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November 2, 2025
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s Democracy Now! show looking at US-China relations and President Trump’s threat to resume nuclear weapons testing. President Trump and President Xi Jinping met in South Korea and agreed to a one-year trade truce, but the trade deal was overshadowed by Trump’s announcement that the US would resume testing ... <a title="‘Extraordinarily destabilising decision’ – Trump denounced over call to immediately resume nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/extraordinarily-destabilising-decision-trump-denounced-over-call-to-immediately-resume-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Extraordinarily destabilising decision’ – Trump denounced over call to immediately resume nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2025
RNZ News New Zealand opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins is accusing the prime minister of reversing a long-held foreign policy during his current trip to India to help secure a free trade agreement between the two countries. “It seems our foreign policy is up for grabs at the moment,” he said, citing Prime Minister Christopher ... <a title="Hipkins accuses PM of undermining NZ’s nuclear-free stance in India memo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/hipkins-accuses-pm-of-undermining-nzs-nuclear-free-stance-in-india-memo/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins accuses PM of undermining NZ’s nuclear-free stance in India memo">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Last week, on 26 February 2025, President Prabowo Subianto officially launched Indonesia’s first bullion banks, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to gold and precious metal management. This initiative aims to strengthen Indonesia’s control over its gold reserves, improve financial stability, and reduce reliance on foreign institutions for gold ... <a title="Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan sovereignty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/02/indonesias-bullion-banks-new-mining-policies-pose-threat-to-west-papuan-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan sovereignty">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says that as far as Fiji is concerned, Fijians of Indian descent are Fijian. While Fiji is part of the Pacific, Indo-Fijians are not classified as Pacific peoples in New Zealand; instead, they are listed under Indian and Asian on the Stats NZ ... <a title="Indo-Fijian ‘listen to us’ plea to NZ over Pacific ethnicity classification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/01/indo-fijian-listen-to-us-plea-to-nz-over-pacific-ethnicity-classification/" aria-label="Read more about Indo-Fijian ‘listen to us’ plea to NZ over Pacific ethnicity classification">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International Media Conference next week. In the first exhibition of its kind, Connecting Diaspora: Pacific Prana provides an alternative narrative to the dominant story of the Indian diaspora to the Pacific. ... <a title="People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/people-of-the-indian-diaspora-in-pacific-another-view-through-creative-media/" aria-label="Read more about People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2024
By Blessen Tom, RNZ IndoNZ journalist A 27-year-old former police officer is off to represent New Zealand at the Miss World beauty contest in India next month. Navjot Kaur, who spent two years on the beat in South Auckland, won the title in a rapid-fire selection process in Auckland last weekend. Next week, Kaur will ... <a title="‘Dare to dream big,’ says first Sikh to represent NZ at Miss World pageant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/15/dare-to-dream-big-says-first-sikh-to-represent-nz-at-miss-world-pageant/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dare to dream big,’ says first Sikh to represent NZ at Miss World pageant">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore In the aftermath of Palestinian group Hamas’ terror attack inside Israel on October 7 and the Israeli state’s even more terrifying attacks on Palestinian urban neighbourhoods in Gaza, the media across many parts of Asia tend to take a more neutral stand in comparison with their Western counterparts. A ... <a title="Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/asian-states-shocked-by-hamas-raids-but-no-blind-support-for-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2023
By Venkat Raman, editor of Indian Newslink Fiji is on the road to economic recovery and the government looks forward to the support and assistance of the Fijian diaspora in its progress, says Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad. Inaugurating the Fiji Centre, an entity established at the premises of the Whānau ... <a title="Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/02/fijis-prasad-reaches-out-to-the-nz-diaspora-to-help-rebuild-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild nation">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
By David Robie New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has died. He was just two weeks shy of his 60th birthday. Fiji-born on 15 August 1963, just after his elder twin brother Murali, Sri grew up in the port city of ... <a title="Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/moce-sri-krishnamurthi-sports-journalist-democracy-activist-storyteller-and-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
RNZ News From today readers of rnz.co.nz will see a change to the home page, and a new initiative to tell the stories of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Asian community. RNZ.co.nz has added a lineup of four sections which focus on the growing communities of Aotearoa and are placed right at the top of the home ... <a title="RNZ launches new initiative to tell stories of Asian communities in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/rnz-launches-new-initiative-to-tell-stories-of-asian-communities-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ launches new initiative to tell stories of Asian communities in NZ">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2023
By Blessen Tom, RNZ News journalist A third New Zealand university is close to signing with Mumbai’s Bombay Stock Exchange Institute, opening up opportunities for Indian students to study in Aotearoa. The Bombay Stock Exchange Institute is a subsidiary of Bombay Stock Exchange, which at 148 years old, is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. ... <a title="NZ universities eye new tie-ups with Indian institutions to attract international students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/10/nz-universities-eye-new-tie-ups-with-indian-institutions-to-attract-international-students/" aria-label="Read more about NZ universities eye new tie-ups with Indian institutions to attract international students">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2023
By Joeli Bili in Suva A partnership forged between the Indian government and the University of the South Pacific (USP) will see the establishment of a new Fiji-based centre for climate change, coastal and ocean management in the region. The Sustainable Coastal and Ocean Research Institute (SCORI) at USP’s Suva campus was launched on May ... <a title="India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/28/india-launches-celebration-of-future-climate-research-centre-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP">Read more</a>
