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June 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Imagery: Metaphors, Symbols, Analogies As a species, people use symbols to facilitate understandings of the complexities of the world. In the last millennium in Europe, the highest subjects of learning were ‘classical studies’ and ‘theology’. It was because almost all of the principal explanatory stories of human life – as the priestly ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Goldmining as our Metaphor for Economic Activity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/keith-rankin-analysis-goldmining-as-our-metaphor-for-economic-activity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Goldmining as our Metaphor for Economic Activity">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste’s Minister of Justice plans to present to the Council of Ministers a proposal to include criminal defamation in the country’s penal code. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Timor-Leste Press Union (TLPU) have protested against the move that would undermine press freedom and public interest journalism, reports ... <a title="Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/media-rights-groups-protest-against-timors-draft-defamation-law/" aria-label="Read more about Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
By Michael Field in Islands Business Senior academics and staff at the University of the South Pacific in Suva are accused in a special audit report of manipulating allowances to pay themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars they were not entitled to, as several Pacific governments say Fiji is using the COVID-19 emergency as a ... <a title="Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/secret-report-reveals-widespread-salary-and-allowance-rorts-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Secret report reveals widespread salary and allowance rorts at USP">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2020
Pacific Media Watch After three days of protests by hundreds of students and staff at the regional University of the South Pacific over the treatment of their popular reforming vice-chancellor, an independent New Zealand journalist has now revealed damning details of previously secret governance reports. Journalist and author Michael Field has revealed that some academics ... <a title="Journalist reports on USP payments scandal as campus backs reform VC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/journalist-reports-on-usp-payments-scandal-as-campus-backs-reform-vc/" aria-label="Read more about Journalist reports on USP payments scandal as campus backs reform VC">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Albert Schram This article attempts to put the current governance crisis at the Fiji-based University of the South Pacific (USP), one of only two regional universities in the world, in a broader regional perspective. If Pacific regional integration and coordination means anything, then this would be a good moment to demonstrate it values ... <a title="Albert Schram: University governance, academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/albert-schram-university-governance-academic-freedom-and-institutional-autonomy-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Albert Schram: University governance, academic freedom and institutional autonomy in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Fiji police have raided the headquarters of Fiji’s National Federation Party, apparently in search of information related to social media posts. In a video shared to the party’s social media, it showed several plain clothes officers rifling through files, papers and storage last night. Speaking to RNZ Pacific shortly after the raid, ... <a title="Fiji police raid opposition party headquarters in social media blitz" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/fiji-police-raid-opposition-party-headquarters-in-social-media-blitz/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police raid opposition party headquarters in social media blitz">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Book ReviewBy John PerryFrom Nicaragua Who Killed Berta Cáceres?: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet, by Nina Lakhani. Verso, 2020. 336 pp. “They build dams and kill people.” These words, spoken by a witness when the murderers of environmental defender Berta Cáceres were ... <a title="Nina Lakhani’s “Who Killed Berta Cáceres?”: On the Life, Death, and Legacy of a Courageous Honduran Indigenous and Environmental Leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/nina-lakhanis-who-killed-berta-caceres-on-the-life-death-and-legacy-of-a-courageous-honduran-indigenous-and-environmental-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Nina Lakhani’s “Who Killed Berta Cáceres?”: On the Life, Death, and Legacy of a Courageous Honduran Indigenous and Environmental Leader">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By Wansolwara staff A “fight for justice and good governance” at the University of the South Pacific has continued as staff and students have echoed strong calls for members of the USP Council to allow the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, to carry out his work without interference. Hundreds of protesting staff and students rallied outside ... <a title="Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/staff-students-back-usp-academic-chief-amid-tension-over-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By RNZ News Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced today that Armed Response Teams will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future. A trial of the teams of police carrying firearms (ARTs) were launched in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury last year and ended in April. In recent days, mass protests ... <a title="NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/nz-police-scrapping-armed-response-teams-after-trial-says-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta says it is not opportune for the government to be debating the possible criminalisation of defamation, with the risk of jeopardizing citizens’ rights. Instead, he says, the Timor-Leste government should concentrate on issues like the economy. “I don’t think it is a priority issue ... <a title="Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/ramos-horta-slams-criminal-libel-plan-threat-to-rights-in-timor-leste/" aria-label="Read more about Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
“Covid-free” New Zealand has moved early today to its lowest restrictions – alert level 1. The change happened at midnight after New Zealanders had done something “remarkable” by uniting in the fight against covid-19, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. After praising New Zealand’s response to the virus yesterday, she revealed the country would be moving ... <a title="New Zealand relaxes covid restrictions after ‘remarkable’ virus fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/new-zealand-relaxes-covid-restrictions-after-remarkable-virus-fight/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand relaxes covid restrictions after ‘remarkable’ virus fight">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Michael Plank of the University of Canterbury; Alex James of the University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research; Nicholas Steyn; Rachelle Binny of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, and Shaun Hendy There is now a 95 percent chance covid-19 has been eliminated in New Zealand, according to our modelling, based ... <a title="NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/nz-hits-95-chance-of-eliminating-covid-but-new-cases-will-emerge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge">Read more</a>
