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May 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory’s accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France. The joint position was adopted at the weekend at the congress of the FLNKS and then a meeting ... <a title="FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/flnks-insists-on-full-sovereignty-for-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2022
RNZ Pacific A stand-off was averted on Norfolk Island today when a couple occupying a historic house chose to leave rather than face criminal charges. The couple had been occupying one of the old officers’ houses in the Kingston World Heritage Site and the Canberra administrator had had police flown in from the mainland to ... <a title="Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/10/stand-off-between-protesters-and-police-on-norfolk-island-averted/" aria-label="Read more about Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French Pacific territories have shown their support for President Emmanuel Macron at the polls, but with a much lower voter turnout than has been usual. Macron captured 61 percent of New Caledonia’s votes overall in the presidential election final stage last Sunday, while far-right candidate Marine Le Pen scored 39 percent. Across ... <a title="French Pacific vote supports Macron for president but a drop in turnout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/30/french-pacific-vote-supports-macron-for-president-but-a-drop-in-turnout/" aria-label="Read more about French Pacific vote supports Macron for president but a drop in turnout">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Plans to establish “food estates” were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said, it wanted to ensure Indonesia’s food security. But as AwasMIFEE! and TAPOL show in their new report released today, Pandemic Power Grabs: Who benefits from Food Estates in West Papua?, ... <a title="West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/30/west-papua-food-estates-threaten-indigenous-people-warns-tapol/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Māori Language Commissioner Professor Rawinia Higgins Whether he knows it or probably not, the year Joe Bennett arrived in Aotearoa from England was a milestone year for te reo Māori. After years of petitions, protest marches and activism from New Zealanders of all ethnicities as well as a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry: te reo ... <a title="About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/about-all-the-maori-nonsense-a-response-from-nzs-maori-language-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist Campaigning is underway for the general election in Fiji later this year and early predictions are pointing to a shift in allegiances. No date has been set yet for the general election in Fiji. The ruling FijiFirst Party led by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama scraped through at the last ... <a title="Fiji political polls point to a shift away from FijiFirst, says Fijian academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/fiji-political-polls-point-to-a-shift-away-from-fijifirst-says-fijian-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji political polls point to a shift away from FijiFirst, says Fijian academic">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Terence Wood A spectre is haunting the Pacific. It is focused on Solomon Islands today, but has eyes everywhere and might pounce anywhere next. No, I’m not talking about China. I am talking about us. More specifically, I’m talking about a particular type of Western security pundit, who hypes danger and itches for ... <a title="Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/solomons-security-shambles-and-now-its-time-for-realism-over-hype/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Marian Faa of ABC Pacific Beat As a child, Efika Kora remembers watching planes glide over her remote village in the Pacific. Transfixed, she imagined that one day she would be the one flying them. Now, just two semesters away from completing a diploma of aviation at an Adelaide school, the 24-year-old ... <a title="West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/west-papuan-students-dreams-dashed-after-scholarships-suddenly-cancelled/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific Several pro-independence parties in New Caledonia are urging supporters to boycott the second round of the French presidential elections this Sunday. The election pits far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) candidate Marine Le Pen against the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron. Before the first round the pro-independence parties advised supporters to vote for a left-oriented ... <a title="Kanak pro-independence parties urge supporters to boycott French election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/kanak-pro-independence-parties-urge-supporters-to-boycott-french-election/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pro-independence parties urge supporters to boycott French election">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Pacific Elders’ Voice has expressed deep concern about reports of deteriorating human rights in West Papua and has appealed to Indonesia to allow the proposed UN high commissioner’s visit there before the Bali G20 meeting in November. A statement from the PEV says the reports suggest an “increased number of ... <a title="Pacific Elders call on Indonesia to allow UN visit to Papua before Bali" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/pacific-elders-call-on-indonesia-to-allow-un-visit-to-papua-before-bali/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Elders call on Indonesia to allow UN visit to Papua before Bali">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2022
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry If the coming election goes to Australia’s Labor party, Penny Wong is very likely to become Foreign Minister. So when she speaks, people across the region prick up their ears. Without the least disrespect to her recent forebears, she could be one of the most acute, incisive and insightful ... <a title="Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/dan-mcgarry-how-to-do-something-about-australias-pacific-stuff-up/" aria-label="Read more about Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2022
By Venkat Raman in Auckland Fiji’s National Federation Party leader and Member of Parliament Dr Biman Prasad is confident that the incumbent Voreqe Bainimarama government will be defeated in this year’s general election, because — as he says — “People have had enough; they want a change”. Speaking to the media in Auckland on Wednesday, ... <a title="Fiji’s Biman Prasad calls out ‘dire straits’ Bainimarama government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/18/fijis-biman-prasad-calls-out-dire-straits-bainimarama-government/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Biman Prasad calls out ‘dire straits’ Bainimarama government">Read more</a>
