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May 24, 2020
By Koroi Tadulala in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has shared warm greetings as the month of Ramadan ends and has wished the Muslim members of the Fiji community and all Fijians a Happy Eid today. Bainimarama said he understood the importance of Eid for Muslims and thanked them for their willpower in observing the covid-19 ... <a title="Bainimarama offers Eid greetings to Fiji’s Muslim community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/24/bainimarama-offers-eid-greetings-to-fijis-muslim-community/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama offers Eid greetings to Fiji’s Muslim community">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA urges Washington to allow safe passage of the Iranian fuel tankers. Any action to impede their arrival at Venezuelan ports would be illegal, counter-productive, and could ignite an international conflict with unforeseeable consequences. It is time for the US to end the use of economic sanctions and ... <a title="Tehran-Caracas Cooperation Defends Venezuelans against Illegal US Sanctions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/24/tehran-caracas-cooperation-defends-venezuelans-against-illegal-us-sanctions/" aria-label="Read more about Tehran-Caracas Cooperation Defends Venezuelans against Illegal US Sanctions">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2020
By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS movement has asked Paris for the referendum on independence from France to be deferred by up to two months because of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The plebiscite is due on September 6, but the FLNKS leaders have said they want it to be rescheduled for either October 25 ... <a title="FLNKS wants New Caledonia vote on independence delayed by two months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/23/flnks-wants-new-caledonia-vote-on-independence-delayed-by-two-months/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS wants New Caledonia vote on independence delayed by two months">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2020
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer A High Court judgment has revealed that an entity other than New Zealand Herald owner NZME is interested in buying the country’s biggest news publisher Stuff – and a deal could be done by the end of this month. Stuff’s owner – Nine Entertainment in Australia – abandoned its negotiations with NZME ... <a title="Court ruling reveals new possible Stuff buyer in NZ media crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/23/court-ruling-reveals-new-possible-stuff-buyer-in-nz-media-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Court ruling reveals new possible Stuff buyer in NZ media crisis">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2020
Sing the pandemic away. Video: The Jakarta Post Pacific Media Watch In a bid to advise people to follow health instructions to contain the spread of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in the West Papua region capital of Jayapura, Papuan rapper Epo D’fenomeno has collaborated with Jayapura police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Gustav R. Urbinas. To ... <a title="Sing the pandemic away – Papua rapper, police chief join in virus fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/23/sing-the-pandemic-away-papua-rapper-police-chief-join-in-virus-fight/" aria-label="Read more about Sing the pandemic away – Papua rapper, police chief join in virus fight">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand’s journalists have come out on top at the annual Voyager Media Awards last night, scooping a number of awards in key categories, reports TVNZ 1 News. 1 News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver was recognised for both the Best TV/Video News Item and Best Coverage of a Major News Event ... <a title="TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver wins Voyager media awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/23/tvnzs-pacific-correspondent-barbara-dreaver-wins-voyager-media-awards/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver wins Voyager media awards">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal treasury has revised down by a massive $60 billion the estimated cost of the JobKeeper wage subsidy program, from an original $130 billion to $70 billion. Treasury revealed its huge recalculation in a joint statement with the Australian ... <a title="Treasury revises JobKeeper’s cost down by massive $60 billion, sparking calls to widen eligibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/treasury-revises-jobkeepers-cost-down-by-massive-60-billion-sparking-calls-to-widen-eligibility-139231/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury revises JobKeeper’s cost down by massive $60 billion, sparking calls to widen eligibility">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition National Party leader Simon Bridges was today dumped by a relative unknown, agriculture and biosecurity spokesperson Todd Muller. Commentators believe he has been a victim of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, as he often adopted a negative tone that caused a backlash among voters. He was also overshadowed by the ... <a title="Coronavirus casualty – NZ opposition leader dumped by unknown Muller" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/coronavirus-casualty-nz-opposition-leader-dumped-by-unknown-muller/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus casualty – NZ opposition leader dumped by unknown Muller">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Corcoran, Lecturer & Research Fellow, Monash Photonic Communications Lab & InPAC, Monash University Our internet connections have never been more important to us, nor have they been under such strain. As the COVID-19 pandemic has made remote working, remote socialisation, and online entertainment the norm, we ... <a title="Internet traffic is growing 25% each year. We created a fingernail-sized chip that can help the NBN keep up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/internet-traffic-is-growing-25-each-year-we-created-a-fingernail-sized-chip-that-can-help-the-nbn-keep-up-138620/" aria-label="Read more about Internet traffic is growing 25% each year. We created a fingernail-sized chip that can help the NBN keep up">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Covid19 case incidence is a reflection of both the actual infection rate, and the extent to which infections have been reported. Thus, countries like Sweden and Brazil with low testing rates have actual infection rates substantially higher than reported. Qatar is so high in part because, like Iceland, testing rates have ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cumulative Cases and Deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-cumulative-cases-and-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cumulative Cases and Deaths">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party leadership vote Tim Watkin (Pundit): Pharaoh Bridges Swamped By Pestilence And Poor Polls Richard Harman (Politik): D-day for Bridges Matthew Hooton (Herald): National’s only leadership choice is Muller (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): It’s a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-22-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2020">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Zwi, Professor of Global Health and Development, UNSW This week the World Health Assembly, the governing structure of the World Health Organization, endorsed a resolution that comprehensively addressed the global COVID-19 response. Buried almost at the end, in the penultimate clause of the seven-page document, was ... <a title="The WHO’s coronavirus inquiry will be more diplomatic than decisive. But Australia should step up in the meantime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/the-whos-coronavirus-inquiry-will-be-more-diplomatic-than-decisive-but-australia-should-step-up-in-the-meantime-139030/" aria-label="Read more about The WHO’s coronavirus inquiry will be more diplomatic than decisive. But Australia should step up in the meantime">Read more</a>
