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November 20, 2025
The UN Security Council passed a regime change resolution against Gaza on Monday, effectively issuing a mandate for an invasion force to enter the besieged coastal enclave and install a US-led ruling authority by force. ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh Passing with 13 votes in favour and none in defiance, the new UN Security Council (UNSC) ... <a title="A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means in practice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/a-shameful-mandate-for-force-what-the-unscs-gaza-resolution-means-in-practice/" aria-label="Read more about A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means in practice">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Regional student journalists at the University of the South Pacific have condemned the Samoan Prime Minister’s ban on the Samoa Observer newspaper, branding it as a “deliberate and systemic attempt to restrict public scrutiny”. The Journalism Students’ Association (JSA) at USP said in a statement today it was “deeplyconcerned” about Samoan Prime ... <a title="Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/regional-pacific-student-journalists-condemn-samoa-pms-ban-as-deeply-troubling/" aria-label="Read more about Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto As you know, there’s a tiny group of Dame Jacinda Ardern haters in New Zealand who are easily triggered by facts and the ongoing success of the former prime minister on the world stage. The tiny eeny weeny group is made to look bigger online by an automated army of fake ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face the facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/jacinda-ardern-why-nzs-tiny-group-of-hysterical-haters-cant-face-the-facts/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face the facts">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2025
Middle East Monitor Israeli soldiers have revealed that Palestinian civilians were killed inside Gaza in a free-for-all at the wish of army officers amid a collapse of legal and military norms during Tel Aviv’s two-year brutal war on the besieged enclave, reports Anadolu Ajensi. “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the ... <a title="Israeli soldiers killed civilians, aid seekers in Gaza free-for-all ‘at wish of army officers’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/12/israeli-soldiers-killed-civilians-aid-seekers-in-gaza-free-for-all-at-wish-of-army-officers/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli soldiers killed civilians, aid seekers in Gaza free-for-all ‘at wish of army officers’">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Freedoms Committee of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate says the Israeli occupation forces have killed 44 Palestinian journalists inside displacement tents in the Gaza Strip. The committee said that these journalists were among 254 media workers who had been killed since the beginning of the Israeli assault on Gaza in October 2023 ... <a title="Israeli forces kill 44 journalists inside Gaza displacement tents, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/israeli-forces-kill-44-journalists-inside-gaza-displacement-tents-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli forces kill 44 journalists inside Gaza displacement tents, says report">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Pacific people’s mission to Kanaky New Caledonia was repeatedly confronted with a “profound sense of distrust” in the French state’s role in the decolonisation process, a new report released this week has revealed. “This scepticism, articulated by Kanak representatives, is rooted in the belief that France is not a neutral arbiter ... <a title="‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for new Kanaky negotiations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/09/profound-distrust-in-france-says-pacific-peoples-mission-report-calling-for-new-kanaky-negotiations/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for new Kanaky negotiations">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at West Auckland’s Te Pai Park today, celebrating successes of the BDS movement against apartheid Israel while condemning the failure of the country’s coalition government to impose sanctions against the pariah state. “They’ve done nothing,” said Neil Scott, secretary of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA). He ... <a title="NZ Palestine protesters condemn govt over failure to impose sanctions against Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/09/nz-palestine-protesters-condemn-govt-over-failure-to-impose-sanctions-against-israel/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestine protesters condemn govt over failure to impose sanctions against Israel">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2025
RNZ News The current New Zealand government has a “Trumpian accent” that should be a red flag for the people, one of the world’s leading human rights voices says. Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard spoke this week on 30 with Guyon Espiner during her first official visit to New Zealand. Once a country that was ... <a title="NZ government has ‘Trumpian accent’, says global human rights advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/08/nz-government-has-trumpian-accent-says-global-human-rights-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government has ‘Trumpian accent’, says global human rights advocate">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
By ‘Alakihihifo Vailala, PMN News The Ministry for Pacific Peoples (MPP) repeatedly warned its minister that replacing the traditional population-wide survey with administrative data would have negative consequences for data on Pasifika communities. They cautioned that this change would undercount Pacific people and lead to poor policy decisions, yet the changes proceeded. In records obtained ... <a title="Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/confidential-documents-reveal-pacific-ministry-raised-concerns-over-nz-census-overhaul/" aria-label="Read more about Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
William Faulkner was right: past events continue to inform and shape our world. With powerful forces gathering to reassert US dominance over not just Venezuela but the entire Western hemisphere, the vexed issue of local elites, for example Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado and her backers, enlisting an imperial power in domestic broils, is again top ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the Ancien Régime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/eugene-doyle-venezuela-and-trumps-war-to-save-the-ancien-regime/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the Ancien Régime">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A People’s Mission to Kanaky New Caledonia says the French Pacific territory remains in a fragile political and social transition nearly three decades after the signing of the Nouméa Accord. It says the pro-independence unrest in May last year has “left visible scars” — not only in a damaged economy but in ... <a title="People’s mission to Kanaky warns over ‘broken trust’ in France about decolonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/peoples-mission-to-kanaky-warns-over-broken-trust-in-france-about-decolonisation/" aria-label="Read more about People’s mission to Kanaky warns over ‘broken trust’ in France about decolonisation">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Today marks 108 years since the 1917 Balfour Declaration and New Zealand pro-Palestinian protest groups have condemned this infamous date in rallies across the country. “Britain promised a land that wasn’t theirs to give,” said Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) co-chair Maher Nazzal. “That single act of colonial arrogance set in motion ... <a title="Britain’s act of ‘colonial arrogance’ created living injustice for Palestinians, says PSNA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/britains-act-of-colonial-arrogance-created-living-injustice-for-palestinians-says-psna/" aria-label="Read more about Britain’s act of ‘colonial arrogance’ created living injustice for Palestinians, says PSNA">Read more</a>
