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February 19, 2019
In Gangsters in Paradise – Deportees of Tonga, Vice embeds with four Tongan nationals who have been sent back to where they were born after serving prison time in New Zealand and the United States. Video: Vice Zealandia By Philip Cass “It’s like crabs being stuck in a bucket scratching each other to get out.” ... <a title="Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/19/hard-hitting-documentary-explores-tongan-deportee-dumping-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Two University of the South Pacific journalism academics today met with creative industries staff at Auckland University of Technology to discuss plans to bolster collaboration and looked in on AUT’s impressive media facilities. USP’s journalism coordinator Dr Shailendra Singh and colleague Eliki Drugunavelu are on an Asia-Pacific research trip to Auckland. They met with AUT’s ... <a title="USP journalism team drops in on creative industries at AUT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/usp-journalism-team-drops-in-on-creative-industries-at-aut/" aria-label="Read more about USP journalism team drops in on creative industries at AUT">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Fiji’s new online safety law … deemed by the government as necessary to make the internet a safe space for women and children. Image: S&S By Mong Palatino of Global Voices Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet. The law was passed in ... <a title="Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online censors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/critics-see-fijis-online-safety-act-as-trojan-horse-for-online-censors/" aria-label="Read more about Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online censors">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2018
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama … urging world leaders to summon the courage and political will to make the switch from dirty to clean energy. Image: Fiji Times Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Talks to draft the Paris Agreement rulebook remained deadlocked today on traditionally tough issues. Emerging economies – China, India, Brazil and South Africa ... <a title="Fiji warns ‘selfish’ countries amid Paris Agreement climate rulebook deadlock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/14/fiji-warns-selfish-countries-amid-paris-agreement-climate-rulebook-deadlock/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji warns ‘selfish’ countries amid Paris Agreement climate rulebook deadlock">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2018
ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings to policy-makers in clear and unambiguous ways. I am arguing that this is an outdated view of the relationship between research and policy. Science, including social science, and policy come ... <a title="Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/pacific-smart-thinking-grows-creative-tension-between-policy-and-research/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of workers from the Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) held a protest march at the weekend in the capital of Jakarta and Fiji’s Coalition on Human Rights staged a march today to commemorate ... <a title="Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/labour-rally-in-jakarta-fiji-march-highlight-global-human-rights-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2018
SODELPA’s Lynda Tabuya … “breath of fresh air” in Fiji politics. Image: Wikimedia Commons By Koroi Tadulala in Suva The role of women in every segment of society is vital and this is slowly been reflected through more women contesting political spaces in Fiji. This year recorded the highest number of women contesting the country’s ... <a title="Fiji women have confidence that their gender in politics will hear their voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/fiji-women-have-confidence-that-their-gender-in-politics-will-hear-their-voices/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji women have confidence that their gender in politics will hear their voices">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2018
By Sri Krishnamurthi “Fake News” was the catch phrase of the 2018 Fiji Elections – the second democratic elections since Commodore, now Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, carried out Fiji’s fourth coup in 2006. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama … reelected with easily the strongest personal vote in the Fiji general election but his FijiFirst party has ... <a title="2018 Fiji elections – the ‘fake news’ catchphrase of this poll but beware" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/19/2018-fiji-elections-the-fake-news-catchphrase-of-this-poll-but-beware/" aria-label="Read more about 2018 Fiji elections – the ‘fake news’ catchphrase of this poll but beware">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2018
The Fiji Times editorial … “The challenge for individual voters is to cast aside differences, and unite for a common goal, to move our nation forward.” Image: PMC screenshot EDITORIAL COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times Yesterday marked the end of the 2018 Fiji General Election. It marked the end of a ... <a title="‘The people have spoken’ – Fiji Times comments on a split election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/19/the-people-have-spoken-fiji-times-comments-on-a-split-election/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The people have spoken’ – Fiji Times comments on a split election">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2018
FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama with supporters during a FijiFirst family fun day in Savusavu before the 2018 general election. Image: FijiFirst FB page By Wansolwara Staff It’s official. FijiFirst has won the 2018 general election in Fiji, raking in 227,241 votes (50.02 percent) from 2173 stations counted and securing a second four-year term in office. ... <a title="FijiFirst wins Fiji election after tightly contested race" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/18/fijifirst-wins-fiji-election-after-tightly-contested-race/" aria-label="Read more about FijiFirst wins Fiji election after tightly contested race">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2018
Diplomats, officials and party representatives today at the National Results Centre in Suva awaiting the final declaration of the Fiji general election. Image: Nanise Volau/ Wansolwara Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party has triumphed in the general election and will govern for a second four-year term after winning most votes FFP ... <a title="FijiFirst wins second four-year term in office in Fiji general election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/18/fijifirst-wins-second-four-year-term-in-office-in-fiji-general-election/" aria-label="Read more about FijiFirst wins second four-year term in office in Fiji general election">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2018
The Supervisor of Elections tells four parties “not to play around with elections” and “be honest”. Image: Wansolwara By Wansolwara Staff Fiji’s Supervisor of Elections has hit out at four political parties for making claims that the tabulation process for the provisional results of the 2018 General Election was “not transparent”. Without mincing his words ... <a title="Fiji’s elections chief Saneem slams 4 political parties – counting on hold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/18/fijis-elections-chief-saneem-slams-4-political-parties-counting-on-hold/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s elections chief Saneem slams 4 political parties – counting on hold">Read more</a>
