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December 8, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International officials at a rally in Auckland today doubled down on their global report this week accusing Israel of genocide and called on Aotearoa New Zealand to take more action over the atrocities in the besieged enclave of Gaza. The global human rights movement’s 296-page fully documented report says Israel has ... <a title="Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at NZ rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/amnesty-international-doubles-down-on-israeli-gaza-genocide-atrocities-report-at-nz-rally/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at NZ rally">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein The incoming Trump administration will bring a dangerous brew of Christian nationalism and anti-Palestinian racism Things can always get worse. Much worse. The Biden/Harris administration has bank-rolled and funded Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza, the sight of the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. Israeli soldiers wilfully ... <a title="Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/07/israeli-extremism-has-a-new-best-friend-in-the-white-house/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr is inviting US President-elect Donald Trump to “visit the Pacific” to see firsthand the impacts of the climate crisis. Palau is set to host the largest annual Pacific leaders meeting in 2026, and the country’s leader Whipps told RNZ Pacific he would “love” ... <a title="Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/palaus-president-invites-trump-to-visit-pacific-to-see-climate-crisis-impacts/" aria-label="Read more about Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis impacts">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organisation has revealed in a landmark new investigative report. The 294-page report documents how, during its military offensive launched in the wake of the deadly ... <a title="Israel has ‘unleashed hell and destruction’ in Gaza genocide, says Amnesty investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/06/israel-has-unleashed-hell-and-destruction-in-gaza-genocide-says-amnesty-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about Israel has ‘unleashed hell and destruction’ in Gaza genocide, says Amnesty investigation">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has congratulated the Nelson City Council on its vote today to boycott companies which trade with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories. The city council (pop. 58,000) — New Zealand’s 15th-largest city — became the latest local body to change its procurement policy to exclude ... <a title="Nelson City Council joins NZ local bodies voting to sanction Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/05/nelson-city-council-joins-nz-local-bodies-voting-to-sanction-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Nelson City Council joins NZ local bodies voting to sanction Israel">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government has fallen to a motion of no confidence just three months after coming to office, New Caledonia is among the major casualties of France’s ongoing political instability. New Caledonia’s post-riots situation was already difficult, with an economy on its ... <a title="What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/05/what-the-fall-of-the-french-government-means-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2024
ABC Pacific Australia’s government is being condemned by climate action groups for discouraging the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from ruling in favour of a court action brought by Vanuatu to determine legal consequences for states that fail to meet fossil reduction commitments. In its submission before the ICJ at The Hague yesterday, Australia argued ... <a title="Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/climate-justice-action-groups-livid-over-australias-submission-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2024
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu’s special envoy to climate change says their case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is based on the argument that those harming the climate are breaking international law. The case seeks an advisory opinion from the court on the legal responsibilities of countries in relation to climate change, and dozens of ... <a title="Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting nations responsible for climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/vanuatus-landmark-case-at-icj-seeks-to-hold-polluting-nations-responsible-for-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting nations responsible for climate change">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was expected to arrive in New Caledonia today for a three-day visit. His schedule in New Caledonia will include meetings with “a wide range of government, political, business and civil society leaders” from December 3-5, Peters’ office confirmed through ... <a title="NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/nzs-foreign-minister-peters-embarks-on-three-day-visit-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Norway is stopping the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters — and Greenpeace Aotearoa says this is putting pressure on the Luxon government to follow suit. “This move by Norway to stop the seabed mining in its tracks is a historic win for ocean protection and for the ... <a title="Norway halts seabed mining, putting more pressure on NZ to do same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/norway-halts-seabed-mining-putting-more-pressure-on-nz-to-do-same/" aria-label="Read more about Norway halts seabed mining, putting more pressure on NZ to do same">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2024
Pacific Media Watch An Aotearoa New Zealand-based community education provider is preparing a new course aimed to help media professionals in the Pacific region understand and respond to the complex issue of disinformation. The eight-week course “A Bit Sus (Pacific)”, developed by the Dark Times Academy, will be offered free to journalists, editors, programme directors ... <a title="New course planned to help Pacific media professionals counter disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/new-course-planned-to-help-pacific-media-professionals-counter-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about New course planned to help Pacific media professionals counter disinformation">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told a media conference Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he entered New Zealand “We support the ICC [the International Criminal Court],” Luxon said yesterday. “We believe in the international rules-based system, we support the ICC, and we would be obligated to do so.” ... <a title="Luxon says Israeli PM would be arrested if he visits New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/03/luxon-says-israeli-pm-would-be-arrested-if-he-visits-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon says Israeli PM would be arrested if he visits New Zealand">Read more</a>
