Independent Analysis and Reportage
A View from Afar: In this the first episode for 2022 Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss what we all should expect to unfold in 2022 - especially with regard to foreign affairs and global security.
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter New Zealanders living overseas say covid-19 is now part of everyday life as cases of the highly-infectious omicron variant steadily grow around the globe. More than 307 million covid-19 cases have been confirmed since the pandemic began, with countries now breaking records for daily case numbers as leaders struggle ... <a title="Omicron part of everyday life, say New Zealanders living overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/omicron-part-of-everyday-life-say-new-zealanders-living-overseas/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron part of everyday life, say New Zealanders living overseas">Read more</a>
RNZ Pacific A committee has been set up in New Caledonia to support the re-election of French President Emmanuel Macron although he is yet to announce whether he will again seek office next April. The committee is headed by the mayor of Noumea Sonia Lagarde, who said Macron’s support for New Caledonia had been “flawless”. ... <a title="Pro-Macron presidential election committee formed in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/20/pro-macron-presidential-election-committee-formed-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Macron presidential election committee formed in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
RNZ Pacific Voting is under way in New Caledonia today in the last of three referendums on independence from France. The pro-independence parties said they will not take part in today’s vote and will not recognise its result because Paris repeatedly refused to postpone the plebiscite to next year. They argued that the pandemic with ... <a title="New Caledonia votes in third ballot on independence from France" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/12/new-caledonia-votes-in-third-ballot-on-independence-from-france/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia votes in third ballot on independence from France">Read more</a>
COMMENTARY: By Marylou Mahe, a Kanak supporter of independence for New Caledonia When tomorrow’s referendum on independence for New Caledonia goes ahead, it won’t have my vote. I am a young Kanak woman, a pro-independence and decolonial feminist who wants to stop the injustice and humiliation of my people, colonised for more than a century ... <a title="I support Kanaky New Caledonian independence – but why I’m not voting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/12/i-support-kanaky-new-caledonian-independence-but-why-im-not-voting/" aria-label="Read more about I support Kanaky New Caledonian independence – but why I’m not voting">Read more</a>
ANALYSIS: By David Robie After three decades of frustratingly slow progress but with a measure of quiet optimism over the decolonisation process unfolding under the Noumea Accord, Kanaky New Caledonia is again poised on the edge of a precipice. Two out of three pledged referendums from 2018 produced higher than expected – and growing — ... <a title="Betrayal of Kanaky decolonisation by Paris risks return to dark days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/betrayal-of-kanaky-decolonisation-by-paris-risks-return-to-dark-days/" aria-label="Read more about Betrayal of Kanaky decolonisation by Paris risks return to dark days">Read more</a>
RNZ Pacific A leading anti-independence politician in New Caledonia, Sonia Backes, has rejected calls for the referendum on independence from France to be postponed, saying it should be held as planned. Pro-independence politicians have asked Paris to postpone the vote — due on December 12 — until next year because of the impact of the ... <a title="Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/20/backes-rejects-delaying-new-caledonia-independence-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum">Read more</a>
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific reporter Australia’s new security pact with the US and the UK has touched a nerve at the core of Pacific regionalism. The AUKUS alliance, announced by leaders of the three countries last week, finds them seeking strategic advantage in the Indo-Pacific region with a focus on developing nuclear-powered submarines for ... <a title="AUKUS pact strikes at heart of Pacific nuclear-free regionalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/aukus-pact-strikes-at-heart-of-pacific-nuclear-free-regionalism/" aria-label="Read more about AUKUS pact strikes at heart of Pacific nuclear-free regionalism">Read more</a>
By Jean-Pierre Viatge in Pape’ete Fifteen days after Tahiti Nui’s anti-nuclear protest on July 2, the Tavini Huiraatira party has organised a march Mā’ohi Lives Matter this weekend with support from the Mā’ohi Protestant Church, Association 193 and Moruroa e Tatou. Former territorial president of Tahiti and pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has called for an ... <a title="Temaru calls for massive turnout for Mā’ohi Lives Matter nuclear-free rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/17/temaru-calls-for-massive-turnout-for-maohi-lives-matter-nuclear-free-rally/" aria-label="Read more about Temaru calls for massive turnout for Mā’ohi Lives Matter nuclear-free rally">Read more</a>
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala On 27 May 2021, a significant event took place in Rwanda where French President Emmanuel Macron asked for forgiveness from the people of Rwanda after admitting for the first time that France bore a “terrible responsibility” for the deaths of hundreds of thousands in the 1994 genocide. ... <a title="Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button still to be reset" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/03/maohi-nuis-search-for-nuclear-justice-the-french-reset-button-still-to-be-reset/" aria-label="Read more about Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button still to be reset">Read more</a>
By RNZ Pacific A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale of nickel assets. The South Pacific archipelago has been gripped by riots over the sale process of Brazilian mining giant Vale’s local nickel business, with protesters saying a locally-led offer ... <a title="New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/new-caledonia-government-collapses-amid-storm-and-assets-sale-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis">Read more</a>
Live at 12:05pm (NZ DST or 6pm US EST) Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will present A View from Afar to discuss: The US Electoral College Vote confirms Joe Biden as president-elect What does this mean for the South-Pacific? China + US are global powers operating in the SOPAC. But how does France fit ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar with Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on a Biden-led USA in SOPAC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/live-a-view-from-afar-with-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-on-a-biden-led-usa-in-sopac/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar with Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on a Biden-led USA in SOPAC">Read more</a>