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August 25, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The ABC has soundly condemned the Solomon Islands Office of the Prime Minister for a series of “factual errors” in a statement released which criticised the Four Corners investigative report Pacific Capture: How Chinese money is buying the Solomons. In a rare statement defending its independent journalism, it said today the ... <a title="ABC blasts Honiara for ‘factual errors’ in attack over Pacific Capture doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/25/abc-blasts-honiara-for-factual-errors-in-attack-over-pacific-capture-doco/" aria-label="Read more about ABC blasts Honiara for ‘factual errors’ in attack over Pacific Capture doco">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2022
RNZ Pacific The office of the Tahitian president says it wants to honour the memory of Bruno Barrillot who was the head of French Polynesia’s organisation looking at the aftermath of France’s nuclear weapons tests. The office says it wants to mark the sixth anniversary of Barrillot’s return from France to French Polynesia. He died ... <a title="Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/19/tahitis-nuclear-compo-advocate-to-be-honoured-in-french-polynesia/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Specifically, they examine how the invading forces of Russia are struggling against a determined and well-equipped Ukraine defence. What can we expect next from Russia? How can western nations sustain the sanctions regime, and is there an intensifying risk of sanctions evasion taking place? How stable is the wider region, and how serious is the fomenting unrest among the Balkan states?
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August 18, 2022
RNZ News Hundreds of people in Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand’s South Island spent the night out of their homes and a state of emergency was declared after the Maitai River burst its banks. Occupants of 233 homes near the Maitai River were evacuated and cordons put in place at Tasman and Nile Streets. Soldiers ... <a title="Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/18/hundreds-evacuated-in-nzs-south-island-floods-state-of-emergency/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2022
COMMENTARY: By John Minto The last 10 days has seen the entire media focus (aside from the ubiquitous concern for the All Black prospects in a rugby test and then the fate of coach Ian Foster) has been on allegations of bullying by new opposition National MP Sam Uffindell and bullying of first term Labour ... <a title="John Minto: RNZ and the news media – asking the hard questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/17/john-minto-rnz-and-the-news-media-asking-the-hard-questions/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: RNZ and the news media – asking the hard questions">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific In Fiji’s politically charged context, national elections are historically a risky period. Since the 2022 campaign period was declared open on April 26, the intensity has been increasing. Moreover, with three governments toppled by coups after the 1987, 1999 and 2006 elections, concerns about ... <a title="Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/will-fijis-2022-hotly-contested-elections-further-cement-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A new Aotearoa New Zealand book focusing on activists and their causes against militarism and for social struggles and climate justice across the Asia-Pacific is being launched in Wellington today. Peace Action: Struggles for a decolonised and demilitarised Oceania and East Asia, edited by Wellington-based activist Valerie Morse, is the first ... <a title="New book has focus on Pacific activists against militarism, for climate justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/12/new-book-has-focus-on-pacific-activists-against-militarism-for-climate-justice/" aria-label="Read more about New book has focus on Pacific activists against militarism, for climate justice">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent Even from the grainy black and white footage of American soldiers wading towards shore while under fire, you can see and sense the fear, resignation and determination in that moment. The Battle of Midway in World War II may have been won, but on August 7, 1942, the ... <a title="Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/uneasy-pacific-makes-wartime-memories-more-important-than-ever/" aria-label="Read more about Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse hostilities and the pathway ahead for Taiwan, China, Asia Pacific nations and the United States of America. Buchanan and Manning examine why hostilities have intensified, what defence and pre-emptive security moves have been actioned, and what we all should expect next, including the ramifications impacting on Asia Pacific nations' foreign policies and what the short, medium and long term consequences will be.
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August 10, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse hostilities and the pathway ahead for Taiwan, China, Asia Pacific nations and the United States of America.
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August 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific A Japanese sailor has been stabbed at Bloody Ridge in Solomon Islands during a World War II remembrance ceremony in Honiara. Witnesses say the man, who was part of the Japanese Navy media team, was stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors. Bloody Ridge community chief Wesley Ramo said the culprit ... <a title="Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/japanese-sailor-stabbed-during-guadalcanal-remembrance-event/" aria-label="Read more about Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2022
PNG Pacific A former Papua New Guinea military commander who drew up a plan 17 years ago to try to end gun violence says the first thing he would do is ban the public from owning guns. Major-General Jerry Singirok compiled a gun control report in 2005. It included 244 recommendations for governments to follow ... <a title="Former PNG military chief calls for gun ban to curb election violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/06/former-png-military-chief-calls-for-gun-ban-to-curb-election-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Former PNG military chief calls for gun ban to curb election violence">Read more</a>
