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Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum

February 8, 2021

By RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) secretary-general last week. They say the rejection of Marshall Islands’ Gerald Zackios has led to division within the Pacific. PIF members voted in favour of former Cook Islands ... <a title="Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/micronesian-leaders-to-debate-leaving-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>

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Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands

December 13, 2020

Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson … “The nuclear weapons test legacy is the overriding issue in the Marshall Islands with the United States and it remains a festering problem.” Image: Giff Johnson/RNZ By RNZ Saturday Morning The US detonated its largest nuclear bombs around the Marshall Islands in the 1940s and 50s – but ... <a title="Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/13/editor-tells-how-us-nuclear-testing-legacy-festers-on-in-marshall-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Editor tells how US nuclear testing legacy ‘festers on’ in Marshall Islands">Read more</a>

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With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will

November 4, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/with-us-d-day-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>

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As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will

November 3, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/as-us-e-day-nears-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>

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French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’

July 30, 2020

By Matthew Scott The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images – the drowned Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, camera in hand and a huge smile on his face. Mugshots of two captured French DGSE secret agents – a fake honeymooning pair jailed for manslaughter, but later spirited off to Hao ... <a title="French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/french-nuclear-tests-i-bury-people-nearly-every-day-what-was-our-sin/" aria-label="Read more about French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’">Read more</a>

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Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation

July 6, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Thirty five years ago this week in another life Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie was an environmental journalist on board the original Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship that was bombed by French secret agents on 10 July 1985. He was on board for almost 11 weeks and joined the ... <a title="Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/pacific-bombs-nuclear-weapons-and-the-rongelap-evacuation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation">Read more</a>

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‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific

August 16, 2019

Australia’s coal policy and its use of carry over credits to fulfill its obligations under the Paris Agreement have come under fire and been major points of contention at this year’s 50th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Meeting in Funafuti, Tuvalu. READ MORE: ‘We should have done more for our people’ – Forum climate change fight ... <a title="‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/bullying-australia-disregards-pacific-over-climate-crisis-says-350-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bullying’ Australia disregards Pacific over climate crisis, says 350 Pacific">Read more</a>

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Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM

August 14, 2019

By Matthew Vari in Funafuti, Tuvalu Relocation is a cheap option for sinking island countries – but “we are going to stay”, vows Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga, who is this year’s chair of the Pacific Islands Forum. Sopoaga highlighted this during a press conference held before the main Forum meetings took place. He said ... <a title="Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/relocation-for-sinking-islands-cheaper-but-were-staying-vows-tuvalu-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM">Read more</a>

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Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research

December 13, 2018

ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings to policy-makers in clear and unambiguous ways. I am arguing that this is an outdated view of the relationship between research and policy. Science, including social science, and policy come ... <a title="Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/pacific-smart-thinking-grows-creative-tension-between-policy-and-research/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research">Read more</a>

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Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report

December 9, 2018

By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil producers to water down recognition of the UN’s report on the impacts of 1.5C warming. Four big oil and gas producers blocked the UN climate talks from welcoming the most ... <a title="Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/nations-close-ranks-to-stop-big-four-oil-producers-watering-down-un-report/" aria-label="Read more about Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report">Read more</a>