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January 28, 2026
By Khalia Strong of PMN News A new paper by women scholars warns colonial power structures are still shaping health systems across the Pacific region. They are calling for a radical shift in global health leadership and decision-making. The call comes from a new paper published this month in The Lancet Regional Health – Western ... <a title="Pacific women scholars call for ‘radical shift’ in global health systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/28/pacific-women-scholars-call-for-radical-shift-in-global-health-systems/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific women scholars call for ‘radical shift’ in global health systems">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has asked for an urgent meeting with Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and is calling for “cohesive action” over escalating attacks by Israel supporters against Palestinians and human rights activists. The network said in a statement a rock had been hurled through the window of New Plymouth ... <a title="PSNA seeks urgent police talks after ‘rock through window’ attack on Palestine supporters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/28/psna-seeks-urgent-police-talks-after-rock-through-window-attack-on-palestine-supporters/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA seeks urgent police talks after ‘rock through window’ attack on Palestine supporters">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
By Haya Ahmed In Gaza today, university scholarships have taken on a whole new meaning. No longer are they a step towards self-development, educational attainment or an academic experience in a different country. For a whole generation of Gazan students, a foreign university scholarship has become a lifeline and one of the few remaining legal ... <a title="In Gaza, university scholarships are now a matter of survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/in-gaza-university-scholarships-are-now-a-matter-of-survival/" aria-label="Read more about In Gaza, university scholarships are now a matter of survival">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The logbook of presidential flights in Indonesia reveals an unusual pattern — from the Merdeka Palace to the Land of the Bird of Paradise. By 2023, then President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had set foot in Papua at least 17 times — a record in the republic’s history, surpassing the ... <a title="Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/jakarta-at-crossroads-can-president-prabowo-connect-with-papuan-hearts/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra B. Singh “You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” Although made in an American context, this observation by President Harry S. Truman has universal appeal. It highlights the unpredictable and treacherous nature of politics, whether it’s the chameleon-like antics of politicians or the fickleness of voters. The precariousness of politics ... <a title="Eroding trust in Fiji politics – lessons of 2025 and beyond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/eroding-trust-in-fiji-politics-lessons-of-2025-and-beyond/" aria-label="Read more about Eroding trust in Fiji politics – lessons of 2025 and beyond">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans in Helmand province. They were terrorised by heavily armed American execution squads for decades. It would not come as ... <a title="Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the whirlwind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/chris-hedges-we-sowed-the-wind-now-we-will-reap-the-whirlwind/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the whirlwind">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala, publisher of Talanoa ‘o Tonga As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a view of US President Donald Trump, one way or another, as I thought that he would sooner or later get over his incredible childishness and tyrannical behavior, and start doing something ... <a title="Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/kalafi-moala-my-view-of-tyrannical-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international stabilisation force in Gaza imposes a responsibility on all of us to ask the hard questions before the decision is finalised by Cabinet. At the outset, let’s all be clear ... <a title="Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/gaza-peacekeeping-deployment-five-clear-questions-fiji-cannot-ignore/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex roles linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The rally in Auckland’s Te Komititanga Square was themed “NZ has blood on its hands” and speakers heavily criticised the conduct of Rocket ... <a title="Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/palestine-rally-targets-nz-companies-alleged-link-to-opaque-supply-lines-in-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Nearly five months after a joint statement by 29 MFC member states called on Israel to allow press immediate independent access to Gaza and to protect journalists on the ground, the complete ban on media access remains in force. The ban has persisted since the start of the war over two years ago, despite the ceasefire ... <a title="Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms – RSF and CPJ call for action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/israeli-supreme-court-hearing-on-press-access-to-gaza-looms-rsf-and-cpj-call-for-action/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms – RSF and CPJ call for action">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Paul Gregoire Australia’s two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on stationary public assemblies, along with the envoy’s plan to combat antisemitism and the Royal Commission into the same prejudice, have all been set in place following two ISIS-fuelled killers murdering ... <a title="Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/federal-governments-crackdown-on-free-speech-affects-all-australians/" aria-label="Read more about Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist New Zealand has scrapped a project to build an airport in Tokelau after sinking NZ$3 million into the design phase. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told RNZ Pacific that the Tokelau government had been advised of their decision. Tokelau is completely inaccessible by plane, ... <a title="Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/tokelau-airport-project-scrapped-despite-multi-million-dollar-design/" aria-label="Read more about Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design">Read more</a>
