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September 2, 2021
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Fijian Media Association president Stanley Simpson says a journalist who asked Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to respond to comments made against him by opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad have acted responsibly. He made the comment in relation to a question posed by a Fijivillage journalist to the AG ... <a title="Fiji news media ‘acted responsibly’ in questions over AG’s ego, says FMA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/fiji-news-media-acted-responsibly-in-questions-over-ags-ego-says-fma/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji news media ‘acted responsibly’ in questions over AG’s ego, says FMA">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
A View from Afar: In the first half of this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will be joined by Dr David Robie to examine instability in the Pacific’s Polynesian region – specifically to identify what’s going on in: New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa. In the second half, Buchanan and Manning analyse the latest on ... <a title="Live Recording: Pacific Instability + Afghanistan Deadline Looms – Buchanan + Manning + Robie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/livemidday-thursday-pacific-instability-afghanistan-deadline-looms-buchanan-manning-robie/" aria-label="Read more about Live Recording: Pacific Instability + Afghanistan Deadline Looms – Buchanan + Manning + Robie">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2021
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Nadroga Navosa paramount chief Na Ka Levu Ratu Tevita Nabekwahiga Makutu says his province will not take part in the “disrespectful” land bill public consultations carried out by Fiji government. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, Ratu Tevita explained the province’s exemption from the consultations following the passing of the Bill ... <a title="Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to landowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/16/chief-shuns-fijis-law-talks-in-protest-over-gross-disrespect-to-landowners/" aria-label="Read more about Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to landowners">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2021
By Litia Cava in Suva Former Fiji opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka has submitted his application to register his newly proposed political party — the “People’s Aliance”. A statement released by the Fijian Elections Office stated that the Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem, was now processing the application to register the party. According to the ... <a title="Rabuka makes move – former Fiji PM registers proposed ‘People’s Alliance’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/14/rabuka-makes-move-former-fiji-pm-registers-proposed-peoples-alliance/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka makes move – former Fiji PM registers proposed ‘People’s Alliance’">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
A VIEW FROM AFAR: Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by Melanesian and Pacific affairs expert, Dr David Robie, to discuss how Covid-19 has become a trigger of instability in the wider Pacific Region. In this, the first of a two-part SPECIAL, we deep dive into the complexities of Melanesian west Pacific affairs.
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August 12, 2021
LIVE PODCAST: In this episode of A View from Afar Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by Dr David Robie to discuss how Covid-19 has become a trigger of instability in the wider Pacific Region. Dr David Robie is editor of AsiaPacificReport.nz and a renowned expert on Melanesian and Pacific affairs. In this, the ... <a title="LIVE@MIDDAY: Covid-19 & Melanesian Instability with Buchanan + Manning + Dr David Robie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/livemidday-covid-19-melanesian-instability-with-buchanan-manning-dr-david-robie/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@MIDDAY: Covid-19 & Melanesian Instability with Buchanan + Manning + Dr David Robie">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal deportation of he and his wife, Sandra Price, last week as a “surreal” experience. Many would agree that the inhumane, immoral and illegal deportation has plunged the tertiary institution into ... <a title="The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/the-future-of-usp-is-at-stake-do-australia-and-nz-still-stand-for-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By RNZ Pacific The Speaker of Fiji’s Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia. Ratu Epeli Nailatikau ruled that an oral question from National Federation Party (NFP) leader Professor Biman Prasad, a former USP economics academic, and an adjournment ... <a title="Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/fiji-speaker-disallows-debate-on-usps-ahluwalia-deportation/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2020
Resigned …. SODELPA leader Sitiveni Rabuka shakes Fiji opposition ranks with his sudden move. Image: Sri Krishnamurthi/PMC By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The writing is on the wall for Fiji’s main opposition party, says New Zealand-based Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva. His comments come in the wake of the sudden resignation of former Social ... <a title="Rabuka’s exit may spell ‘beginning of end’ for Fiji’s SODELPA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/08/rabukas-exit-may-spell-beginning-of-end-for-fijis-sodelpa/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s exit may spell ‘beginning of end’ for Fiji’s SODELPA">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
COMMENT: Nik Naidu reflects on the 33rd anniversary of the original – first of four – coups in his homeland of Fiji. Today is the 33rd anniversary of that fateful day when Fiji lost its political innocence, when the Fiji military overthrew a democratically elected “People’s government”. Yes, 33 years have passed. That first military ... <a title="Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/fiji-33-years-after-the-first-fateful-coup-a-failed-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed democracy?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Jacinda Ardern has paid tribute to the three Fijians who died in last year’s Christchurch mosque shootings. Ardern spoke today at Lautoka Mosque as part of her trip to Fiji to remember Imam Hafiz Musa Patel, Ashraf Ali Razak and Ashraf Ali, who died almost a year ago. She also thanked the ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to Fijians killed in Christchurch attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/pm-jacinda-ardern-pays-tribute-to-fijians-killed-in-christchurch-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern pays tribute to Fijians killed in Christchurch attacks">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2018
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