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January 30, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the scene. It is not built around dances or memes, but instead positions itself as a space promising fewer shadowbans and greater ... <a title="UpScrolled – the Australian pro-Palestine platform shaking up global social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/upscrolled-the-australian-pro-palestine-platform-shaking-up-global-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about UpScrolled – the Australian pro-Palestine platform shaking up global social media">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – “Grow a spine for Palestine!” was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today as the protesters demanded that the coalition government should recognise the state of Palestine and stop supporting impunity for Israel. More than 62,000 ... <a title="Luxon ‘grow a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/17/luxon-grow-a-spine-chants-as-big-rallies-call-for-nz-to-recognise-palestine-state/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon ‘grow a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2025
Asia Pacific Report “Grow a spine for Palestine!” was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today as the protesters demanded that the coalition government should recognise the state of Palestine and stop supporting impunity for Israel. More than 62,000 people, mostly women and children, have ... <a title="Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/17/luxon-get-a-spine-chants-as-big-rallies-call-for-nz-to-recognise-palestine-state/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie was honoured with Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) at the weekend by the Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, in an investiture ceremony at Government House Tāmaki Makaurau. He was one of eight recipients for various honours, which included Joycelyn Armstrong, who was presented ... <a title="Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/asia-pacific-report-editor-honoured-for-contribution-to-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Shrinking budgets and job insecurity means there are fewer opportunities for young journalists, and that’s bad news, especially in regional Australia, reports 360info ANALYSIS: By Jee Young Lee of the University of Canberra Australia risks losing a generation of young journalists, particularly in the regions where they face the closure of news outlets, job insecurity, ... <a title="Bad news – why Australia is losing a generation of journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/bad-news-why-australia-is-losing-a-generation-of-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Bad news – why Australia is losing a generation of journalists">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
NZME directors ‘have concerns’ about businessman Jim Grenon taking editorial control NZME’s directors have fired their own shots in the war for control of the media company, saying they have concerns about a takeover bid including the risk of businessman Jim Grenon taking editorial control. In a statement to the NZX, the board said it ... <a title="Open letter to NZME board – don’t allow alt-right Canadian billionaire to take over NZ’s Fourth Estate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/open-letter-to-nzme-board-dont-allow-alt-right-canadian-billionaire-to-take-over-nzs-fourth-estate/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to NZME board – don’t allow alt-right Canadian billionaire to take over NZ’s Fourth Estate">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – In Bislama, they say, “Wan nambanga i foldaon“. A great tree has fallen. The nambanga, or banyan tree, is the centrepiece of many a Vanuatu village. Its massive network of boughs provides shade, shelter and strength. I’ve only ever seen one knocked down, and that was ... <a title="Dan McGarry: Marc Neil-Jones is dead. His legacy lives on." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/dan-mcgarry-marc-neil-jones-is-dead-his-legacy-lives-on/" aria-label="Read more about Dan McGarry: Marc Neil-Jones is dead. His legacy lives on.">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis Little more than a month into the new US presidency, The Washington Post’s owner dimmed the light on a motto that became a beacon for freedom during the first Trump administration. “Democracy dies in darkness” has appeared below Washington Post for the past eight years. Last month it was powdered in ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/10/gavin-ellis-amazon-founder-bezos-dims-lights-on-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2024
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges In the end, the US election was about despair. Despair over futures that evaporated with deindustrialisation. Despair over the loss of 30 million jobs in mass layoffs. Despair over austerity programmes and the funneling of wealth upwards into the hands of rapacious ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The politics of cultural despair – and the American nightmare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/08/chris-hedges-the-politics-of-cultural-despair-and-the-american-nightmare/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The politics of cultural despair – and the American nightmare">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
By Paige Schouw, Queensland University of Technology Kara Ravulo was halfway through her university studies when her father became sick, ultimately leading her to defer school to help support her family. After he died, Ravulo’s mother’s wise words encouraged her to go back and complete her studies. But it was Ravulo’s perseverance and dedication that ... <a title="Trailblazer of Fijian Drua Media: How Kara Ravulo sailed unforeseen waters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/trailblazer-of-fijian-drua-media-how-kara-ravulo-sailed-unforeseen-waters/" aria-label="Read more about Trailblazer of Fijian Drua Media: How Kara Ravulo sailed unforeseen waters">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2024
By Monika Singh in Suva New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) awardee Professor David Robie has called on young journalists to see journalism as a calling and not just a job. Dr Robie, who is also the editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of the Asia Pacific Media Network, was named in the ... <a title="Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on decolonisation, Robie tells Wansolwara" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/defend-pacific-voice-over-geopolitics-climate-crisis-keep-pressure-on-decolonisation-robie-tells-wansolwara/" aria-label="Read more about Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on decolonisation, Robie tells Wansolwara">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2024
By Binoy Kampmark The Age has revealed the dismissal of ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf last December 20 was the nasty fruit of a campaign waged against chair Ita Buttrose and managing director David Anderson. The official reason for Lattouf’s dismissal was ordinary: she shared a post by Human Rights Watch about Israel “using starvation of civilians as a ... <a title="Cancelling the journalist: Furore over ABC’s coverage of Israel war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/cancelling-the-journalist-furore-over-abcs-coverage-of-israel-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Cancelling the journalist: Furore over ABC’s coverage of Israel war on Gaza">Read more</a>
