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December 7, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field, co-editor of The Pacific Newsroom Extensive damage to food crops across South Pacific atolls has followed three days of high spring tides in the region. Reports into The Pacific Newsroom show the tides have afflicted Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and the archipelago islands of Papua New ... <a title="Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/tidal-damage-cuts-swathe-across-wide-area-of-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific Islanders believe corruption is a big problem in both their governments and the business sector, says a new report. About one third of 6000 interviewees across the region believe that most or all members of parliament and staff in heads of government’s offices are involved in corruption, says Transparency International’s ... <a title="Corruption in Pacific big problem – and it’s getting worse, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/corruption-in-pacific-big-problem-and-its-getting-worse-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about Corruption in Pacific big problem – and it’s getting worse, says report">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s nuclear free accord — the Treaty of Rarotonga — by signing up to the controversial security pact, AUKUS, says the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). The deal by the Australian, ... <a title="PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/pang-condemns-australia-policy-for-abandoning-pacific-nuclear-free-pact/" aria-label="Read more about PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the UN General Assembly virtually on September 25, he called on the global community to embrace Fiji’s vision of a “better, greener, bluer and safer future for humanity”. The United Nations ... <a title="Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need to rise up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/bainimarama-pacific-faces-tough-climate-disease-challenges-world-leaders-need-to-rise-up/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need to rise up">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2021
By Bernadette Carreon of Pacific Island Times Four Micronesian leaders skipped the Pacific Islands Forum’s 51st virtual session yesterday, in a continuing protest over the organisation’s refusal to assign the leadership post to the subregion as previously agreed. Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s official apology proved not convincing enough to break the impasse and appease ... <a title="Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/micronesian-leaders-boycott-forum-stand-firm-on-plan-to-leave-bloc/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Australia and New Zealand are being urged to follow the lead of the Federated States of Micronesia, and recognise Fiame Naomi Mata’afa as Samoa’s Prime Minister, reports Pacnews. But neither Australia nor New Zealand are showing any signs of making such a declaration, with both governments towing the diplomatic line of ... <a title="Australia, NZ criticised for ‘silence’ over recognition for Samoa’s Fiame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/australia-nz-criticised-for-silence-over-recognition-for-samoas-fiame/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, NZ criticised for ‘silence’ over recognition for Samoa’s Fiame">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
By RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) secretary-general last week. They say the rejection of Marshall Islands’ Gerald Zackios has led to division within the Pacific. PIF members voted in favour of former Cook Islands ... <a title="Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/micronesian-leaders-to-debate-leaving-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/with-us-d-day-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/as-us-e-day-nears-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Climate change may be slower but its momentum is enormous.” – Stuart Chape, Acting Director-General, South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Does anyone remember Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish environmentalist who caused a worldwide climate change stir – particularly among the neoliberal believers – but was ... <a title="How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/how-covid-19-has-undermined-climate-change-initiatives-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Guam’s government has confirmed a 68-year-old woman died of Covid-19 early today – the first coronavirus-related death in the Pacific. Dr Mike Cruz, the government official leading the coronavirus response, said the woman was a relative of a person who recently returned to the territory with Covid-19. He said the woman had ... <a title="Guam confirms Pacific’s first Covid-19 death, NZ infections top 66" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/22/guam-confirms-pacifics-first-covid-19-death-nz-infections-top-66/" aria-label="Read more about Guam confirms Pacific’s first Covid-19 death, NZ infections top 66">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Concern over China’s growing influence in the Pacific has featured prominently in recent high-level meetings, announcements and in news media. China was top of the agenda in an historic Whitehouse meeting between President Trump and the leaders of the Pacific’s Freely Associated States last week, reports RNZ Pacific. While it was ... <a title="Chinese influence in the Pacific prompts high-level meetings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/chinese-influence-in-the-pacific-prompts-high-level-meetings/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese influence in the Pacific prompts high-level meetings">Read more</a>
