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October 24, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A leading Palestine solidarity and advocacy group in New Zealand has accused an Israeli cabinet minister of “sneaking” into the country this weekend while on a Pacific tour asIsrael resumed its genocidal attacks. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskell visited the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Fiji — where she welcomed a possible ... <a title="PSNA slams Israeli politician over ‘sneaking into NZ’ during Pacific friendship trip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/24/psna-slams-israeli-politician-over-sneaking-into-nz-during-pacific-friendship-trip/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA slams Israeli politician over ‘sneaking into NZ’ during Pacific friendship trip">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2025
Returning to Aotearoa after half a year in the occupied West Bank, Cole Martin says a peace deal that fails to address the root causes — and ignores the brutal reality of life for Palestinians — is no peace deal at all. A ceasefire in Gaza last week brought scenes reminiscent of January’s brief pause ... <a title="Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/24/cole-martin-the-gaza-ceasefire-isnt-the-end-what-six-months-in-palestine-showed-me/" aria-label="Read more about Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six months in Palestine showed me">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2025
RNZ News Thousands have marched through major city streets and rallied in small towns across Aotearoa New Zealand as part of today’s “mega strike” of public workers. More than 100,000 workers from several sectors walked off the job in increasingly bitter disputes over pay and conditions. It was billed as possibly the country’s biggest labour ... <a title="Thousands march through streets as part of NZ’s ‘mega strike’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/23/thousands-march-through-streets-as-part-of-nzs-mega-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands march through streets as part of NZ’s ‘mega strike’">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2025
RNZ News It is being billed as quite possibly New Zealand’s biggest labour action in more than 40 years. It is the latest in a growing series of strikes and walkoffs this year, but the sheer size of it today means much of New Zealand will come to a halt. Several public sector unions say ... <a title="Thousands of nurses, teachers and doctors take part in NZ’s ‘mega strike’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/23/thousands-of-nurses-teachers-and-doctors-take-part-in-nzs-mega-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of nurses, teachers and doctors take part in NZ’s ‘mega strike’">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims more than a dozen civilians have been killed in the Papuan highlands, including three men who were allegedly tortured and a woman who was allegedly raped. However, the Indonesian government claims the accusations “baseless”. ULMWP president Benny Wenda said 15 ... <a title="ULMWP alleges 15 civilians killed in West Papua military operation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/23/ulmwp-alleges-15-civilians-killed-in-west-papua-military-operation/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP alleges 15 civilians killed in West Papua military operation">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2025
Kia Ora Gaza Fifteen years ago today a contingent of six New Zealanders drove three aid-packed ambulances into Gaza as part of the epic international Viva Palestina 5 solidarity convoy of 145 vehicles — to a rock-star reception from locals. The featured PressTV report includes a short interview with Kia Ora Gaza team volunteer Hone ... <a title="Kia Ora Gaza marks 15th anniversary of Viva Palestina 5 solidarity convoy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/23/kia-ora-gaza-marks-15th-anniversary-of-viva-palestina-5-solidarity-convoy/" aria-label="Read more about Kia Ora Gaza marks 15th anniversary of Viva Palestina 5 solidarity convoy">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2025
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand’s opposition parties have promised to repeal the coalition government’s changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act (MACA) if re-elected in the face of criticism over “mindsets of colonisation”. While the coalition has pitched the changes as restoring the legislation to its original intent, critics argue ... <a title="Opposition promises to repeal NZ marine and coastal rights law change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/23/opposition-promises-to-repeal-nz-marine-and-coastal-rights-law-change/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition promises to repeal NZ marine and coastal rights law change">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
This lecture “Requiem for Gaza” was delivered to a sold out audience at the University of South Australia in Adelaide after journalist Chris Hedges’ appearance was cancelled by the Australian National Press Club. EDWARD SAID MEMORIAL LECTURE: By Chris Hedges Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
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October 22, 2025
Greenpeace Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the emerging threat of seabed mining. Four activists in kayaks paddled alongside the Nautilus, which has spent the last three weeks on a US-funded research expedition surveying mineral nodule fields around ... <a title="Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/pacific-protesters-against-deep-sea-mining-challenge-us-exploration-ship/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel and the West pretend they want a real peace in Israel-Palestine yet the Israelis have beaten unconscious the man most likely to help realise a sustainable end to the conflict: Marwan Barghouti. The ethnocentrism of Western culture is such that 20 Israeli hostages received vastly more coverage than thousands of ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/eugene-doyle-palestinian-mandela-beaten-unconscious-western-leaders-yawned-and-looked-away/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed “deep gratitude” for Papua New Guinea’s support to his country over many years and during the Middle East conflict. Prime Minister James Marape was given the message directly yesterday by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel during a courtesy call at Melanesian House, Waigani. The ... <a title="Netanyahu praises Papua New Guinea with ‘deep gratitude’ for backing Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/netanyahu-praises-papua-new-guinea-with-deep-gratitude-for-backing-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu praises Papua New Guinea with ‘deep gratitude’ for backing Israel">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s major Palestine advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned Defence Minister Judith Collins for “dog-whistling to her small choir” over Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged Gaza enclave. Claiming that Collins’ open letter attack on teachers at the weekend was an attempt to “drown out Palestine” in ... <a title="PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/psna-slams-nz-defence-minister-collins-over-genocide-dog-whistling/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’">Read more</a>
