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Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years

October 20, 2019

David Robie, concluding his three-part series about Iran, profiles an extraordinary pair of Tehran brothers who have been pioneering global research adventurers. They have been dubbed the “Persian Indiana Joneses”. Their adventures are fabled and hair-raising, as shown by a Jivaro shrunken human head and relics from curious rituals on display from almost 70 years ... <a title="Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/20/irans-great-global-adventurers-around-the-lost-world-in-10-years/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years">Read more</a>

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Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling

October 18, 2019

Iran attracts an onslaught of negative media in New Zealand and Western media. But is it fair or deserved? David Robie has spent several weeks travelling in the country on sabbatical and finds the media negativity far from the reality of the “most friendly” country he has ever visited in the first of a three-part ... <a title="Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/18/iran-a-hugely-friendly-country-behind-the-sabre-rattling/" aria-label="Read more about Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling">Read more</a>

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Indonesia denies NZ diplomats entry into West Papua

October 10, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The New Zealand embassy has confirmed Indonesia has denied its diplomats’ requests to visit Papua and assess the conflict and human rights situation in the turbulent region. According to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, a spokesperson from the New Zealand embassy confirmed the travel ban, which has been extended ... <a title="Indonesia denies NZ diplomats entry into West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/10/indonesia-denies-nz-diplomats-entry-into-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia denies NZ diplomats entry into West Papua">Read more</a>

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‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist

October 9, 2019

By RNZ Pacific Australia should help Manus Island develop industries like tourism, a journalist who covers refugee detention in Papua New Guinea has said. Melbourne’s Michael Green has visited Manus Island twice, and from his research has produced an award winning podcast, The Messenger, a book, They Cannot Take the Sky, and an artwork, How ... <a title="‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/09/beautiful-manus-needs-australian-development-says-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist">Read more</a>

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Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto

October 9, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Young Pasifika performers and artists came together last week for Moana Loloto, a night of indigenous storytelling to explore four pressing issues the Pacific and its people are facing. Held at the Mangere Arts Centre in South Auckland, young people of Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa used dance, art and stories to discuss West ... <a title="Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/09/tagata-pasifika-youth-lead-indigenous-storytelling-at-moana-loloto/" aria-label="Read more about Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto">Read more</a>

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Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car

October 7, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Filipino human rights lawyer has come away uninjured after unidentified motorcyclists fired gunshots into her car on the central Philippines island of Panay, reports The Sun Star. According to the report, Criselda Heredia was with her daughter and a client when the attack happened last month. “I was just ambushed. ... <a title="Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/filipino-human-rights-lawyer-uninjured-after-gunmen-ambush-car/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car">Read more</a>

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Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report

October 3, 2019

By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific For 74-year-old Teaga Esekia, a chief from the Tuvalu island of Vaitupu, the ocean is a lifeblood. “Tuvaluans, they have different types of months, not like January to December,” said the elderly but agile man, who still climbs coconut trees every day. “They have their seasons according to fish ... <a title="Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/ocean-at-breaking-point-pacific-angst-at-latest-climate-report/" aria-label="Read more about Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report">Read more</a>

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Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly

September 30, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Vanuatu leaders have taken the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to speak out against the military repression of anti-racism and independence demonstrations in West Papua, reports SBS news. Addressing world leaders at the New York gathering – which has so far been a platform for powerful climate change activism ... <a title="Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/australia-needs-to-step-up-on-west-papua-says-vanuatu-at-un-assembly/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at UN assembly">Read more</a>

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Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned

September 27, 2019

By RNZ Pacific Journalist organisations in Indonesia have condemned alleged discrimination towards their colleagues by police in West Papua. Three leading journalists in Papua were prevented from covering a protest by university students in Jayapura on Monday. Monday’s unrest in Jayapura resulted in an Indonesian soldier being fatally stabbed, and three Papuan students shot dead ... <a title="Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/intimidation-of-journos-in-papua-condemned/" aria-label="Read more about Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned">Read more</a>

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Death toll rises to 32 amid fresh Papua protests

September 25, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk At least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured in Papua amid fresh protests against racism and police persecution, reports Al Jazeera. In the regional capital of Wamena, 28 people, including 16 non-Papuans were reportedly killed when protestors torched buildings and damaged property in response to claims that a ... <a title="Death toll rises to 32 amid fresh Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/25/death-toll-rises-to-32-amid-fresh-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Death toll rises to 32 amid fresh Papua protests">Read more</a>

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Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says lecturer

September 22, 2019

By Michael Andrew Social media and tech industries have been replicating the ugliest aspects of capitalism from the 1800s, according to an AUT computer science lecturer. Associate Professor Tony Clear says that social media and tech executives are taking advantage of unregulated markets in a similar way as wealthy industrialists or “robber barons” who exploited ... <a title="Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says lecturer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/22/ethics-needed-in-computing-and-tech-to-stop-robber-barons-says-lecturer/" aria-label="Read more about Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says lecturer">Read more</a>

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Vanuatu and Solomons raise Papua at UN rights council

September 19, 2019

By RNZ Pacific Vanuatu and Solomon Islands have raised the issue of human rights abuses against West Papuans at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The two governments made a statement which also noted that Indonesia had not yet given access to Papua for the UN Human Rights Commissioner. The statement was delivered at ... <a title="Vanuatu and Solomons raise Papua at UN rights council" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/vanuatu-and-solomons-raise-papua-at-un-rights-council/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu and Solomons raise Papua at UN rights council">Read more</a>