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March 2, 2024
Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers. By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent As women and children seek hope of a future without tribal fighting, the cycle of killing continues in Papua New Guinea’s remote Highlands. Tribal warfare dating back generations is being ... <a title="‘Chopped boy with a bush knife’: A PNG massacre killer says revenge is ‘only way’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/chopped-boy-with-a-bush-knife-a-png-massacre-killer-says-revenge-is-only-way/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Chopped boy with a bush knife’: A PNG massacre killer says revenge is ‘only way’">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A vote of no confidence in Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape is set to be moved on May 29. Sinasina-Yongamugl Open MP Kerenga Kua told the media yesterday that the Marape government had “subverted the opposition’s attempts to hold them ... <a title="PNG leader Marape’s no confidence ‘accountability’ vote set for May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/png-leader-marapes-no-confidence-accountability-vote-set-for-may/" aria-label="Read more about PNG leader Marape’s no confidence ‘accountability’ vote set for May">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2024
World Council of Churches Today is Remembrance Day — marking the 70th anniversary of the largest US nuclear test detonation, Castle Bravo, which took place over Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 1 March 1954. As one Marshallese resident noted: “It’s not the middle of nowhere to those who call it home.” When Castle ... <a title="Victims and survivors of nuclear testing honoured in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/02/victims-and-survivors-of-nuclear-testing-honoured-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Victims and survivors of nuclear testing honoured in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has designated the political wing of Hamas as a “terrorist” entity. New Zealand designated the military wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity in 2010. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the government unequivocally condemned the “brutal” terrorist attacks by Hamas in October, and the move had been taken after ... <a title="NZ govt designates political wing of Hamas a ‘terrorist’ entity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/nz-govt-designates-political-wing-of-hamas-a-terrorist-entity/" aria-label="Read more about NZ govt designates political wing of Hamas a ‘terrorist’ entity">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
There was no statement from Marcos Jr this year, but in a vlog posted on the anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution, he advised a student to be more discerning amid widespread disinformation. It is the second year that the EDSA People Power Revolution is being commemorated under the administration of President and dictator’s ... <a title="Marcos govt offers muted celebration of 1986 People Power revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/marcos-govt-offers-muted-celebration-of-1986-people-power-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about Marcos govt offers muted celebration of 1986 People Power revolution">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to Gaza to break Israel’s siege of the bombarded Palestinian enclave. Speaking at a huge public rally in Istanbul last week, Yildirim said: “The time for talking is over. We will ... <a title="‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/time-for-talking-is-over-turkish-plan-to-break-gaza-siege-as-jordan-airlifts-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza siege as Jordan airlifts supplies">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An Australian-based West Papua advocacy group has condemned the arrest and “humiliation” of two teenagers by Indonesian security forces last week. The head of Cartenz 2024 Peace Operations, Kombes Faizal Ramadhani, said in a statement on Friday that the 15-year-olds had been arrested after a clash with the West Papua National Liberation ... <a title="West Papua advocacy group condemns arrest, ‘humiliation’ of two teenagers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/west-papua-advocacy-group-condemns-arrest-humiliation-of-two-teenagers/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua advocacy group condemns arrest, ‘humiliation’ of two teenagers">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ journalist Fiji’s Women and Children’s Minister Lynda Tabuya says Pacific island countries need to “strengthen our laws” on online harassment. Tabuya spoke to RNZ Pacific on the sidelines of the Pacific Women in Power forum taking place in Auckland this week. She said the issue that she was dealing with — ... <a title="Fiji Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya calls for stronger online bullying laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/fiji-womens-minister-lynda-tabuya-calls-for-stronger-online-bullying-laws/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya calls for stronger online bullying laws">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2024
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead A former Fiji university head who was banned from returning to the country by the previous Bainimarama government has had her ban revoked. Professor Shushila Chang, a former vice-chancellor of University of Fiji (UoF) in a daring move had departed during the covid-19 lockdown in March 2020, breaching ... <a title="Fiji government revokes travel ban on former head of University of Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/26/fiji-government-revokes-travel-ban-on-former-head-of-university-of-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government revokes travel ban on former head of University of Fiji">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2024
While telling today’s Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland about creative “good news” humanitarian aid plans to help Palestinians amid the War on Gaza, New Zealand Kia Ora Gaza advocate and organiser Roger Fowler also condemned Israel’s genocidal conduct. He was interviewed by Anadolu News Agency after a Freedom Flotilla Coalition planning meeting in Istanbul with ... <a title="Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/24/kia-ora-gaza-organiser-condemns-open-genocide-in-gaza-strip/" aria-label="Read more about Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Women’s rights advocates in Papua New Guinea are calling for peace and for the men in Parliament to act against the violence in the country. The call comes following tribal fighting in Enga Province ended in a mass massacre at the weekend, ... <a title="‘National crisis’: PNG women demand MPs act against all forms of violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/national-crisis-png-women-demand-mps-act-against-all-forms-of-violence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘National crisis’: PNG women demand MPs act against all forms of violence">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
By Lucy Xia, RNZ News reporter The family of Green MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins say they are “devastated” at his loss and have thanked the public for their patience during a “difficult time”. Fa’anānā, 49, collapsed and died during a charity event in the Auckland CBD on Wednesday. In their first statement since his death, his ... <a title="Efeso Collins . . . ’empowering our rangatahi to think beyond the lines’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/efeso-collins-empowering-our-rangatahi-to-think-beyond-the-lines/" aria-label="Read more about Efeso Collins . . . ’empowering our rangatahi to think beyond the lines’">Read more</a>
