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June 6, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The self-styled provisional government of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua“with the people” of the Melanesian region have declared political support for full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). In a statement issued in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila after a meeting of thew ULMWP executive in ... <a title="West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/west-papuan-provisional-government-backs-full-membership-of-msg/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia’s pro-independence parties are prepared to negotiate changes to the provincial electoral rolls, according to French Overseas Minister Gerald Darmanin. On his second visit to Noumea in less than four months, the minister announced the apparent change in the stance of the pro-independence FLNKS movement, which until now ... <a title="French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/french-minister-says-flnks-willing-to-discuss-election-roll-changes/" aria-label="Read more about French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
South Australia now joins New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland, states which have already passed anti-protest laws imposing severe penalties on people who engage in peaceful civil disobedience. However, South Australia’s new law carries the harshest financial penalties in Australia. Thirteen Upper House Labor and Liberal MPs voted for the Bill, opposed by two ... <a title="South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/south-australia-adopts-draconian-new-law-curbing-peaceful-climate-protest/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The president of a West Papuan advocacy group has appealed to the militants holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage to free him unconditionally and unharmed, describing him as an “innocent pawn”. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) president Benny Wenda said he held “deepest concern” for the life of Mehrtens, ... <a title="Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/wenda-calls-on-papuan-rebels-to-free-nz-pilot-unconditionally/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific Media Centre, in what the editors say brings a sense of “urgency” in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarship. In the editorial, the co-editors — ... <a title="Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/latest-island-studies-journal-features-social-justice-activism-and-advocacy/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand’s Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today “unacceptable”. In an appearance at Auckland Transport’s Viaduct headquarters, Brown took time out of pitching his plan to sell the city’s holdings in Auckland Airport to complain about road cones, his “not ... <a title="NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/nzs-media-freedom-council-slams-mayor-browns-ban-attempt-as-insult-to-voters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing death. Both provinces have fought brutal guerrilla wars for independence. One has been settled through foreign peacekeepers. The other still rages as outsiders fear intervention. By Duncan Graham in Malang, East Java ... <a title="Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/duncan-graham-compromise-worked-in-aceh-why-not-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua? ">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) says the advice of the International Court of Justice is being sought over the contested 2021 referendum on independence from France. The movement — represented by Roch Wamytan, who is President of New Caledonia’s Congress — told a UN ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/kanaky-new-caledonias-flnks-wants-icj-advice-on-contested-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter The president of New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party Daniel Goa will not be prosecuted for alleged calls for violence and sedition. Last month, a coalition of anti-independence parties had lodged a formal complaint with the Public Prosecutor over a speech given by Goa at a party meeting. Goa had ... <a title="No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/no-sedition-charges-against-kanak-pro-independence-leader-says-prosecutor/" aria-label="Read more about No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a “neutral intermediary” to negotiate between the Indonesian government and the West Papuan rebels holding a New Zealand pilot hostage for his release. He has called in a statement today for the safe ... <a title="OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s safe passage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/28/opm-call-for-pngs-james-marape-as-negotiator-for-nz-pilots-safe-passage/" aria-label="Read more about OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s safe passage">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2023
By Rayssa Almeida, RNZ News reporter New Zealand’s Māori Party co-leader says the opposition National Party should go back to school if it thinks including te reo Māori on road signs is confusing. In a transport meeting yesterday in Bay of Plenty, National’s spokesperson Simeon Brown said introducing the language to road signs would make ... <a title="NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/27/nzs-opposition-need-to-go-back-to-school-over-bilingual-sign-attack/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign attack">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Appeal Court in French Polynesia has acquitted the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and two others in the case of the funding of community Radio Tefana. Pro-independence community station Radio Tefana … acquitted over the US$1 million broadcast case. Image: Radio Tefana/RNZ In 2019, Temaru was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and ... <a title="Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/court-acquits-tahitian-politician-oscar-temaru-in-anti-nuclear-radio-case/" aria-label="Read more about Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case">Read more</a>
