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February 9, 2023
RNZ News An Indonesian human rights researcher has condemned the Papuan rebels who have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage and gone into hiding in a remote mountainous region. Andreas Harsono of Human Rights Watch urged the rebels to release the pilot, named as Captain Philip Mehrtens of the Indonesian airline Susi Air. “It is ... <a title="Indonesian rights researcher slams kidnapping – efforts to free NZ pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/09/indonesian-rights-researcher-slams-kidnapping-efforts-to-free-nz-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian rights researcher slams kidnapping – efforts to free NZ pilot">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described today’s Waitangi Day dawn service as moving and says he welcomes the shift away from a focus on politics. Hundreds of people gathered before dawn to commemorate 183 years since Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed. Hipkins said the national day had a greater focus ... <a title="Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/prime-minister-hipkins-welcomes-less-politics-more-commemoration-on-waitangi-day/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila Vanuatu’s prime minister has stressed any future employment within the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat must be from MSG member countries. Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau, who is also chair of the MSG Secretariat, made the statement following the recruitment of two Indonesian consultants to work ... <a title="Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/kalsakau-wants-melanesian-staff-to-work-at-msg-secretariat/" aria-label="Read more about Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya On Friday 10 February 2023, it will be one month since the Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was “kidnapped” at a local restaurant during his lunch hour by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and security forces. The crisis began in September 2022, when Governor Enembe was named a suspect by the ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is he now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/yamin-kogoya-the-fate-of-papuas-governor-enembe-where-is-he-now/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is he now?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
By Kālino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News Dr Sitiveni Halapua, former deputy leader of Tonga’s Democratic Movement, has died aged 74. Born on February 13, 1949, he was a respected academic, a pioneer of Tonga’s democratic reforms and pioneer of a conflict resolution system based on traditional practices. Halapua earned a doctorate in economics from ... <a title="Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/tongan-politician-democracy-reformer-and-scholar-dr-sitiveni-halapua-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato; Claire Breen, University of Waikato, and Valmaine Toki, University of Waikato The heated (and often confused) debate about “co-governance” in Aotearoa New Zealand inevitably leads back to its source, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. But, as its long-contested meanings demonstrate, very little in the Treaty of Waitangi is straightforward. ... <a title="NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty deserves more attention in the age of ‘co-governance’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/nzs-waitangi-day-2023-why-article-3-of-the-treaty-deserves-more-attention-in-the-age-of-co-governance/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty deserves more attention in the age of ‘co-governance’">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2023
By David Robie When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and community activists with his refreshing candour and courage. As the founder of the Jubi news media group, he remained defiant that he would tell the truth no matter what the ... <a title="Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/05/papuan-journalist-award-winner-victor-mambor-targeted-for-his-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2023
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ News Te Ao Māori journalist at Waitangi, and Russell Palmer, digital political journalist Iwi leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand have accused opposition parties National and ACT of “fanning the flames of racism”, urging the prime minister to be brave and not walk away from partnership on Three Waters. With Waitangi events and ... <a title="Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/04/iwi-leaders-warn-hipkins-not-to-bow-over-three-waters-co-governance/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific Journalist Victor Mambor, who is the chief editor of the West Papuan newspaper and website Jubi, has received the Oktovianus Pogau Award from the Indonesian-based Pantau Foundation for courage in journalism. The foundation’s Andreas Harsono said Mambor’s decision to return to his father’s homeland and defend the rights of indigenous Papuans through journalism, ... <a title="Papua’s Jubi chief editor awarded Indonesian Pogau prize for courage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/papuas-jubi-chief-editor-awarded-indonesian-pogau-prize-for-courage/" aria-label="Read more about Papua’s Jubi chief editor awarded Indonesian Pogau prize for courage">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media banished, and the country locked in a deadly nationwide civil war. Myanmar civilians now ask what else must happen before they receive international support in line with Ukraine, writes Phil Thornton. ... <a title="Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/myanmars-military-has-turned-whole-country-into-a-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2023
RNZ Pacific The headquarters of the Malvatumauri of National Council of Chiefs of Vanuatu has burned down. The fire broke out about 1am Monday local time. Police are investigating the cause of the fire in Port Vila. The Malvatumauri nakamal is a custom parliament for all Vanuatu’s chiefs. “This nakamal was the identity of the ... <a title="Police probe fire after Vanuatu chiefs’ cultural ‘nakamal’ burns down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/police-probe-fire-after-vanuatu-chiefs-cultural-nakamal-burns-down/" aria-label="Read more about Police probe fire after Vanuatu chiefs’ cultural ‘nakamal’ burns down">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Union Calédonian has proposed September 24 this year as the date by which an accord be reached with France to complete decolonisation. The party, which wants independence for the territory by 2025, has chosen the date because it will mark the 170th anniversary of New Caledonia becoming a French colony ... <a title="Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/union-caledonian-proposes-historic-september-24-date-for-independence-accord/" aria-label="Read more about Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’">Read more</a>
