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September 2, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Dave Parry, Auckland University of Technology The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has issued a warning to all New Zealand businesses to be prepared for cyber attacks, following almost a week of daily attacks on the New Zealand stock exchange (NZX). The attacks have caused outages, sometimes for hours, of NZX’s public-facing website ... <a title="NZ’s cyber security centre warns more attacks likely after stock market outages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/nzs-cyber-security-centre-warns-more-attacks-likely-after-stock-market-outages/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s cyber security centre warns more attacks likely after stock market outages">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Brisbane-based Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom calls for Chinese authorities to provide due process to Australian television journalist Cheng Lei and release her immediately pending any judicial proceedings – in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (which China has signed). It has also called on the authorities ... <a title="AJF calls for Chinese authorities to free ‘hostage’ TV anchor Cheng Lei" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/ajf-calls-for-chinese-authorities-to-free-hostage-tv-anchor-cheng-lei/" aria-label="Read more about AJF calls for Chinese authorities to free ‘hostage’ TV anchor Cheng Lei">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
COMMENT: By Camille Nakhid How racially prejudiced is Aotearoa New Zealand? Well, we saw just how racially prejudiced it is a weekend ago when a Stuff reporter showed us pictures of the breaches of alert level 3 at the skate park and basketball court in Victoria Park. In one photo, there was a group of ... <a title="Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/camille-nakhid-covid-19-community-prejudice-and-humanity-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Centre A New Zealand youth MP Shaneel Lal is speaking out against education policies that exclude some Pacific Island people from Pasifika programmes and scholarships as unfair. Lal, who is eighth generation Indo-Fijian, applied for a Pasifika scholarship at the University of Otago only to be told he had ... <a title="Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/youth-mp-speaks-out-against-unfair-pacific-criteria-in-nz-education-system/" aria-label="Read more about Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By RNZ News The Christchurch mosque shooter has been designated as a “terrorist entity” by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The designation under New Zealand legislation freezes the assets of terrorist entities and makes it a criminal offence to participate in or support the activities of the designated terrorist entity. Last Thursday, Australian ... <a title="NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/nz-designates-christchurch-mosque-shooter-as-a-terrorist-entity/" aria-label="Read more about NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Catholic professionals group has filed an application in Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court to intervene in last month’s challenge on the constitutional validity of the National Pandemic Act 2020, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has also called on Prime Minister James Marape’s government to repeal the law. The Catholic Professionals ... <a title="Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/catholic-group-calls-on-marape-to-repeal-martial-law-pandemic-act/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic group calls on Marape to repeal ‘martial law’ Pandemic Act">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby It is illegal for any Papua New Guinean police officer to demand spot fines from people not wearing face masks in public, says Police Minister Bryan Kramer. “There is no fine that I am aware of. However there are orders. There shouldn’t be any spot fines.” He said he ... <a title="Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/police-minister-kramer-slams-officers-charging-illegal-face-mask-spot-fines/" aria-label="Read more about Police minister Kramer slams officers charging ‘illegal’ face mask spot fines">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike this Thursday unless covid-19 measures are tightened. Five unions jointly issued the warning as the number of covid-19 infections this month rose to 444. They said they acted to protect the health of employees which was no longer assured by the “explosion” ... <a title="Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/tahiti-unions-threaten-general-strike-if-covid-19-rules-not-tightened/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand alert level system is designed to work when there are active cases at lower levels, despite some experts saying it could be too soon. She told RNZ Morning Report covid could not only be managed at levels 3 and 4. She said the move ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-nzs-covid-cases-can-be-managed-at-alert-level-2/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In the middle of the convicted mosque attack terrorist’s sentencing in New Zealand’s High Court at Christchurch last week was language interpreter Dr Mustafa Derbashi helping survivors and families tell their stories. His task was trying to help people to understand and to be understood. “It was an honour … to ... <a title="Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/challenges-of-an-interpreter-at-the-christchurch-terrorist-sentencing/" aria-label="Read more about Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Crispin Maslog A mad race to produce a vaccine against covid-19 has begun with the world’s superpowers leading the pack. At stake are millions of lives and billions of dollars. Among the frontrunners is the United States with its futuristic-sounding Operation Warp Speed. Europe and China also have their own leading candidate vaccines. ... <a title="Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/30/global-race-to-produce-covid-vaccines-must-ensure-poor-not-left-behind/" aria-label="Read more about Global race to produce covid vaccines must ensure poor not left behind">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2020
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia have reported sharply rising Pacific statistics in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning reported in a statement yesterday that there were 29 new Papua New Guinean cases of the virus, taking the total of confirmed infections to 453, and one death ... <a title="PNG and French Polynesia covid spikes continue to grow sharply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/29/png-and-french-polynesia-covid-spikes-continue-to-grow-sharply/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and French Polynesia covid spikes continue to grow sharply">Read more</a>