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April 1, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned over his controversial one-day Indonesian visit while facing an election in June. “And [he] was clearly despised by his people,” the paper said in a scathing editorial headlined “Tari ... <a title="Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/post-courier-blasts-marape-for-sudden-jakarta-junket-while-tari-burns/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Jakarta this week. On the table, an invitation for President Vladimir Putin to visit Papua later this year. The governor also had his small team ... <a title="Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-governor-lukas-enembe-is-inviting-russias-putin-to-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first public order management (POM) training conducted by Chinese instructors. During the two week course, the Police Response Team (PRT) and Operational Safety Training (OST) officers were trained in unarmed combat skills, advanced use of long sticks, ... <a title="Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/solomon-islands-police-complete-combat-drill-with-chinese-trainers/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
In spite of a record 34 covid-related deaths being reported in New Zealand today, Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says it is encouraging to see an overall and sustained drop in case numbers. “For three days last week, case numbers were reported at over 20,000 … today’s case number is up a bit ... <a title="NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/nz-public-health-chief-encouraged-in-spite-of-34-covid-deaths-and-mexican-wave-cases/" aria-label="Read more about NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths and ‘Mexican wave’ cases">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has denied allowing the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to establish a military base in the Solomon Islands in a security treaty that he confirmed today as having already been finalised. “We denied it totally. We don’t know where it came from,” Sogavare said when responding ... <a title="Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/sogavare-denies-insulting-claim-on-chinese-military-base-for-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
RNZ Pacific A snapshot of how the covid-19 pandemic is impacting on Pacific nations and territories today: Second Covid-19 death in American Samoa American Samoa has recorded its second covid-19 related death. The death was of a woman in her mid-50s, who also had pre-existing health conditions. Over the weekend, 265 cases were recorded, bringing ... <a title="Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/covid-trends-around-the-pacific-deaths-lockdown-and-easing-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist A covid-19 modeller says hundreds more people could die in Aotearoa New Zealand’s first wave of the omicron outbreak. Health officials reported today that 11 more people with covid-19 had died in New Zealand, with 12,882 new community cases reported and 861 people in hospital with the coronavirus ... <a title="Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/hundreds-more-may-die-in-nzs-first-omicron-wave-covid-modeller-says/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller says">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom Time is running out for a group of West Papuan students in New Zealand whose scholarships were cut — out of the blue — by the Indonesian government The sudden removal of government funding for the Papuan students has left many of them in financial dire straits on visas that ... <a title="Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/ukraine-example-cited-in-call-to-extend-visas-for-abandoned-papuan-students/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
By Moana Ellis of Local Democracy Reporting A Whanganui iwi leader says the Aotearoa New Zealand government’s decision to ease covid-19 measures at this time is a disgrace and shocking. He is warning Māori to stay vigilant against omicron and prepare for more to come. Tūpoho chair Ken Mair says Māori must continue to be extremely ... <a title="Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new covid-19 strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/iwi-leader-warns-maori-to-take-extreme-care-under-dangerous-new-covid-19-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new covid-19 strategy">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Carving up the Papuan provincial cake. Graphic: Image: Lugas/tirto.id On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They occupied Wamena City. They rejected the Indonesian colonial plan to expand Papua province.Remember: The voice of the people is the voice of ... <a title="How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/how-colonial-puppeteer-indonesia-uses-autonomy-to-disempower-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Samoa government has extended its alert level three lockdown for another two weeks, due to the rapid spread of the covid-19 in the community. There are 467 confirmed covid-19 cases, 15 of which are imported cases of passengers on the repatriation flight from New Zealand in early March. As case numbers climb ... <a title="Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/samoa-extends-lockdown-as-spread-of-covid-19-cases-jumps-to-467/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland, the country’s largest city, but that people should remain vigilant. Dr Bloomfield said there were 20,907 new community cases of covid-19, a further 15 deaths and 1016 people in hospital in today. He said the ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/nzs-covid-19-case-numbers-past-their-peak-in-auckland-says-bloomfield/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield">Read more</a>
