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March 6, 2026
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The All Blacks have their first coach of Pasifika heritage. Dave Rennie has been given the job, replacing the ousted Scott Robertson. Rennie’s Cook Islands heritage comes via his mother, who hails from Titikaveka on Rarotonga, and Rennie even played a non-test match for the country in 1990. Asked ... <a title="‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/i-know-shed-be-really-proud-nzs-first-pasifika-heritage-all-blacks-coach/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
REVIEW: Jubi Media Yasinta Moiwend was startled when, on a quiet morning, a massive ship docked at her village pier in West Papua. The vessel carried hundreds of excavators and was escorted by military forces. It was the first convoy of 2000 heavy machines to arrive in Papua under a National Strategic Project for food ... <a title="Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/pesta-babi-pig-feast-a-vivid-new-film-exposing-papuas-political-ecology/" aria-label="Read more about Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu has urged legislators not to sow seeds of “fear and division” as the country moves towards a general election later this year. Speaking at the opening of the fourth and final session of Parliament before the polls, Ratu Naiqama called on political leaders and ... <a title="Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/fijis-president-warns-against-sowing-seeds-of-fear-ahead-of-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards Politicians are under fire overseas. But New Zealand should take note too. The US Justice Department’s release of more than three million Epstein files (including 180,000 images and 2000 videos) has blown the doors off the most protected social network of the late 20th century. What these documents reveal is not ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/16/bryce-edwards-what-the-epstein-scandal-means-for-nz-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist As Waitangi Day commemorations continue drawing people from across Aotearoa and around the world to the Bay of Islands, Te Tii Marae has become a gathering point for Indigenous ocean leadership from across the Pacific. Taiātea: Gathering of the Oceans held its public forum yesterday, uniting more than ... <a title="Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on ocean conservation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/indigenous-and-pacific-leaders-unite-at-waitangi-with-shared-messages-on-ocean-conservation/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on ocean conservation">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The New Zealand government says it hopes an electrification aid project that was halted in Papua New Guinea can still be completed if security improves. Work on the Enga Electrification Project in PNG’s Enga province has stopped due to ongoing violence around the project area in Tsak Valley. ... <a title="New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/new-zealand-holds-out-hope-for-halted-png-electrification-aid-project/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Vincent Wijeysingha Will maximising investment returns override ethics? That is the question the tertiary sector posed to UniSaver, the academic equivalent of KiwiSaver, now revealed to invest in Israeli weapons and military intelligence. In 2024, some 400 university staff appealed to UniSaver to divest from such companies. The fund initially ignored the call. ... <a title="Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/03/academics-call-for-divestment-from-nz-pensions-fund-implicated-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza">Read more</a>
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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
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Pacific delegates in the United States Congress are warning efforts to fast-track deep-seabed mining could sideline island communities and cause irreversible damage to fragile ocean ecosystems. The concerns were raised at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing in Washington last week, held a day ... <a title="Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/28/pacific-delegates-warn-against-us-fast-tracking-seabed-mining/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining">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
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor With all the setbacks of recent years, Vanuatu’s citizenship sale schemes should be dead in the water — instead they are thriving, and geopolitical chaos is playing a part. The citizenship-by-investment sector is the biggest single revenue earner for Vanuatu’s government, but lingering issues of integrity cast a ... <a title="Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/vanuatu-citizenship-sales-strong-despite-currency-hassles-and-integrity-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2026
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parents of rare conjoined twins say doctors in Papua New Guinea told them to take the boys home as they were beyond hope. “Thank God we [defied them] and we are where we are,” the boys’ dad Kevin Mitiam, who is also a twin, said in Tok ... <a title="‘Thank God’ – parents of PNG conjoined twins grateful they defied medical advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/24/thank-god-parents-of-png-conjoined-twins-grateful-they-defied-medical-advice/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Thank God’ – parents of PNG conjoined twins grateful they defied medical advice">Read more</a>
