cook Islands beacon of calm and wise leadership">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2020
By Rashneel Kumar in Avarua Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Dr Joe Williams died last night after a battle with coronavirus. He was 82. Dr Williams, a distinguished medical practitioner in Auckland, was admitted to hospital after testing positive for covid-19 on August 13. READ MORE: Al Jazeera coronavirus live updates – Virus model forecasts ... <a title="Former Cook Islands PM dies in Auckland from coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/05/former-cook-islands-pm-dies-in-auckland-from-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Former Cook Islands PM dies in Auckland from coronavirus">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
By Lena Reece in Suva The University of the South Pacific Council has terminated the investigation into allegations of material misconduct against USP vice-chancellor and president Professor Pal Ahluwalia. A media release from the university stated the council had considered the decision by the special executive committee, viewed all the evidence against the vice-chancellor, and ... <a title="USP Council terminates investigation into academic chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/usp-council-terminates-investigation-into-academic-chief/" aria-label="Read more about USP Council terminates investigation into academic chief">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
By RNZ News A man in his 50s linked to the Auckland cluster of covid-19 coronavirus infections has died at Middlemore Hospital today – New Zealand’s first death from the virus in more than three months. The Health Ministry confirmed this today and the death toll from covid-19 in New Zealand is now 23. The ... <a title="Man in 50s dies from covid-19 in NZ’s Middlemore Hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/man-in-50s-dies-from-covid-19-in-nzs-middlemore-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Man in 50s dies from covid-19 in NZ’s Middlemore Hospital">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2020
By Jimmy Kalebe in Lae A group of 31 men on remand have escaped from a Papua New Guinea police station holding facility in Lae after taking the key from a guard who was fast asleep, reportedly drunk, police say. Metropolitan Superintendent Chris Kunyanban said the officer guarding the facility – called the “watch house” ... <a title="31 prisoners escape in PNG after drunken guard falls asleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/04/31-prisoners-escape-in-png-after-drunken-guard-falls-asleep/" aria-label="Read more about 31 prisoners escape in PNG after drunken guard falls asleep">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Media Entertainment Arts Alliance (MEAA) have condemned the global tech giant Facebook’s threat to ban users in Australia from sharing news on its social media platforms if a proposed regulatory code to make them pay for news content becomes law. The IFJ and MEAA ... <a title="IFJ, MEAA condemn Facebook threat to ban Australian users sharing news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/ifj-meaa-condemn-facebook-threat-to-ban-australian-users-sharing-news/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ, MEAA condemn Facebook threat to ban Australian users sharing news">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ News Te Manu Korihi reporter Allegations of casual and structural racism within the University of Waikato have been met with resounding silence from the university’s leaders, Professor of Indigenous Education Linda Tuhiwai Smith says. She is one of six academics who have written a 13-page letter to the Ministry of ... <a title="Academics call for action over ‘racism’ allegations at University of Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/academics-call-for-action-over-racism-allegations-at-university-of-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Academics call for action over ‘racism’ allegations at University of Waikato">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre Six years on from being appointed head of the Pacific Community, Director-General Collin Tukuitonga, a boy born on the tiny Pacific island of Niue, has a voice louder than a schoolboy rugby captain, a voice that serves him well as a Pasifika community leader. There is ... <a title="Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/common-enemy-overcomes-fragile-pacific-regional-unity-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change">Read more</a>
