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January 5, 2025
Fijivillage News A man has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of one of the Virgin Australia crew members in the early hours of New Year’s Day, near a nightclub in Martintar, Nadi. Police confirm he has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of rape. They say he ... <a title="Fiji police charge man with rape and sexual assault of Virgin Australia crew member" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/05/fiji-police-charge-man-with-rape-and-sexual-assault-of-virgin-australia-crew-member/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police charge man with rape and sexual assault of Virgin Australia crew member">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Israel is forcing two hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate under threat of attack as its ethnic cleansing campaign continues. Israeli forces have surrounded the Indonesian Hospital, where many staff and patients sought shelter after nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital was destroyed in an Israeli raid last week, reports Al Jazeera. Late on ... <a title="Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern Gaza siege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/04/israel-orders-patients-staff-to-evacuate-last-two-hospitals-in-northern-gaza-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern Gaza siege">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped to consider how these events are reshaping your world? Did you notice how your future — and that of generations to ... <a title="Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/03/katrina-mitchell-kouttab-the-palestine-tragedy-why-it-should-matter-to-you-and-our-world/" aria-label="Read more about Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab: The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2025
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth due to its inability to meet the criteria for UN membership and existing relationship with New Zealand, which fulfils Commonwealth membership requirements. Prime Minister Mark Brown has clarified that the Cook Islands is ... <a title="Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/03/cook-islands-not-qualified-for-un-membership-says-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2025
By Cheerieann Wilson in Suva Fiji’s Office of the President has confirmed that the Tribunal’s report on allegations of misconduct against suspended Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde does not need to be made public at this stage. The tribunal, chaired by Justice Anare Tuilevuka with Justices Chaitanya Lakshman and Samuela Qica, has completed its ... <a title="Pryde ‘may have to wait’ over tribunal report, says Fiji President’s office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/02/pryde-may-have-to-wait-over-tribunal-report-says-fiji-presidents-office/" aria-label="Read more about Pryde ‘may have to wait’ over tribunal report, says Fiji President’s office">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2024
By Ella Stewart, (Ngāpuhi, Te Māhurehure, Ngāti Manu), RNZ longform journalist, Te Ao Māori On a sticky day in January, dozens of nannies and aunties from Tainui shook and waved fronds of greenery as they called manuhiri onto Tuurangawaewae Marae. More than 10,000 people had responded to a rare call for unity from the Māori ... <a title="Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/29/hui-protests-kotahitanga-and-a-new-kuini-a-historic-year-for-maoridom/" aria-label="Read more about Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2024
By Emma Andrews, Henare te Ua Māori journalism intern at RNZ News From being the headline to creating them, Moana Maniapoto has walked a rather rocky road of swinging between both sides of the media. Known for her award-winning current affairs show Te Ao with Moana on Whakaata Māori, and the 1990s cover of Black ... <a title="Moana Maniapoto on the sound of the 80s to world-class journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/24/moana-maniapoto-on-the-sound-of-the-80s-to-world-class-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Moana Maniapoto on the sound of the 80s to world-class journalism">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Fiji activists have recreated the nativity scene at a solidarity for Palestine gathering in Fiji’s capital Suva just days before Christmas. The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre and Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network recreated the scene at the FWCC compound — a baby Jesus figurine lies amidst the rubble wrapped in a piece ... <a title="Fiji pro-Palestine nativity scene exposes Gaza as ‘hell on earth’ at Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/21/fiji-pro-palestine-nativity-scene-exposes-gaza-as-hell-on-earth-at-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji pro-Palestine nativity scene exposes Gaza as ‘hell on earth’ at Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand have signed an open letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters urging the coalition government to refuse to accept the credentials of a new Israeli ambassador while the state continues to disregard international law and to commit war crimes. The term ... <a title="Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy over ‘flagrant’ Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/civil-society-groups-call-on-nz-to-bar-new-israeli-envoy-over-flagrant-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy over ‘flagrant’ Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A global civil society watchdog has condemned Fiji for blocking protest marches over the Palestine genocide by Israel and clamping down on a regional Pacific university demonstration with threats. However, while the Civicus Monitor rates the state of civic space in Fiji as “obstructed” it has acknowledged the country for making some ... <a title="Global watchdog condemns Fiji for ‘blocking’ protest marches over Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/16/global-watchdog-condemns-fiji-for-blocking-protest-marches-over-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Global watchdog condemns Fiji for ‘blocking’ protest marches over Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu’s special envoy to climate change says their case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is based on the argument that those harming the climate are breaking international law. The case seeks an advisory opinion from the court on the legal responsibilities of countries in relation to climate change, and dozens of ... <a title="Climate justice: Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting nations responsible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/climate-justice-vanuatus-landmark-case-at-icj-seeks-to-hold-polluting-nations-responsible/" aria-label="Read more about Climate justice: Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting nations responsible">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2024
By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva Fiji’s coalition government has come under scrutiny over allegations of human rights violations. Speaking at the commemoration of International Human Rights Day in Suva on Tuesday, the chair of the Coalition of NGOs, Shamima Ali, claimed that — like the previous FijiFirst administration — the coalition government has demonstrated a ... <a title="Fiji government accused over human rights violations, free speech curb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/12/fiji-government-accused-over-human-rights-violations-free-speech-curb/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government accused over human rights violations, free speech curb">Read more</a>
