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Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis

January 15, 2021

SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Auckland It seems a long time ago – some 124 days – since Mā’ohi Nui deplored its first covid-19 related deaths of an elderly woman on 11 September 2020 followed by her husband just hours later, both over the age of 80. The local territorial government was indeed saddened ... <a title="Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/15/controversy-over-renaming-tahitis-hospital-after-chirac-amid-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis">Read more</a>

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Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?

December 14, 2020

The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior happened 35 years ago this year. The event had ramifications across the Pacific, and politicised a generation of New Zealanders. But in this age of climate change and global pandemic, have Kiwis held onto the lessons they learnt on that winter’s night in 1985? Matthew Scott investigates. Article by ... <a title="Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/14/echoes-of-the-rainbow-warrior-have-the-lessons-been-learned/" aria-label="Read more about Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?">Read more</a>

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Solidarity groups rally in support of Mā’ohi independence leader Temaru

November 24, 2020

COMMENT: By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala in AucklandTomorrow – November 25 – is D-Day for Tahitian pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru’s trial in New Caledonia and advocates and activists across the Pacific are rallying in his support against the “colonial actions” taken by the French administration. Temaru requested this postponed date to enable him to ... <a title="Solidarity groups rally in support of Mā’ohi independence leader Temaru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/solidarity-groups-rally-in-support-of-maohi-independence-leader-temaru/" aria-label="Read more about Solidarity groups rally in support of Mā’ohi independence leader Temaru">Read more</a>

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The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu

November 2, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva The unfolding in French Polynesia of the latest judiciary entanglements of pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru versus the French administration is being closely followed by members of the Tahitian community in Tahiti and in Aotearoa New Zealand. There are undeniable similarities between Temaru’s upcoming trial on November 4 in Nouméa after many ... <a title="The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/the-judgment-of-tahitis-oscar-temaru-a-neocolonial-sense-of-deja-vu/" aria-label="Read more about The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu">Read more</a>

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French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’

July 30, 2020

By Matthew Scott The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images – the drowned Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, camera in hand and a huge smile on his face. Mugshots of two captured French DGSE secret agents – a fake honeymooning pair jailed for manslaughter, but later spirited off to Hao ... <a title="French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/french-nuclear-tests-i-bury-people-nearly-every-day-what-was-our-sin/" aria-label="Read more about French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’">Read more</a>

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35 years on, Tahiti’s Temaru likely guest in Rainbow Warrior rewind

July 29, 2020

Flashback: Tagata Pasifika’s John Pulu talks to Oscar Temaru. By David Robie One of the champions of the South Pacific’s nuclear-free and independence campaigners, Oscar Manutahi Temaru, is expected to make a guest appearance tomorrow in a retrospective webinar about the impact of the Rainbow Warrior bombing 35 years on. The webinar, titled “The Rainbow ... <a title="35 years on, Tahiti’s Temaru likely guest in Rainbow Warrior rewind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/35-years-on-tahitis-temaru-likely-guest-in-rainbow-warrior-rewind/" aria-label="Read more about 35 years on, Tahiti’s Temaru likely guest in Rainbow Warrior rewind">Read more</a>

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From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy   

July 10, 2020

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie, who sailed on the original Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap and is author of the book Eyes of Fire. Thirty five years ago today the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour by French secret agents in a blatant act of state terrorism, killing a photojournalist. People’s campaigns ... <a title="From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy   " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/from-nuclear-refugees-to-climate-justice-the-rainbow-warrior-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy   ">Read more</a>

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Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation

July 6, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Thirty five years ago this week in another life Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie was an environmental journalist on board the original Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship that was bombed by French secret agents on 10 July 1985. He was on board for almost 11 weeks and joined the ... <a title="Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/pacific-bombs-nuclear-weapons-and-the-rongelap-evacuation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation">Read more</a>

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Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary

July 6, 2020

By RNZ Pacific A sit-in has been held outside the French High Commission in French Polynesia to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons test at Moruroa. The demonstration was organised by the anti-nuclear group Association 193 which again decried the recent law change tightening compensation criteria for those suffering ill-health. The group ... <a title="Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/protest-marks-french-pacific-nuclear-tests-at-moruroa-anniversary/" aria-label="Read more about Protest marks French Pacific nuclear tests at Moruroa anniversary">Read more</a>

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France drags its heel over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti

February 11, 2020

By RNZ Pacific The French nuclear compensation commission, CIVEN, says it will soon report on how to respond to last month’s Supreme Court reinstatement of some compensation claims from French Polynesia. The court approved the validity of two claims by nuclear weapons test victims thrown out last year, saying the old eligibility criteria were still ... <a title="France drags its heel over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/11/france-drags-its-heel-over-nuclear-compensation-claims-from-tahiti/" aria-label="Read more about France drags its heel over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti">Read more</a>

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Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy

July 5, 2019

By RNZ Pacific An estimated 2000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia this week to mark the 53rd anniversary of France’s first atomic weapons test in the Pacific. The first test was on July 2, 1966, after nuclear testing was moved from Algeria to the Tuamotus. Organisers of the Association 193 described it ... <a title="Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/marchers-in-tahiti-mourn-french-nuclear-weapons-test-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy">Read more</a>