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November 27, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis “Flashpoint” in a foreign news story usually brings to mind the Middle East or the border between North and South Korea. It is not a term usually associated with New Zealand but last week it was there in headline type. News outlets around the world carried reports of the Hīkoi and ... <a title="Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/cynical-politics-reported-on-world-stage-damage-nzs-reputation/" aria-label="Read more about Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2024
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters has used a speech in Paris to urge France to keep an open mind about a new path forward for New Caledonia. He also wants to deepen New Zealand’s relationship with France, and wants a stronger focus from the European country on ... <a title="Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/peters-urges-france-to-keep-open-mind-on-new-path-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The election of Emmanuel Tjibaou as the new president of New Caledonia’s main pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has triggered a whole range of political reactions — mostly favourable, some more cautious. Within the pro-independence camp, the two main moderate parties UPM (Progressist Union in ... <a title="Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/26/mixed-reactions-to-tjibaous-election-to-key-kanak-pro-independence-party/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2024
By Mosese Raqio in Suva Two out of three women in every church in Fiji experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime — and there are “uncomfortable truths” that need to be heard and talked about, says a Pacific church leader. This was highlighted by Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) general secretary Reverend James ... <a title="2 out 3 of Fiji women experience domestic violence, says Reverend Bhagwan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/26/2-out-3-of-fiji-women-experience-domestic-violence-says-reverend-bhagwan/" aria-label="Read more about 2 out 3 of Fiji women experience domestic violence, says Reverend Bhagwan">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2024
RNZ Pacific The United Nations climate change summit COP29 has “once again ignored” the Pacific Islands, a group of regional climate advocacy organisations say. The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) said today that “the richest nations turned their backs on their legal and moral obligations” as the UN meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, fell short ... <a title="COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-pacific-climate-advocates-decry-outcome-as-a-catastrophic-failure/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2024
By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter A new carbon credit trading deal reached in the final hours of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been criticised as a free pass for countries to slack off on efforts to reduce emissions at home. The deal, sealed at the annual UN climate talks nearly a decade after ... <a title="COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-carbon-credit-trading-scheme-criticised-as-get-out-of-jail-free-card/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2024
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua has ordered an inquiry into the “possible unauthorised issuance of passports” by immigration staff and “offered to step aside temporarily from role”. In a statement on Thursday night, Tikoduadua said the passports in question were issued to the children of the South Korean Christian doomsday ... <a title="Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult members" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/23/fijis-immigration-minister-steps-down-temporarily-over-unauthorised-passports-for-cult-members/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult members">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2024
An overview for our international readers of Asia Pacific Report. BACKGROUNDER: By Sarah Shamim A fight for Māori indigenous rights drew more than 50,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington yesterday. A nine-day-long Hīkoi, or peaceful march — a Māori tradition — was undertaken in protest against a bill that seeks ... <a title="Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/why-nz-is-protesting-over-colonial-era-treaty-bill-a-global-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2024
By Duncan Graham An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua this year is being investigated by the Australian Federal Police. The case involves “advancing a political cause by the separation of West Papua from Indonesia . . . with the intention of ... <a title="Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/19/kiwi-pilot-kidnapping-in-west-papua-leads-to-police-raids-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in Australia">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2024
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn to Israel’s war on Gaza. A special UN committee has reported Israel’s actions in Gaza are “consistent with the characteristics of genocide”. Another report by Human Rights Watch finds Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against ... <a title="‘It’s a complete and total nightmare’ – aid worker speaks about Israel’s relentless Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/18/its-a-complete-and-total-nightmare-aid-worker-speaks-about-israels-relentless-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s a complete and total nightmare’ – aid worker speaks about Israel’s relentless Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2024
By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term damage to the environment, create conflict and add to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a feasibility study document for the Papua region mega-project. The 96-page presentation reviewed by Radio Free ... <a title="Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/17/survey-warning-on-papua-box-ticking-mega-estates-project-goes-unheeded/" aria-label="Read more about Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch As thousands take to the streets this week to “honour” the country’s 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, the largest daily newspaper New Zealand Herald says the massive event is “redefining activism”. The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti has been underway since Sunday, with thousands of New Zealanders from all communities and walks of life ... <a title="NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/14/nzs-hikoi-challenging-controversial-draft-bill-redefines-activism-says-herald/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald">Read more</a>
