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August 1, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Paula Lorgelly, University of Auckland Late last month, New Zealand Health Minister Andrew Little stated what most who work in health already know. Healthcare is all about people – the people being cared for and the people doing the caring. Population growth, ageing and a pandemic mean there is no shortage of those ... <a title="Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in crisis – but it’s the same everywhere else" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/01/despite-what-political-leaders-say-new-zealands-health-workforce-is-in-crisis-but-its-the-same-everywhere-else/" aria-label="Read more about Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in crisis – but it’s the same everywhere else">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By John Perry Managua, Nicaragua Two years ago, COHA reported on the manufactured “refugee” crisis around Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica.[1] Now the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is saying that “102,000 people fled Nicaragua and sought asylum in Costa Rica” in 2021. As this article shows, this ... <a title="The UN Refugee Agency is exaggerating the number of Nicaraguan refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/the-un-refugee-agency-is-exaggerating-the-number-of-nicaraguan-refugees/" aria-label="Read more about The UN Refugee Agency is exaggerating the number of Nicaraguan refugees">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can no longer live in their own country. Accent Health Recruitment has been flooded with inquiries from US doctors wanting to come to New Zealand following the US Supreme Court’s decision ... <a title="NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/nz-health-sector-may-see-influx-of-us-doctors-after-abortion-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion ruling">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
RNZ News The New Zealand government’s immigration decisions amount to a “white immigration policy”, creating a two-tier system that will entrench inequities, claims the Green Party. National and ACT are also critical of the moves announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and top ministers at a Business NZ lunch in Auckland today. The new policy ... <a title="Greens condemn ‘two-tier’ NZ migrant policy as entrenching inequities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/greens-condemn-two-tier-nz-migrant-policy-as-entrenching-inequities/" aria-label="Read more about Greens condemn ‘two-tier’ NZ migrant policy as entrenching inequities">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papuan students stranded in Aotearoa New Zealand by an abrupt cancellation of their Indonesian government scholarships earlier this year while trying to complete their degrees and diplomas can breathe more easily with the latest news. It is understood they have been told by Immigration New Zealand that they will not ... <a title="Abandoned West Papuan students in NZ welcome immigration news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/abandoned-west-papuan-students-in-nz-welcome-immigration-news/" aria-label="Read more about Abandoned West Papuan students in NZ welcome immigration news">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor The Green Party says New Zealand has put its relationship with the NATO security alliance ahead of saving lives in Ukraine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday announced $5 million would go to a NATO fund for the purchase of “non-lethal military assistance” such as fuel, rations and ... <a title="Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/ukraine-war-green-party-says-nzs-5m-funding-better-for-saving-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
By Glenda Willie in Port Vila The Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS) is one of the first humanitarian organisations to intervene and support the volcano internal refugees who were victims of eviction order at MCI on the road to Blacksand last week. Emma Mesao, senior branch officer of SHEFA Red Cross, said the organisation dealt ... <a title="Red Cross gives emergency supplies to Tanna volcano refugee eviction victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/red-cross-gives-emergency-supplies-to-tanna-volcano-refugee-eviction-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Red Cross gives emergency supplies to Tanna volcano refugee eviction victims">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has blamed the Indonesian military over the attack at a hospital in Kiwirok, near the Papua New Guinean border, in which a nurse was killed. Interim president Benny Wenda of the ULMWP has issued a statement in response to accusations by the Indonesian authorities ... <a title="Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining, palm oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/wenda-blames-nurses-death-on-indonesian-military-crackdown-for-papuan-mining-palm-oil/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining, palm oil">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today delivered the government’s apology for the Dawn Raids against Pasifika overstayers. She apologised for the raids in the 1970s which happened under both Labour and National governments. “The government expresses its sorrow, remorse and regret that the Dawn Raids and random police checks occurred and that ... <a title="NZ government makes apology over Dawn Raids targeting Pasifika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/nz-government-makes-apology-over-dawn-raids-targeting-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government makes apology over Dawn Raids targeting Pasifika">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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June 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand’s largest ever crowd in support of migrant rights gathered in Auckland’s Aotea Square at the weekend in triple protests that also marked solidarity for Palestinian justice and the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China. More than 1500 people filled the square on Saturday proclaiming “migrant lives matter” with speakers ... <a title="Gallery: ‘Migrant lives matter’ protest slams NZ policies – Palestinian justice and Tiananmen massacre also feature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/gallery-migrant-lives-matter-protest-slams-nz-policies-palestinian-justice-and-tiananmen-massacre-also-feature/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: ‘Migrant lives matter’ protest slams NZ policies – Palestinian justice and Tiananmen massacre also feature">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of lives across the Pacific, the country has its helping hand outstretched. But with the controversial record of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, does this hand have an ulterior motive? Matthew Scott ... <a title="Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/strings-attached-the-reality-behind-nzs-climate-aid-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific">Read more</a>
