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March 31, 2023
By Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila Vanuatu is in celebration mode after winning a significant battle on the world stage over climate change. In a United Nations resolution spearheaded by Vanuatu, the world’s top court will now advise on countries’ legal obligations to fight climate change. It also means the International Court of Justice can ... <a title="Vanuatu hails ‘historic resolution’ in climate battle on the world stage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/31/vanuatu-hails-historic-resolution-in-climate-battle-on-the-world-stage/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu hails ‘historic resolution’ in climate battle on the world stage">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2023
By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonia’s Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) say they will tell the French Prime Minister of the Kanak people’s “sense of humiliation” over the last independence referendum. The pro-independence alliance is set to talk to the French state from April 7-15. The secretary-general of the Caledonian Union, ... <a title="FLNKS message to French PM about Kanak ‘humiliation’ over referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/31/flnks-message-to-french-pm-about-kanak-humiliation-over-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS message to French PM about Kanak ‘humiliation’ over referendum">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2023
RNZ Pacific The UN General Assembly has adopted a Vanuatu-led resolution calling for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate change and human rights. The resolution was tabled by Vanuatu and a core group of 17 countries, aiming to clarify what the obligations of states are in protecting the rights ... <a title="UN adopts Vanuatu-led resolution in ‘epic win’ on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/un-adopts-vanuatu-led-resolution-in-epic-win-on-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about UN adopts Vanuatu-led resolution in ‘epic win’ on climate change">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The production and trafficking of methamphetamine (meth), cocaine and now heroin is on the rise with Pacific countries now becoming what many are calling the “Pacific drug highway”. And Papua New Guinea has over three years seen a plane crash, a hotel laboratory, a shipment in postal services, arrival ... <a title="PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/png-a-key-transit-point-for-pacific-drug-highway-to-australia/" aria-label="Read more about PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva The long-running row between the former Fiji government and the Suva-based regional University of the South Pacific (USP) has come back to haunt former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, who spent a night in a police cell on March 9 before appearing in court, charged with abuse of ... <a title="How the USP political saga may end the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/how-the-usp-political-saga-may-end-the-era-of-bainimarama-and-fijifirst/" aria-label="Read more about How the USP political saga may end the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr says the Royal PNG Constabulary is “stretched” with only 5000 men and women serving the country of more than 9 million people. “Now more than ever we need leadership, we are stretched as a force, we all know that — ... <a title="‘Sleepless nights’ admits PNG’s security minister over stretched police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/19/sleepless-nights-admits-pngs-security-minister-over-stretched-police/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Sleepless nights’ admits PNG’s security minister over stretched police">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho have been granted bail. Both men have pleaded not guilty to one count each of abuse of office. Magistrate Seini Puamau has set bail at FJ$10,000 (NZ$7,000), according to local news media reports. Bainimarama and Qiliho have also been ordered not ... <a title="Fiji’s Bainimarama granted bail, ordered to remain in country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/10/fijis-bainimarama-granted-bail-ordered-to-remain-in-country/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Bainimarama granted bail, ordered to remain in country">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2023
By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho appeared before Suva Magistrates Court judge Justice Seini Puamau today and pleaded not guilty to abuse of office charges laid against them. Justice Puamau stood down the case for 11am as she told the prosecution to provide “substantial ... <a title="Fiji’s Bainimarama, suspended police chief plead not guilty to abuse of office charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/10/fijis-bainimarama-suspended-police-chief-plead-not-guilty-to-abuse-of-office-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Bainimarama, suspended police chief plead not guilty to abuse of office charges">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2023
PNG Post-Courier A recent cash payment by the state for the release of three hostages held captive by armed gunmen in Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands province has set a “dangerous precedent”, says the opposition. Deputy opposition leader Douglas Tomuriesa said in a statement that the Marape government had set a bad precedent in allowing ... <a title="Plea to PNG prime minister to tell truth about ransom paid to ‘terrorists’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/09/plea-to-png-prime-minister-to-tell-truth-about-ransom-paid-to-terrorists/" aria-label="Read more about Plea to PNG prime minister to tell truth about ransom paid to ‘terrorists’">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A group of “pink shoes” women in Aotearoa New Zealand campaigning for gender equality in the Catholic Church took their message with a display of well-worn shoes to St Patrick’s Cathedral plaza in Auckland today on International Women’s Day. It was part of a national and global “Pink Shoes into the Vatican” ... <a title="International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/international-womens-day-pink-shoes-into-the-vatican-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ News Thousands of people turned up for climate strikes across Aotearoa New Zealand today — and briefly staged a sit-in at Christchurch City Council. School students and others around the country protested for climate change action from the government. School Strike 4 Climate Christchurch spokesperson Aurora Garner-Randolph, 17, said she expected between 15,000 to ... <a title="Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/climate-strikes-thousands-march-in-nz-to-demand-action-from-government/" aria-label="Read more about Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
ANALYSIS: By David Robie Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese. On February 7, a militant cell of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) — a fragmented organisation that been fighting ... <a title="Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s done with 3 PNG hostages freed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/two-countries-two-kidnappings-port-moresby-shows-jakarta-how-its-done-with-3-png-hostages-freed/" aria-label="Read more about Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s done with 3 PNG hostages freed">Read more</a>
