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April 10, 2023
RNZ Pacific The authorities in Indonesia’s Papua region say the search for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by West Papua Liberation Movement freedom fighters more than two months ago has been extended. Philip Mehrtens, a pilot for Susi Airlines, was taken hostage in the remote Nduga district on February 7. According to Antara News, ... <a title="Search for NZ pilot taken hostage by Papua rebels extended, says Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/10/search-for-nz-pilot-taken-hostage-by-papua-rebels-extended-says-indonesia/" aria-label="Read more about Search for NZ pilot taken hostage by Papua rebels extended, says Indonesia">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2023
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist Unprecedented levels of disinformation will only get worse this election in Aotearoa New Zealand, but systems set up to deal with it during the pandemic have all been shut down, Disinformation Project researcher Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa has warned. He says the levels of vitriol and conspiratorial discourse ... <a title="Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/09/rise-in-nz-disinformation-conspiracy-theories-prompts-calls-for-election-protections/" aria-label="Read more about Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate and tireless campaigner against South African apartheid, once observed: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” For decades, the BBC’s editorial policy in reporting on Israel and Palestine has consistently chosen the side of the oppressor — and ... <a title="Al-Aqsa raid: How BBC coverage is enabling Israeli violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/08/al-aqsa-raid-how-bbc-coverage-is-enabling-israeli-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Al-Aqsa raid: How BBC coverage is enabling Israeli violence">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2023
EDITORIAL: By the editor-in-chief Fred Wesley It’s gone! Finito! Yesterday was a memorable day for the media. The Media Industry Development Act was repealed in Parliament. The draconian piece of legislation is no more — and good riddance! After 16 years, we finally can heave a sigh of relief, and look forward with great confidence. ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Draconian media law gone – good riddance!" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/08/the-fiji-times-draconian-media-law-gone-good-riddance/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Draconian media law gone – good riddance!">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
By Lydia Lewis and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalists The Fiji Parliament has voted to “kill” a draconian media law in Suva today, sending newsrooms across the country into celebrations. Twenty nine parliamentarians voted to repeal the Media Industry Development Act, while 21 voted against it and 3 did not vote. The law — which ... <a title="Historic day for Fiji journalism as ‘draconian’ media law scrapped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/historic-day-for-fiji-journalism-as-draconian-media-law-scrapped/" aria-label="Read more about Historic day for Fiji journalism as ‘draconian’ media law scrapped">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2023
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva There was euphoria at the campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva in Fiji last Thursday when news came from New York that a historic resolution on climate action had been adopted unanimously at the United Nations General Assembly. The resolution refers to the International Court ... <a title="‘Frustrated’ USP law students were catalyst for landmark UN climate vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/06/frustrated-usp-law-students-were-catalyst-for-landmark-un-climate-vote/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Frustrated’ USP law students were catalyst for landmark UN climate vote">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
RNZ News Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has used her valedictory speech to Parliament to ask the House to take the politics out of climate change. In her speech, Ardern said when she became prime minister she knew she wanted climate change to be “front and centre”. “I called it our nuclear moment ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory plea – ‘take politics out of climate change’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/jacinda-arderns-valedictory-plea-take-politics-out-of-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory plea – ‘take politics out of climate change’">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
RNZ News Jacinda Ardern will largely be remembered in Aotearoa New Zealand as the prime minister whose pandemic-era policies saved thousands of Kiwi lives, according to former prime minister Helen Clark. And she will also be considered an example of how to govern in the age of social media and endless crises, political experts say, ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/jacinda-arderns-legacy-for-nz-unique-covid-19-strategy-saved-many-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
RNZ News Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been appointed as Special Envoy for the Christchurch Call. Ardern established the initiative to eliminate violent extremist content online in the wake of the March 15 mosque attacks. Her successor as Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, appointed Ardern to the newly created position. He had previously hinted she ... <a title="Ex-PM Ardern named Christchurch Call envoy against online violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/ex-pm-ardern-named-christchurch-call-envoy-against-online-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Ex-PM Ardern named Christchurch Call envoy against online violence">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for “mocking” the autonomous region’s independence aspirations during a drunken exchange in Buka last week, saying that he must “atone for his blunder”. A video of Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abusing security guards and airport staff while ... <a title="Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/bougainville-president-slams-mocking-by-drunken-mp-over-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The Australia West Papua Association has condemned an Indonesian crackdown on a peaceful Papua self-determination rally in Bali at the weekend after a militant nationalist group targeted the Papuan students. The Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Bali City held the rally on Saturday calling on the Indonesian government to hold a referendum ... <a title="Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in Bali" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/australian-advocacy-group-condemns-indonesian-crackdown-on-papuan-democracy-rally-in-bali/" aria-label="Read more about Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in Bali">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University As part of its aspiration to be “Tiriti-led”, the University of Otago has embarked on a consultation process to re-brand. The proposed change involves a new logo and a new, deeply symbolic Māori name: Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. Universities occasionally change logos, names and marketing strategies. All New Zealand ... <a title="NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/nz-universities-are-not-normal-crown-institutions-they-shouldnt-be-tiriti-led/" aria-label="Read more about NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’">Read more</a>
