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July 24, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Phil Fitzpatrick in Tumby Bay The recent horrific events in Hela Province have brought the role of the police force in Papua New Guinea into sharp focus. Prime Minister James Marape is currently in Australia and has apparently discussed the issue with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. We can only hope that Morrison, if ... <a title="Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/phil-fitzpatrick-pngs-kramer-crucial-law-and-order-change-maker/" aria-label="Read more about Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2019
The supposed end of the 20-year standoff between environmentalists and farmers was announced last week, with the release of the Interim Climate Change Committee’s report on “Action on agricultural emissions”. It was celebrated as an “historic consensus” between farmers and environmentalists, as the agricultural sector was agreeing to pay for part of their methane emissions. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The contentious “historic consensus” for farmers on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-contentious-historic-consensus-for-farmers-on-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The contentious “historic consensus” for farmers on climate change">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape wants Australia to close the detention centre it has been running on PNG’s Manus island for six years. According to Australian media, Marape has asked Canberra to give him a timeline for closing the facilities where Australia has been holding refugees and asylum seekers who ... <a title="PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/22/pngs-marape-wants-australia-to-close-manus-detention-camp/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The United Nations in Papua New Guinea is boosting its presence in the Highlands as it works with the government to improve access to justice for tribal communities. The acting resident coordinator said the massacre of 24 women and children near Tari last week has focussed the need for more conflict resolution. ... <a title="UN to have greater presence in PNG Highlands for ‘conflict resolution’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/un-to-have-greater-presence-in-png-highlands-for-conflict-resolution/" aria-label="Read more about UN to have greater presence in PNG Highlands for ‘conflict resolution’">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
It seems inevitable that New Zealand will soon officially be in a state of emergency over climate change, with a declaration likely to be passed in Parliament. Is this a good thing? The debate over moving into official emergency status has already been going on in every local government body throughout the country. A large ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-problems-with-declaring-climate-change-emergencies/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sumeet Walia, Senior Lecturer and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, RMIT University What better way to build smarter computer chips than to mimic nature’s most perfect computer – the human brain? Being able to store, delete and process information is crucial for computing, and the brain does this extremely ... <a title="An electronic chip that makes ‘memories’ is a step towards creating bionic brains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/an-electronic-chip-that-makes-memories-is-a-step-towards-creating-bionic-brains-119741/" aria-label="Read more about An electronic chip that makes ‘memories’ is a step towards creating bionic brains">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Y.M. Nip, Senior lecturer, Department of Media and Communications; Department of Chinese Studies, University of Sydney As China grows more powerful and influential, our New Superpower series looks at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power ... <a title="Extremist mobs? How China’s propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/extremist-mobs-how-chinas-propaganda-machine-tried-to-control-the-message-in-the-hong-kong-protests-119646/" aria-label="Read more about Extremist mobs? How China’s propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The new video produced by Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi for AUT’s Pacific Media Centre. By Sri Krishnamurthi “It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and information, says former contributing editor Alex Perrottet summing up the value of the Pacific Media Centre’s Pacific ... <a title="‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/pacific-media-watch-the-genesis-a-new-freedom-ethics-and-plurality-doco/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Is this part of the Labour-led Government’s long-promised “nuclear-free moment”, alluded to by Jacinda Ardern when she promised radical action on climate change? The announcement this week of a proposed “feebate” which will make more environmentally-friendly cars cheaper while making the gas-guzzlers more expensive is one of the long-awaited plans for how New Zealand will ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government’s nudge make our cars greener?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-governments-nudge-make-our-cars-greener/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government’s nudge make our cars greener?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerilie Abram, ARC Future Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences; Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to the northern ice sheet. We will have to ... <a title="Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/arctic-ice-loss-is-worrying-but-the-giant-stirring-in-the-south-could-be-even-worse-119822/" aria-label="Read more about Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The bodies of the Karida village massacre victims in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province have been buried as fearful villagers in the district have fled to safety, reports NBC News. The victims in the Tari Pori district were buried late yesterday afternoon in the presence of Hela Provincial Administrator William Bando, ... <a title="Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/karida-massacre-victims-buried-as-other-png-villagers-flee-in-fear/" aria-label="Read more about Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
The plight of welfare beneficiaries came into focus last week with a photo taken outside an Auckland Work and Income office, of clients who had been queuing from 2am in order to apply for emergency hardship payments. This has sparked a debate about whether the Labour-led Government is doing enough to provide for this group ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s changed for welfare beneficiaries?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whats-changed-for-welfare-beneficiaries/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s changed for welfare beneficiaries?">Read more</a>
