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March 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report One of the leading Palestinian solidarity groups in Aotearoa New Zealand has demanded that the government condemn Israel’s cutting off of all humanitarian aid to Gaza. Israel announced its latest “humanitarian outrage” against the Palestinian people of Gaza as it tries to renegotiate the three-phased ceasefire agreement it signed with Hamas in ... <a title="NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian aid, says PSNA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/nz-must-protest-israels-latest-weasel-out-war-crime-cutting-humanitarian-aid-says-psna/" aria-label="Read more about NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian aid, says PSNA">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls left New Caledonia at the weekend after a one-week stay which was marked by the resumption of inclusive political talks on the French territory’s future. He has now submitted a “synthetical” working document to be discussed further and promised he ... <a title="French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/french-minister-wraps-up-key-talks-in-new-caledonia-returning-late-march/" aria-label="Read more about French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late March">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Content warning: This story discusses rape and violence. Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested nine more men in connection with the rape and murder of a Port Moresby woman. The arrests, announced by Police Commissioner David Manning, follow a two-week investigation supported by forensic experts from the ... <a title="Nine more arrested in PNG for brutal kidnap, rape and murder of woman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/nine-more-arrested-in-png-for-brutal-kidnap-rape-and-murder-of-woman/" aria-label="Read more about Nine more arrested in PNG for brutal kidnap, rape and murder of woman">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter Protesters have scaled the building of an international weapons company in Rolleston, Christchurch, in resistance to it establishing a presence in Aotearoa New Zealand. Two people from the group Peace Action Ōtautahi were on the roof of the NIOA building on Stoneleigh Drive, shown in a photo on ... <a title="Activists scale NZ building in protest against global weapons company" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/activists-scale-nz-building-in-protest-against-global-weapons-company/" aria-label="Read more about Activists scale NZ building in protest against global weapons company">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90 percent of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funding means “nothing’s safe right now,” a regional political analyst says. President Donald Trump’s government has said it is slashing about US$60 billion in overall US development and humanitarian assistance around ... <a title="Political analyst hopes NZ, Australia will ‘step up’ over USAID cuts gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/political-analyst-hopes-nz-australia-will-step-up-over-usaid-cuts-gap/" aria-label="Read more about Political analyst hopes NZ, Australia will ‘step up’ over USAID cuts gap">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has accused Israel of “blackmail” over aid and urged the US government to act more like a neutral mediator in the ceasefire process. “We call on the US administration to stop its bias and alignment with the fascist plans of the war criminal Netanyahu, which target our ... <a title="Hamas accuses Israel of ‘blackmail’ over aid, demands end of US support for Netanyahu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/03/hamas-accuses-israel-of-blackmail-over-aid-demands-end-of-us-support-for-netanyahu/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas accuses Israel of ‘blackmail’ over aid, demands end of US support for Netanyahu">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2025
Pacific Media Watch With international media’s attention on the Israeli and Palestinian captives exchange, Israel’s military and settlers have been forcibly displacing tens of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, says Al Jazeera’s Listening Post media programme. The European Union has condemned Israel’s military operation in West Bank, attacking and killing refugees, and ... <a title="Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western media ‘ignores’ it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/02/israels-genocide-is-expanding-into-the-west-bank-but-western-media-ignores-it/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western media ‘ignores’ it">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Last week, on 26 February 2025, President Prabowo Subianto officially launched Indonesia’s first bullion banks, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to gold and precious metal management. This initiative aims to strengthen Indonesia’s control over its gold reserves, improve financial stability, and reduce reliance on foreign institutions for gold ... <a title="Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan sovereignty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/02/indonesias-bullion-banks-new-mining-policies-pose-threat-to-west-papuan-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan sovereignty">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2025
More than 180 remained in detention without a clear indication of when or if they would be released, the physicians’ report said. “Detainees endure physical, psychological and sexual abuse as well as starvation and medical neglect amounting to torture,” the report said, denouncing a “deeply ingrained policy”. Healthcare workers were beaten, threatened, and forced to ... <a title="Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/01/palestine-asks-icj-for-advisory-opinion-on-illegal-occupier-israels-obligations/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2025
Asia Pacific Report In the year marking 40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French secret agents and 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tested by the United States, Greenpeace is calling on Washington to comply with demands by the Marshall Islands for nuclear justice. “The Marshall Islands bears the ... <a title="Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear justice by US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/01/four-decades-after-rongelap-evacuation-greenpeace-makes-new-plea-for-nuclear-justice-by-us/" aria-label="Read more about Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear justice by US">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2025
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network Tongan community leaders and artists in New Zealand have criticised the Treaty Principles Bill while highlighting the ongoing impact of colonisation in Aotearoa and the Pacific. Oral submissions continued this week for the public to voice their view on the controversial proposed bill, which aims to redefine the ... <a title="Tongan advocates condemn Treaty Principles Bill, slam colonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/01/tongan-advocates-condemn-treaty-principles-bill-slam-colonisation/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan advocates condemn Treaty Principles Bill, slam colonisation">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News As concerns continue to emerge over China’s “unusual” naval exercises in the Tasman Sea, raising eyebrows from New Zealand and Australia, the Cook Islands government was questioned for an update in Parliament. This follows the newly established bilateral relations between the Cook Islands and China through a ... <a title="Cook Islands government to seek update on China’s naval exercises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/cook-islands-government-to-seek-update-on-chinas-naval-exercises/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands government to seek update on China’s naval exercises">Read more</a>
