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June 18, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the Cook Islands News. Lawyer Heinz Matysik announced he would challenge the ban, if it proceeded. “If the chief censor wants to roll this way, I will bring a full legal ... <a title="Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/outrage-opposition-to-cook-islands-rocketman-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
By Tulia Thompson A minister of a Pacific church in Auckland has spoken out against rugby star Israel Folau’s homophobic attack. Samoan Minister Apelu Tielu from the Pacific Island Presbyterian Church has criticised Folau’s misuse of the Bible, saying Folau has used the Bible “as an excuse”. Folau has defended his homophobic stance despite being ... <a title="Israel Folau ‘misuses’ Bible to justify hatred, says Samoan Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/israel-folau-misuses-bible-to-justify-hatred-says-samoan-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Israel Folau ‘misuses’ Bible to justify hatred, says Samoan Minister">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a week, reports the Cook Islands News. The film, a biography of English pop singer Elton John, was banned in Samoa last week due to its graphic depiction of gay sex. ... <a title="Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/cook-islands-to-follow-samoa-and-ban-rocketman/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2019
OPEN LETTER: By Keith Jackson I joined the Australian Journalists Association (now the MEAA – Media Alliance) in, I think, 1971, when I still lived and worked in Papua New Guinea. When I formally retired from paid work a few years back, I was given honorary membership but, to bolster the journalism profession and its ... <a title="Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/15/keith-jackson-act-now-over-grave-threat-facing-australian-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
FIRST PERSON: By Katie Todd, of RNZ News, reporting outside the High Court in Christchurch The latest chapter in the court proceedings of the accused mosque gunman played out in cold, misty weather in Christchurch today. Reporters and camera crews from around the world lined Lichfield Street from 6.30am, with all eyes and lenses on ... <a title="Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/court-appearance-mosque-attack-survivors-and-families-painful-day/" aria-label="Read more about Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Both the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea governments have signalled changes to make their forestry industries more sustainable. According to Loop PNG, the Papua New Guinea government will be putting a stop to the issuance of all new logging licences to foreign companies. Forestry Minister Solan Mirisim who resigned as ... <a title="PNG and Solomons’ governments call for changes to forestry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/png-and-solomons-governments-call-for-changes-to-forestry/" aria-label="Read more about PNG and Solomons’ governments call for changes to forestry">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands Government should exercise caution as it considers whether to maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan or switch to China, an academic says. Last week, amid diplomatic visits from both Australia and New Zealand, the Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele said the government would take its time to make an ... <a title="Academic calls for caution over Solomon Islands’ Taiwan/China decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/14/academic-calls-for-caution-over-solomon-islands-taiwan-china-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Academic calls for caution over Solomon Islands’ Taiwan/China decision">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists in Australia. Video: Democracy Now! By Democracy Now! Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists. Last week, Australian Federal Police swept into the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney, reviewing ... <a title="Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/press-freedom-under-police-attack-democracy-now-probes-abc-raid/" aria-label="Read more about Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fifteen months after the treaty pledged to usher in a “new chapter” in the relationship between Australia and neighbouring Timor-Leste, the document remains unratified and the country loses millions of dollars a month from a Timor Sea field belonging to the Timorese. Reporting in the latest edition of Eureka Street, freelance ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s lost oil millions blamed on Australia’s ‘rip-off’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/timor-lestes-lost-oil-millions-blamed-on-australias-rip-off/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s lost oil millions blamed on Australia’s ‘rip-off’">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fiji expects a total value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2019-2020 to be F$154.4 million, reports FBC News. According to FBC’s northern editor Elenoa Turagaiviu, this will consist of $13.8 million to be disbursed as cash grants and $140.6 million of aid-in-kind contributions. According to the 2019-2020 Budget Supplement, the ... <a title="$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/154m-earmarked-for-development-assistance-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about $154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2019
By Radio New Zealand Auckland Council has declared a climate emergency after an Environment Committee meeting today. The council’s motion was passed unanimously and was met with applause from activists in the packed public gallery. Activists had told committee members many of them would be voting this election and their votes depended on what councillors ... <a title="Auckland Council declares climate emergency after meeting with youth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/11/auckland-council-declares-climate-emergency-after-meeting-with-youth/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Council declares climate emergency after meeting with youth">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
By Justin Fa’afia in Apia The Samoa Censorship Board has banned the screening of Rocketman – a biographical movie about the life of British rock star Elton John. “Unfortunately due to censoring issues, we have had to cancel Rocketman,” the Apollo Cinemas Samoa stated during a Facebook update of its movie screenings for the week. ... <a title="Samoa bans Elton John movie Rocketman from cinemas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/samoa-bans-elton-john-movie-rocketman-from-cinemas/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa bans Elton John movie Rocketman from cinemas">Read more</a>
