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August 18, 2022
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News in Auckland Tonga has not done enough to combat people trafficking and will remain on an American watch list, according to the US State Department’s annual report. Since convicting its first trafficker in April 2011, the government has not prosecuted or convicted any traffickers, the State Department said. The ... <a title="Tonga stays on US watch list for not doing enough on people trafficking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/tonga-stays-on-us-watch-list-for-not-doing-enough-on-people-trafficking/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga stays on US watch list for not doing enough on people trafficking">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s ruling Labour’s caucus has unanimously decided to suspend Hamilton West MP Dr Gaurav Sharma effective immediately in the wake of allegations of bullying of and by MPs. This morning, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s office confirmed the meeting to discuss allegations of bullying raised by Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma would ... <a title="Labour’s caucus suspends rogue MP Gaurav Sharma for ‘breach of trust’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/labours-caucus-suspends-rogue-mp-gaurav-sharma-for-breach-of-trust/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s caucus suspends rogue MP Gaurav Sharma for ‘breach of trust’">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s Department of Labour has broken its silence over the government’s stance on covid-19 testing requirements in the “no jab no jobs” controversy, reports the PNG Post-Courier. It has called on employers and employees to exercise common sense and ensure that businesses are allowed to continue and embrace workplace ... <a title="PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/pngs-labour-minister-calls-for-truce-in-no-jab-no-job-controversy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s labour minister calls for truce in ‘no jab no job’ controversy">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinean chief executives believe the country’s entire workforce needs to be vaccinated against covid-19 to be fully productive, says Business Council of PNG executive director Douveri Henao. Although there seems to be a large number of vaccine hesitant people, Henao said that sooner or later it would be mandatory ... <a title="‘No jab, no job’ covid policy of PNG employers stirs constitutional row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/05/no-jab-no-job-covid-policy-of-png-employers-stirs-constitutional-row/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No jab, no job’ covid policy of PNG employers stirs constitutional row">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2021
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby Angry policemen, election officials and others involved in Papua New Guinea’s Moresby North-West byelection last month stormed into the Electoral Commission (PNGEC) headquarters this week demanding to be paid what they are owed. They have been waiting since June 24 to be paid wages, allowances and fees for services ... <a title="PNG byelection officers protest over unpaid work – told ‘wait, no funds’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/01/png-byelection-officers-protest-over-unpaid-work-told-wait-no-funds/" aria-label="Read more about PNG byelection officers protest over unpaid work – told ‘wait, no funds’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller, RNZ Pacific Journalist In New Zealand, youth climate change movement School Strike 4 Climate Auckland has declared itself as racist, and disbanded, but young activists say going silent is not the answer. The group had organised large protests in centres throughout the country, becoming the biggest climate protest movement in ... <a title="Problem of racism towards Pasifika in climate change: ‘We want to be valued’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/problem-of-racism-towards-pasifika-in-climate-change-we-want-to-be-valued/" aria-label="Read more about Problem of racism towards Pasifika in climate change: ‘We want to be valued’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
The Polynesian Panther Party will hold a three-day fonotaga commemoration event this weekend at the University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika. Whakaako kia Whakaora – Educate to Liberate. Image: RNZ/Polynesian Panthers Dawn Raid apology The Panthers’ golden jubilee couldn’t be more forthcoming, given an announcement made this week of a formal government apology for the 1970s ... <a title="50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/50-years-of-the-polynesian-panthers-it-was-a-time-of-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ News Pacific correspondent As the New Zealand government confirmed it would apologise for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders, memories have surfaced for those traumatised by them, including one elderly man. The politically-driven crackdown on overstayers from the Pacific Islands involved special police squads raiding homes and workplaces, often in ... <a title="Elderly Pasifika man sobs as memories of Dawn Raids surface over apology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/elderly-pasifika-man-sobs-as-memories-of-dawn-raids-surface-over-apology/" aria-label="Read more about Elderly Pasifika man sobs as memories of Dawn Raids surface over apology">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Is Labour supposed to be the party of labour or of capital? It’s often hard to tell these days, and many in the labour movement and the political left are feeling betrayed this week by the Government’s announcement of a pay freeze for public sector workers. The Government has essentially directed ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-public-sector-worker-backlash-against-labour/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you. On May Day – International Workers Day – we have launched a new union: UTU for Workers Union. Our mission is to build a working class, grassroots, campaigning movement to stop exploitation and end workplace abuse in Aotearoa-New ... <a title="May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/may-day-time-to-reverse-decades-of-relentless-attacks-on-workers-unions/" aria-label="Read more about May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on workers, unions">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Brendon Blue for The Democracy Project The day after New Zealand’s first lockdown was announced, I expressed to a senior colleague my concern for those around the country whose livelihoods would suffer as a result. She agreed, but was confident that the spirit of “we’re all in it together” accompanying these drastic public ... <a title="Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/brendon-blue-non-homeowners-are-paying-the-cost-of-the-covid-19-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2020
By Jordan Bond, RNZ News reporter Million-dollar houses are now being sold in one of Auckland’s lowest-income suburbs and a local politician says New Zealand government failure is allowing the market to drive further inequality and hopelessness. Last month an unremarkable 1960s weatherboard house on less than a quarter acre section in Ōtara in South ... <a title="Pacific residents express ‘hopelessness’ as Ōtara house sales hit $1m" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/21/pacific-residents-express-hopelessness-as-otara-house-sales-hit-1m/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific residents express ‘hopelessness’ as Ōtara house sales hit $1m">Read more</a>
