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January 31, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala Long live the king and long may he reign, so goes the traditional proclamation. In Tonga, King Tupou VI has shown he has every intention of doing that. After a tumultuous and tense year of the chess board of politics, the monarch appears to have won, with ordinary citizens and democratic ... <a title="His Majesty’s pleasure: King reigns over Tongan government despite democratic reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/his-majestys-pleasure-king-reigns-over-tongan-government-despite-democratic-reform/" aria-label="Read more about His Majesty’s pleasure: King reigns over Tongan government despite democratic reform">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
A NZ-born Kiribati member of Parliament, Ruth Cross Kwansing, has tried to bring in some Pacific common sense into the diplomatic tiff between her country and Aotearoa New Zealand. Her original title on her social media posting was “A storm in a teacup: Kiribati, New Zealand and a misunderstanding over diplomacy”. COMMENTARY: By Ruth Cross ... <a title="NZ- Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/nz-kiribati-fallout-a-pacific-way-perspective-on-the-peters-spat/" aria-label="Read more about NZ- Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2025
Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar . . . AFTER being jailed by the Israeli military and released last Sunday as part of the ceasefire deal. Image: www.solidarity.co.nz COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Watching footage of Palestinian parliamentarian and hostage Khalida Jarrar emerge from Israeli captivity was jarring — a far, muffled cry from the ... <a title="‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’ – Gaza hostages, mainstream media and truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/31/all-i-wanted-was-to-bid-my-daughter-a-final-farewell-gaza-hostages-mainstream-media-and-truth/" aria-label="Read more about ‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’ – Gaza hostages, mainstream media and truth">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
PNG Post-Courier In a fervent appeal to the global community, Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea has called on US President Donald Trump to “rethink” his decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and current global climate initiatives. Marape’s plea came during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, on ... <a title="Marape calls US climate backtracking ‘irresponsible’ in rethink plea to Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/marape-calls-us-climate-backtracking-irresponsible-in-rethink-plea-to-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Marape calls US climate backtracking ‘irresponsible’ in rethink plea to Trump">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its “genocide hotline” campaign against soldiers involved in Israel’s war against Gaza, saying New Zealand should be actively following international law. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) dismissed a “predictable lineup of apologists for Israel” for their criticisms of the PSNA ... <a title="PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldier visas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/psnas-minto-hits-back-at-gaza-genocide-hotline-critics-insists-nz-should-deny-israeli-soldier-visas/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldier visas">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
What will happen to Australia — and New Zealand — once the superpower that has been followed into endless battles, the United States, finally unravels? COMMENTARY: By Michelle Pini, managing editor of Independent Australia With President Donald Trump now into his second week in the White House, horrific fires have continued to rage across Los ... <a title="Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/trump-2-0-chaos-and-destruction-what-it-means-down-under/" aria-label="Read more about Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2025
This article was written before The Electronic Intifada’s founding editor Ali Abunimah was arrested in Switzerland on Saturday afternoon for “speaking up for Palestine”. He has since been released and deported. SPECIAL REPORT: By Ali AbunimahIsrael smuggled one of its soldiers out of Cyprus, apparently fearing his detention on charges related to the genocide in ... <a title="The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Israeli genocide perpetrators to justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/28/the-electronic-intifada-bringing-israeli-genocide-perpetrators-to-justice/" aria-label="Read more about The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Israeli genocide perpetrators to justice">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2025
NBC News in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has officially given the green light to the PNG media policy, which will soon be presented to Parliament for formal enactment. Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Timothy Masiu believes this policy will address ongoing concerns about sensationalism, ethical standards, and the portrayal of violence ... <a title="PNG media policy ‘new era journalism’ draft law ready, says Masiu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/28/png-media-policy-new-era-journalism-draft-law-ready-says-masiu/" aria-label="Read more about PNG media policy ‘new era journalism’ draft law ready, says Masiu">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2025
Asia Pacific Report UN President Donald Trump’s idea of mass expulsion of Palestinians in Gaza to Jordan and Egypt has been dismissed by analysts as unaccepable “ethnic cleansing” and rejected by the governments of both neigbouring countries. Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani, a nonresident research fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and ... <a title="Trump’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ Gaza idea dismissed by analysts – rejected by Jordan, Egypt on ‘Day of Return’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/28/trumps-ethnic-cleansing-gaza-idea-dismissed-by-analysts-rejected-by-jordan-egypt-on-day-of-return/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ Gaza idea dismissed by analysts – rejected by Jordan, Egypt on ‘Day of Return’">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
ANALYSIS: By David Lowe, Deakin University; Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, and Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University After many years of heated debate over whether January 26 is an appropriate date to celebrate Australia Day — with some councils and other groups shifting away from it — the tide appears to be turning among some groups. Some ... <a title="Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people — new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/support-for-changing-date-of-australia-day-softens-but-remains-strong-among-young-people-new-research/" aria-label="Read more about Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people — new research">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A co-founder of a national Palestinian solidarity network in Aotearoa New Zealand today praised the “heroic” resilience and sacrifice of the people of Gaza in the face of Israel’s ruthless attempt to destroy the besieged enclave of more than 2 million people. Speaking at the first solidarity rally in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau ... <a title="NZ Palestinian network co-founder Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/26/nz-palestinian-network-co-founder-janfrie-wakim-praises-heroic-gaza-calls-for-more-action/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestinian network co-founder Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for more action">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2025
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews Vanuatu’s top lawyer has called out the United States for “bad behavior” after newly inaugurated President Donald Trump withdrew the world’s biggest historic emitter of greenhouse gasses from the Paris Agreement for a second time. The Pacific nation’s Attorney-General Arnold Loughman, who led Vanuatu’s landmark International Court of Justice climate ... <a title="Vanuatu AG condemns Trump’s Paris climate treaty exit as ‘troubling precedent’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/25/vanuatu-ag-condemns-trumps-paris-climate-treaty-exit-as-troubling-precedent/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu AG condemns Trump’s Paris climate treaty exit as ‘troubling precedent’">Read more</a>
