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June 2, 2024
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has commended the coordinated efforts between police and defence intelligence units in the lead up to and during the current sitting of Parliament. Commissioner Manning said claims made over the past five months, particularly on social media, had led to heightened public awareness of safety during ... <a title="PNG’s police and defence force close ranks to foil ‘opportunist crimes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/02/pngs-police-and-defence-force-close-ranks-to-foil-opportunist-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s police and defence force close ranks to foil ‘opportunist crimes’">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand solidarity group for Palestine with a focus on settler colonialism has condemned the latest atrocities by the Israeli military in its attack on Rafah — in defiance of the International Court of Justice order last Friday to halt the assault — and also French brutality in Kanaky New Caledonia. ... <a title="Palestine solidarity group condemns ‘colonial violence’ in Rafah, Kanaky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/palestine-solidarity-group-condemns-colonial-violence-in-rafah-kanaky/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine solidarity group condemns ‘colonial violence’ in Rafah, Kanaky">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
By Pretoria Gordon, RNZ News journalist Jessie Ounei is following in her mum’s footsteps as a Kanak pro-independence activist. Last Wednesday, Ounei organised a rally outside the French Embassy in Wellington to “shed light on what is happening in New Caledonia“. She said there was not enough information, and the information that had been reported ... <a title="‘I can’t just stand back’: Kanak pro-independence activist follows mum’s footsteps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/i-cant-just-stand-back-kanak-pro-independence-activist-follows-mums-footsteps/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I can’t just stand back’: Kanak pro-independence activist follows mum’s footsteps">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Teanau Tuiono There is an important story to be told behind the story Aotearoa New Zealand’s mainstream media has been reporting on in Kanaky New Caledonia. Beyond the efforts to evacuate New Zealanders lies a struggle for indigenous sovereignty and self-determination we here in Aotearoa can relate to. Aotearoa is part of a ... <a title="New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/new-zealands-role-in-helping-bring-peace-to-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2024
Alex Bainbridge talks to David Robie on Kanaky and settler colonialism. Video: Green Left Green Left Show Indigenous Kanaks in Kanaky (New Caledonia) have sprung into revolt in the last two weeks in response to moves by the colonial power France to undermine moves towards independence in the Pacific territory. Journalist David Robie from Aotearoa ... <a title="French repressive policies in New Caledonia have ‘betrayed’ Kanak hopes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/27/french-repressive-policies-in-new-caledonia-have-betrayed-kanak-hopes/" aria-label="Read more about French repressive policies in New Caledonia have ‘betrayed’ Kanak hopes">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2024
“In the aftermath of the ‘No’ denying an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia, I deeply sympathise with the Kanak people’s frustration, fear, and anger at being outvoted and dismissed,” writes Angelina Hurley. COMMENTARY: By Angelina Hurley After the trauma of completing a PhD on decolonising Australian humour, I needed a well-deserved break. I always ... <a title="Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial white privilege that caused it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/27/amid-kanaky-new-caledonias-unrest-i-saw-first-hand-the-same-colonial-white-privilege-that-caused-it/" aria-label="Read more about Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial white privilege that caused it">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence group has condemned French “modern-day colonialism in action” in Kanaky New Caledonia and urged indigenous leaders to “fight on”. In a statement to the Kanak pro-independence leadership, exiled United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) president Benny Wenda said the proposed electoral changes being debated in the French ... <a title="West Papua independence group slams French ‘modern-day colonialism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/26/west-papua-independence-group-slams-french-modern-day-colonialism/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua independence group slams French ‘modern-day colonialism’">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report By a Kanak from Aotearoa New Zealand in Kanaky I’ve been trying to feel cool and nice on this beautiful sunny day in Kanaky. But it has already been spoiled by President Emmanuel Macron’s flashy day-long visit on Thursday. Currently special French military forces are trying to take full control of the ... <a title="Open letter from Kanaky: Things are really bad, we need to speed up decolonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/26/open-letter-from-kanaky-things-are-really-bad-we-need-to-speed-up-decolonisation/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from Kanaky: Things are really bad, we need to speed up decolonisation">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle “Only the struggle counts . . . death is nothing.” Éloi Machoro — “the Che Guevara of the Pacific” — said this shortly before he was gunned down by a French sniper on 12 January 1985. Machoro, one of the leaders of the newly-formed FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) ... <a title="Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/media-fuss-over-stranded-tourists-but-kanaks-face-existential-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggle">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell Is it just me or is it not more than a little odd that coverage of current events in New Caledonia/Kanaky is dominated by the inconvenience of tourists and rescue flights out of the Pacific paradise. That the events are described as “disruption” or “riots” without any real reference to the ... <a title="Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana or colonialist eyes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/rob-campbell-unrest-in-new-caledonia-as-seen-through-moana-or-colonialist-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana or colonialist eyes?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
By Adam Gifford of Waatea News A New Zealand Kanak woman, Jesse Ounei, says young people in New Caledonia feel a sense of anger and betrayal at the way France is attempting to “snuff out” any prospect of independence for its Pacific territory. France invaded New Caledonia in 1853 and pushed the Kanak people into ... <a title="French ‘betrayal’ triggered Kanak youth rebellion in Nouméa, says activist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/french-betrayal-triggered-kanak-youth-rebellion-in-noumea-says-activist/" aria-label="Read more about French ‘betrayal’ triggered Kanak youth rebellion in Nouméa, says activist">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A Māori supporter of Pacific independence movements claims the French government has “constructed the crisis” in New Caledonia by pushing the indigenous Kanak population to the edge, reports Atereano Mateariki of Waatea News. A NZ Defence Force Hercules is today evacuating about 50 New Zealanders stranded in the French Pacific island territory ... <a title="France to blame for ‘constructing’ Kanaky crisis, says Kia Mau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/france-to-blame-for-constructing-kanaky-crisis-says-kia-mau/" aria-label="Read more about France to blame for ‘constructing’ Kanaky crisis, says Kia Mau">Read more</a>
