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March 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand marked International Women’s Day today and the start of Ramadan this week with solidarity rallies across the country, calling for justice and peace for Palestinian women and the territories occupied illegally by Israel. The theme this year for IWD is “For all women and girls: Rights. Equality. ... <a title="International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/09/international-womens-day-activists-protest-in-solidarity-with-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Women from Aotearoa, Philippines, Palestine and South Africa today called for justice and peace for the people of Gaza and the West Bank, currently under a genocidal siege and attacks being waged by Israel for the past 16 months. Marking International Women’s Day, the rally highlighted the theme: “For all women and ... <a title="Gallery: NZ women call for long-term peace and justice in Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/08/gallery-nz-women-call-for-long-term-peace-and-justice-in-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: NZ women call for long-term peace and justice in Palestine">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2025
PROFILE: By Malum Nalu in Port Moresby For nearly half a century, Papua New Guinea has been more than just a home for Laurence “Rocky” Roe — it has been his canvas, his inspiration, and his great love. A master behind the lens, Rocky has captured the soul of the nation through his photography, preserving ... <a title="Through the lens of time: A tribute to ‘Rocky’ Roe’s PNG photography" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/08/through-the-lens-of-time-a-tribute-to-rocky-roes-png-photography/" aria-label="Read more about Through the lens of time: A tribute to ‘Rocky’ Roe’s PNG photography">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in a highly partisan 100-minute speech, the longest presidential address to Congress in modern history on Wednesday. Trump defended his sweeping actions over the past six weeks. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four ... <a title="Trump has ‘declared war against the American people’, says Ralph Nader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/trump-has-declared-war-against-the-american-people-says-ralph-nader/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has ‘declared war against the American people’, says Ralph Nader">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook If there is one thing we can thank US President Donald Trump for, it is this: he has decisively stripped away the ridiculous notion, long cultivated by Western media, that the United States is a benign global policeman enforcing a “rules-based order”. ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Yes, Trump is vulgar. But the US global shakedown is the same one as ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/07/jonathan-cook-yes-trump-is-vulgar-but-the-us-global-shakedown-is-the-same-one-as-ever/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Yes, Trump is vulgar. But the US global shakedown is the same one as ever">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
By Susan Edmunds, RNZ News money correspondent The Aotearoa New Zealand union representing many of NZME’s journalists says it is “deeply worried” by a billionaire’s plans to take over its board. Auckland-based Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon is leading a move to dump the board of media company NZME, owners of The New Zealand Herald and ... <a title="Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/union-wary-of-canadian-billionaire-jim-grenons-nz-media-influence/" aria-label="Read more about Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss in Sydney The new Universities Australia (UA) definition of antisemitism, endorsed last month for adoption by 39 Australian universities, is an ugly attempt to quash the pro-Palestine solidarity movement on campuses and to silence academics, university workers and students who critique Israel and Zionism. While the Scott ... <a title="Australian university workers: ‘We will not be silenced over Palestine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/australian-university-workers-we-will-not-be-silenced-over-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Australian university workers: ‘We will not be silenced over Palestine’">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed over the weekend. The Micronesian nation experienced 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, resulting in an ongoing legacy of death, illness, and contamination. The country’s President Hilda Heine ... <a title="Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/seven-decades-on-marshall-islands-still-reeling-from-nuclear-testing-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed support for Gaza’s media professionals and called on Israel to urgently lift the blockade on the territory. It said the humanitarian catastrophe was continuing in Gaza and hampering journalists’ work on a daily basis. The Israeli army had killed their colleagues and ... <a title="RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of fragile ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/rsf-slams-horrific-conditions-for-journalists-in-gaza-in-wake-of-fragile-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of fragile ceasefire">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
By Mary Afemata, Local Democracy Reporting The Manurewa Local Board is developing its first Pan-Pacific strategy in Aotearoa New Zealand to amplify Pasifika voices in local decision-making. A recent community workshop brought leaders and residents together to develop a strategy that will help guide how the board engages with Pasifika communities. The plan will then ... <a title="Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/manurewas-first-pan-pacific-strategy-aims-to-amplify-pasifika-voices/" aria-label="Read more about Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Green Party has called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to rule out Aotearoa New Zealand joining the AUKUS military technical pact in any capacity following the row over Ukraine in the White House over the weekend. President Donald Trump’s “appalling treatment” of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a “clear warning ... <a title="‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of Trump row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/back-off-aukus-greens-mp-tuiono-warns-nz-in-wake-of-trump-row/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of Trump row">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
AMY GOODMAN: And the Oscars were held Sunday evening. History was made in the best documentary category. SAMUEL L. JACKSON: And the Oscar goes to ‘No Other Land’. AMY GOODMAN: The Palestinian-Israeli film No Other Land won for best documentary. The film follows the struggles of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank community of Masafer ... <a title="‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta we’re still being erased.’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/our-film-won-an-oscar-but-here-in-west-banks-masafer-yatta-were-still-being-erased/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta we’re still being erased.’">Read more</a>
