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November 1, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was briefed yesterday on Fiji’s priority areas ahead of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) which includes keeping 1.5 degrees alive, scaling up support for adaptation and loss and damage, oceans climate nexus, increased climate finance and finalising the Paris Agreement rule book. Bainimarama is adamant ... <a title="Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/bainimarama-briefed-on-fiji-pacific-priorities-at-cop26-to-dodge-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
RNZ News In just a few weeks the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated sharply as millions cope without desperately needed international aid, New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis says. Bellis is Al Jazeera’s senior producer in Afghanistan and reported on the turmoil in August as the Taliban took over the government and thousands of people tried ... <a title="Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/charlotte-bellis-on-afghanistan-its-just-life-and-death-on-so-many-levels/" aria-label="Read more about Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become more informed. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds himself crushed between these two counterbalances — the asserted right of powerful nations to operate in secret, and the right of the press ... <a title="Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/assumptions-vs-facts-how-the-julian-assange-case-confronts-our-biases/" aria-label="Read more about Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former Timor-Leste President Xanana Gusmão today lamented the death of journalist and filmmaker Max Stahl, recalling that his work had “changed the fate of the nation”. In a letter sent to his widow Dr Ingrid Brucens, Gusmão, chief negotiator over East Timor’s maritime borders, said Stahl’s footage of the 1991 ... <a title="Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/journalist-max-stahl-changed-the-fate-of-east-timor-says-xanana/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
In this video — one of several made while he was guest speaker at the Pacific Journalism Review’s 20th anniversary conference in Auckland in 2014 — Max Stahl talks about the betrayal of West Papua. Video: Pacific Media Centre By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Filmmaker and journalist Max Stahl, 66, has died after almost 30 ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s ‘true hero’ cameraman Max Stahl who exposed Indonesian atrocities dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/timor-lestes-true-hero-cameraman-max-stahl-who-exposed-indonesian-atrocities-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s ‘true hero’ cameraman Max Stahl who exposed Indonesian atrocities dies">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Armed conflict in West Papua has caused an exodus of displaced people into one of the most remote parts of neighbouring Papua New Guinea. The latest flashpoint in the conflict is in the Indonesian-administered Bintang Mountains regency, where state forces are pursuing West Papua Liberation Army fighters ... <a title="West Papuans flee from ‘liberation’ conflict into remote PNG region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/west-papuans-flee-from-liberation-conflict-into-remote-png-region/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans flee from ‘liberation’ conflict into remote PNG region">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney Indonesia’s popular tourism islands of Bali opened for tourism last week, while Thailand announced that from November 1 vaccinated travellers from 19 countries will be allowed to visit the kingdom including its tourism island of Phuket. Both those countries’ tourism industry, which is a major revenue earner, has been ... <a title="As Asia ‘lives with covid-19’, media may need to be less adversarial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/28/as-asia-lives-with-covid-19-media-may-need-to-be-less-adversarial/" aria-label="Read more about As Asia ‘lives with covid-19’, media may need to be less adversarial">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
By Sam Olley, RNZ News reporter Ngāti Whātua kaitiaki remain in bolstered numbers at the border between Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau to stop protesters getting through. Together with Navy and police staff at Te Hana, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua has turned around about 50 people from anti-vax and anti-lockdown groups throughout this ... <a title="Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/kaitiaki-block-particularly-dangerous-anti-vax-protesters-at-auckland-border/" aria-label="Read more about Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific France has detailed an unprecedented security set-up for New Caledonia’s third and final independence referendum on December 12. The French authorities made the announcement as the pro-independence FLNKS called on its supporters to boycott the vote after France refused to delay it until next year. If the call is heeded, the anti-independence side ... <a title="France deploys big force to secure New Caledonia referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/france-deploys-big-force-to-secure-new-caledonia-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about France deploys big force to secure New Caledonia referendum">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny ShawFrom NY On October 25th, 1983, 7,300 U.S. troops, accompanied by U.S.-trained soldiers of CARICOM countries calling themselves “The Caribbean Peace Force,” invaded the tiny island of Grenada. This October marks the 38th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of the land of Julien Fedon, Jacqueline Creft, ... <a title="Grenada: 38 Years after a Triple Assassination, the Short-Lived Revolution still Inspires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/26/grenada-38-years-after-a-triple-assassination-the-short-lived-revolution-still-inspires/" aria-label="Read more about Grenada: 38 Years after a Triple Assassination, the Short-Lived Revolution still Inspires">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
By Glenda Willie in Port Vila The Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS) is one of the first humanitarian organisations to intervene and support the volcano internal refugees who were victims of eviction order at MCI on the road to Blacksand last week. Emma Mesao, senior branch officer of SHEFA Red Cross, said the organisation dealt ... <a title="Red Cross gives emergency supplies to Tanna volcano refugee eviction victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/red-cross-gives-emergency-supplies-to-tanna-volcano-refugee-eviction-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Red Cross gives emergency supplies to Tanna volcano refugee eviction victims">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Protesting students have held demonstrations in several cities around Indonesia to mark seven years of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration, reports CNN Indonesia. The protests came as President Widodo left Jakarta to officiate at the opening of a palm oil processing factory owned by the PT Jhonlin Group in South Kalimantan. ... <a title="Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/student-protests-in-indonesia-slam-7th-year-of-jokowis-administration/" aria-label="Read more about Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration">Read more</a>
