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April 1, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has warned citizens against relying on information on Facebook to guide their approach to vaccines. James Marape was speaking after becoming the first person to receive the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine in his country. Australia has provided an initial 8000 vaccine doses to PNG where the total number of ... <a title="Don’t rely on Facebook for accurate vaccine info, says PNG leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/dont-rely-on-facebook-for-accurate-vaccine-info-says-png-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t rely on Facebook for accurate vaccine info, says PNG leader">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
By Jeffrey Elapa in Vanimo, PNG The West Sepik administration is not happy with the way illegal border crossers are being handled by the Indonesian and Papua New Guinean consular officials in Jayapura amid the worsening covid pandemic crisis. Administrator Conrad Tilau said the provincial administration had now withdrawn its support and involvement in anything ... <a title="West Sepik administration fumes over handling of Papua border crossers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/west-sepik-administration-fumes-over-handling-of-papua-border-crossers/" aria-label="Read more about West Sepik administration fumes over handling of Papua border crossers">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to carry out a two-week awareness campaign in urban communities in the capital Port Moresby. PNGDF commander Major-General Gilbert Toropo told the PNG Post-Courier that the 30 officers from the military ... <a title="PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/png-military-police-help-out-with-covid-19-awareness-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
RNZ News More than a thousand people have turned out for a rally in central Auckland calling for discrimination against Asians to stop. They claim Asians have been the target of derogatory comments since covid-19 broke out. They say Asian communities in New Zealand and around the world have suffered discrimination for too long. Organiser ... <a title="Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/rally-protests-against-anti-asian-covid-violence-abuse-in-us-and-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand expects to open a two-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands in May and is planning a vaccination campaign there. The leaders of both nations met in Auckland today, with New Zealand confirming $20 million in additional support for the country this financial year. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is ... <a title="NZ plans Cook Islands vaccination campaign, two-way travel bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/nz-plans-cook-islands-vaccination-campaign-two-way-travel-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about NZ plans Cook Islands vaccination campaign, two-way travel bubble">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Brendon Blue for The Democracy Project The day after New Zealand’s first lockdown was announced, I expressed to a senior colleague my concern for those around the country whose livelihoods would suffer as a result. She agreed, but was confident that the spirit of “we’re all in it together” accompanying these drastic public ... <a title="Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/brendon-blue-non-homeowners-are-paying-the-cost-of-the-covid-19-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
RNZ Pacific An 83-year-old woman in Wallis and Futuna has become the first fatality in the French territory’s covid-19 outbreak. Earlier this month, she had been transferred from Futuna to the Wallis hospital for other ailments. However, after her release from hospital, she tested positive for covid-19 a week ago, was rehospitalised and died at ... <a title="Wallis and Futuna reports first covid-19 fatality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/wallis-and-futuna-reports-first-covid-19-fatality/" aria-label="Read more about Wallis and Futuna reports first covid-19 fatality">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Timorese authorities have announced that they have detected a record surge in new covid-19 cases – 55 in one day. According to Lusa news agency yesterday, 43 new cases of covid-19 were reported in the previous 24 hours in the capital Dili, 11 in Baucau and one in Viqueque, bringing the ... <a title="Timor-Leste reports big surge in covid – 55 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/timor-leste-reports-big-surge-in-covid-55-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste reports big surge in covid – 55 new cases">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The trial of a former US priest accused of child abuse in Timor-Leste due to resume tomorrow at the Oecusse Court has been postponed until May 24, according to judicial sources. The president of the Court of Appeal, Deolindo dos Santos, confirmed the postponement to Lusa news agency, explaining that he ... <a title="Trial of ex-priest accused of child abuse in Timor postponed to May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/trial-of-ex-priest-accused-of-child-abuse-in-timor-postponed-to-may/" aria-label="Read more about Trial of ex-priest accused of child abuse in Timor postponed to May">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The race is on to reach Pasifika communities in New Zealand to counter the spread of misinformation about the covid-19 vaccine. Pacific and Māori communities have the highest risk of dying from covid-19 and that has caused leaders and doctors within this group to work hard to dispel fears ... <a title="Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/battle-to-spread-truth-about-covid-19-vaccine-in-pacific-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of lives across the Pacific, the country has its helping hand outstretched. But with the controversial record of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, does this hand have an ulterior motive? Matthew Scott ... <a title="Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/strings-attached-the-reality-behind-nzs-climate-aid-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia and New Zealand – plus other key donors – need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New Guinea as a covid surge continues to grow, says the human rights watchdog Amnesty International. Both Australia and New Zealand “continue to fail to support calls by around 100 countries”, ... <a title="Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/amnesty-blasts-woeful-australia-nz-aid-for-png-covid-surge-seeks-action/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action">Read more</a>
