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January 17, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist From heavy visa bonds to suspended applications to straight-up travel bans, the United States has implemented or announced sweeping restrictions on Pacific travel in just the first two weeks of 2026. Confirmed on Thursday, Fiji is among a list of 75 countries for which the US will suspend the ... <a title="Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/bonds-blockings-and-bans-a-massive-new-year-us-shakeup-for-pacific-travel/" aria-label="Read more about Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former National MP has launched a petition calling for “equality and respect” in New Zealand’s immigration visa treatment of Pacific Islanders, saying “many are shocked when they learn the truth”. In a full page advertisement in The New Zealand Herald newspaper today, Anae Arthur Anae condemned the New Zealand government’s visa ... <a title="Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/former-mp-anae-calls-for-pacific-justice-over-immigration-in-petition/" aria-label="Read more about Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. An increasing proportion of New Zealand’s immigrants are foreign citizens. In the 2010s – especially the later 2010s – a critical driver of immigration had been returning New Zealand citizens. As the headlines have indicated, that process of sourcing immigrants from the New Zealand diaspora has long finished. Where have New ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Post-Covid Immigration to New Zealand by Nationality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/keith-rankin-analysis-post-covid-immigration-to-new-zealand-by-nationality/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Post-Covid Immigration to New Zealand by Nationality">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The following tables represent an update of mortality by sex in relation to Table 2 from Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, in Aotearoa New Zealand. By looking at deaths registered in February to May only, it is possible to extend trends into 2025, avoiding fluctuations arising from winter illnesses. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, an Update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-decennial-increases-in-deaths-by-birth-cohort-an-update/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, an Update">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By William Camacaro New York One of the casualties of Washington’s get-tough immigration policy is the plight of children separated by U.S. authorities from their parents. The political party of “family values” has caused needless trauma for these migrant children and round the clock anxiety for parents desperately ... <a title="Children First: A Campaign to Reunite 66 Venezuelan Kids with Their Parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/children-first-a-campaign-to-reunite-66-venezuelan-kids-with-their-parents/" aria-label="Read more about Children First: A Campaign to Reunite 66 Venezuelan Kids with Their Parents">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Yesterday I listened to RNZ’s political commentators. The principal topic was an aspect of the recently released May 2025 international migration. Kathryn Ryan starts by reminding us of the “old saying, would the last person to leave New Zealand please turn out the lights” (a saying which has been used in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Reporting International Migration: Less than the Truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/15/keith-rankin-analysis-reporting-international-migration-less-than-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Reporting International Migration: Less than the 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 23, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel People get readyThere’s a train a-comingYou don’t need no baggageYou just get on boardAll you need is faithTo hear the diesels hummingDon’t need no ticketYou just thank the Lord Songwriter: Curtis Mayfield You might have seen Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s speech at the National Prayer Service in the United States following ... <a title="Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/standing-for-decency-the-sermon-the-president-didnt-want-to-hear/" aria-label="Read more about Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin Generally, more people die in winter. Not surprising, though some years have significantly more deaths than others, and the timing of ‘peak death’ each year varies between the wintery months. These charts show the deaths, determined from weekly data, of people named Smith, New Zealand’s most common surname last century. The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Post-War Mortality: Seasonal Patterns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/13/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-new-zealand-post-war-mortality-seasonal-patterns/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand Post-War Mortality: Seasonal Patterns">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The Pacific Election 2023 debate kicked off today with one of the most pressing issues for Pacific communties — an amnesty for overstayers. The Dawn Raids apology was two years ago, and weeks out from the election, the Labour Party has announced it would offer a lifeline for long-term ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Overstayers issue kicks off Pacific communities debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/25/nz-election-2023-overstayers-issue-kicks-off-pacific-communities-debate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Overstayers issue kicks off Pacific communities debate">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury THE DAILY BLOG’S 2022 INFAMOUS MEDIA GONGS Last month The Daily Blog offered its New Year infamous news media gongs — and blasts — for 2022. In this extract, editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury names the mainstream media “blind spots”. Graham Adams over at The Platform made the argument this year ... <a title="Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/06/martyn-bradburys-17-editorial-no-go-zones-for-the-nz-media/" aria-label="Read more about Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2022
By Josefa Babitu in Suva The greenlight has been given to University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, and Dr Padma Lal, to return to Fiji by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Professor Ahluwalia was deported in 2021 and Dr Lal — widow of the late leading Fiji academic Professor Brij Lal — was ... <a title="Exiled USP chief, Dr Lal now free to enter Fiji, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/26/exiled-usp-chief-dr-lal-now-free-to-enter-fiji-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Exiled USP chief, Dr Lal now free to enter Fiji, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
