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March 22, 2023
A Pacific elder and former secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum says Pacific leaders need to sit up and pay closer attention to AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific strategy and China’s response to them. Speaking from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, Dame Meg Taylor said Pacific leaders were being sidelined in major geopolitical decisions affecting ... <a title="Pacific needs to sit up and pay close attention to AUKUS, says Dame Meg Taylor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/pacific-needs-to-sit-up-and-pay-close-attention-to-aukus-says-dame-meg-taylor/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific needs to sit up and pay close attention to AUKUS, says Dame Meg Taylor">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Bevin Veale, Massey University The impending arrival of Kelly-Jean Keen-Minshull — aka Posie Parker — has put the spotlight on the tension between free speech and protecting vulnerable communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. In particular, it raises questions about Immigration New Zealand’s role in limiting who can visit and speak in the country. ... <a title="Does public safety trump free speech? History’s case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/does-public-safety-trump-free-speech-historys-case-for-banning-anti-trans-activist-posie-parker-from-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Does public safety trump free speech? History’s case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from NZ">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinean family who have been renting a property from the National Housing Corporation for the past 46 years have been served with a 24-hour eviction notice by a different owner who had obtained an eviction notice from the Port Moresby District Court. Yasling Akianang is a ... <a title="PNG family kicked out of their home after 46 years – with 24-hour notice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/png-family-kicked-out-of-their-home-after-46-years-with-24-hour-notice/" aria-label="Read more about PNG family kicked out of their home after 46 years – with 24-hour notice">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist There is “is much to win by trying” to take action on climate change — that is a key finding in a major new international climate report the UN chief is calling a “survival guide for humanity”. It is something of a mic drop moment for the army ... <a title="Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the climate ball" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/some-pacific-nations-wont-survive-if-nz-and-world-drop-the-climate-ball/" aria-label="Read more about Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the climate ball">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to “pay serious attention” to the escalated violence happening in West Papua. Head of ULMWP’s legal and human rights bureau, Daniel Randongkir, said that since the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) — a separate movement — ... <a title="Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/papuan-liberation-group-calls-for-more-serious-global-efforts-to-end-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end violence">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people from dangerous climate impacts we can no longer avoid, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The synthesis report is the culmination of seven ... <a title="IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/ipcc-report-world-must-cut-emissions-and-urgently-adapt-to-climate-realities/" aria-label="Read more about IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith In his recently published article “Sea of many flags”, the head of the ANU National Security College Rory Medcalf makes the case for why Pacific Island states should regard the deep regional involvement of a Western coalition of powers, “quietly” led by Australia, as an effective and attractive ... <a title="Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing hegemony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/sea-of-western-flags-in-oceania-its-really-about-a-continuing-hegemony/" aria-label="Read more about Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing hegemony">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has released a new video about New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens and a Papuan news organisation, Jubi TV, has featured it on its website. The Susi Air pilot was taken hostage on February 7 after landing in a remote region near Nduga in the ... <a title="Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t work here’ warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/10/hostage-nz-pilot-appears-in-new-papuan-rebel-video-amid-dont-work-here-warning/" aria-label="Read more about Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t work here’ warning">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Fiji police have apologised for “miscommunication” that led to an incident before the Reclaim the Night march last night that almost led to it being called off, Fijivillage News reports. Police Chief Operations Officer Acting Assistant Commissioner Livai Driu apologised, saying they had been following the conditions of the permit issued. However, ... <a title="Fiji police apologise for West Papua politics ‘mix-up’ before Reclaim the Night march" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/09/fiji-police-apologise-for-west-papua-politics-mix-up-before-reclaim-the-night-march/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police apologise for West Papua politics ‘mix-up’ before Reclaim the Night march">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, Massey University It has been a difficult time for senior public servants recently — at least it has been for those willing to express their political views publicly. One has been sacked, another offered his resignation, and yet another has been questioned by a parliamentary select committee. In an election year ... <a title="NZ has history of prominent public servants who were also outspoken public intellectuals – what’s changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/09/nz-has-history-of-prominent-public-servants-who-were-also-outspoken-public-intellectuals-whats-changed/" aria-label="Read more about NZ has history of prominent public servants who were also outspoken public intellectuals – what’s changed?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A group of “pink shoes” women in Aotearoa New Zealand campaigning for gender equality in the Catholic Church took their message with a display of well-worn shoes to St Patrick’s Cathedral plaza in Auckland today on International Women’s Day. It was part of a national and global “Pink Shoes into the Vatican” ... <a title="International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/international-womens-day-pink-shoes-into-the-vatican-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Tens of thousands of ni-Vanuatu children could be experiencing “stress and trauma” after the double cyclones that tore through the island nation last week, say educators. With widespread damages to infrastructure, many children have lost their homes, had their schools damaged, and neighbourhoods hit hard by tropical cyclones Judy ... <a title="Cyclones: Vanuatu children ‘need to see their friends’, educator warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/cyclones-vanuatu-children-need-to-see-their-friends-educator-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclones: Vanuatu children ‘need to see their friends’, educator warns">Read more</a>
