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October 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific One of eight West Papuan activists who raised the banned Morning Star flag of independence in a protest last December has died. Zode Hilapok’s death was confirmed by a relative, Christianus Dogopia, who said that since being detained, Hilapok’s health had been deteriorating. Dogopia said that on 12 December 2021 his relative began ... <a title="Morning Star flag protester in West Papua dies of mystery illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/morning-star-flag-protester-in-west-papua-dies-of-mystery-illness/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Star flag protester in West Papua dies of mystery illness">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific None of the parties making up New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week’s talks in France about New Caledonia’s new political statute. The previously undecided UNI faction also said it would be absent after the FLNKS had already said it would not send an official delegation ... <a title="Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without pro-independence camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/paris-talks-on-kanaky-new-caledonias-future-to-go-ahead-without-pro-independence-camp/" aria-label="Read more about Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without pro-independence camp">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainville’s future as an independent sovereign nation is inevitable and nothing can change the resolve of the government and people from achieving sovereignty. And he warned in the Autonomous Bougainville Parliament that no foreign government or foreign leader would dictate to Bougainville the outcome ... <a title="Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/bougainvilles-toroama-blasts-australia-no-foreigner-will-dictate-outcome/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season — and up to four of them may be severe. In its 2022/2023 Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Outlook, the Fiji government predicted that the region would experience less than the annual average cyclone activity. ... <a title="Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/fijis-weather-bureau-predicts-up-to-seven-cyclones-this-season/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist About 23,000 Melanesians live in Aotearoa and yesterday they had their first very own festival showcasing their diverse cultures. Fijians make up the bulk of the population but there are also ni-Vanuatu, Solomon Islanders, Papua New Guineans, West Papuans and Kanaks from New Caledonia. The founder and director of ... <a title="‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/forgotten-melanesians-host-their-first-cultural-festival-in-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
Asia Pacific Report Louis Kotra Uregei, an emblematic and radical figure in the independence struggle in New Caledonia, has died aged 71, announced the Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers (USTKE) in a statement. Nicknamed LKU or “Loulou”, this representative of New Caledonian militancy died on Thursday night after a long illness. Originally from the ... <a title="Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/kanak-trade-union-ustke-pioneer-and-militant-leader-loulou-uregei-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
REVIEW: By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist One of New Zealand’s most celebrated athletes is opening up her on life journey on the big screen. Double Olympic shot put champion Dame Valerie Adams’ feature documentary, More Than Gold, is centred around the Tongan/Kiwi’s preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, the film touches on Adams ... <a title="Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/dame-valerie-adams-sets-record-straight-in-a-new-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
By Akansha Narayan in Suva Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be amplified for big nations to notice and be accountable for their actions. The final-year student recently won the top prize in the tertiary level journalism students category at the 2022 ... <a title="Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/pacific-climate-stories-need-to-be-heard-and-told-says-usp-award-winner/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fijiana are one step away from reaching the quarterfinals of the Women’s Rugby World Cup — but they have to beat favourite France first. To qualify, they need to overcome the in-form French team at the Northland Events Centre in Whangārei on Saturday. It is an opportunity that ... <a title="Fijiana hopes up with one game away from World Cup quarterfinals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/fijiana-hopes-up-with-one-game-away-from-world-cup-quarterfinals/" aria-label="Read more about Fijiana hopes up with one game away from World Cup quarterfinals">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific The new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has heard calls for support and compensation for atolls close to the test sites of France’s nuclear weapons tests. High Commissioner Eric Spitz has been on his first tour of the outer islands since arriving from France last month to discuss France’s efforts to overcome ... <a title="French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/french-polynesian-atolls-still-wary-decades-after-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party says France’s refusal to engage in any UN-supervised decolonisation process is becoming increasingly untenable. In 2013, the UN General Assembly re-inscribed the French territory on its decolonisation list, but Paris has rejected the decision and keeps boycotting the annual decolonisation committee’s debate on French Polynesia. While France ... <a title="France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/frances-refusal-to-engage-over-tahiti-decolonisation-increasingly-untenable/" aria-label="Read more about France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French Polynesian territorial President Édouard Fritch. Fritch was responding to a renewed call by the pro-independence opposition Tavini Huiraatira party to follow up on reports dating back to 2016 that radiation ... <a title="France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/france-must-pay-for-study-on-genetic-impact-of-its-pacific-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests">Read more</a>
