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July 27, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland. He was holding a press conference yesterday after a walkabout with police to discuss concerns with businesses in the CBD. Luxon was talking with media when one of his security officers could be seen coming ... <a title="PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/pm-luxons-security-cut-short-visit-ahead-of-palestine-protest/" aria-label="Read more about PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris this week in honour of her peers who have been wounded and killed in the field — especially in Gaza and Lebanon. Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse was among six journalists ... <a title="Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/26/photojournalist-targeted-by-israeli-army-carries-olympic-torch-in-paris/" aria-label="Read more about Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
By Brooke Tindall, Queensland University of Technology With more than 50 Fijian villages earmarked for potential relocation in the next five to 10 years due to the climate crisis, Fijian journalists are committing themselves to amplifying the voices of those who face the challenges of climate change in their everyday lives. Vunidogoloa village on the ... <a title="Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/not-up-for-debate-fijian-journalists-in-the-climate-crisis-response/" aria-label="Read more about Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG), has produced fresh insights into the legacy of Pacific nuclear-free and anti-colonialism activism. The community storytelling group Talanoa TV, an affiliate of the Whānau Community Centre and ... <a title="Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/former-fang-president-vijay-naidu-talks-pacific-anti-nuclear-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International Court of Justice ruled last Friday that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, should come to an end — “as rapidly as possible”. Israel’s illegal military ... <a title="Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/democracy-now-diana-buttu-analyse-icj-ruling-over-illegal-and-rapid-end-to-israel-occupation-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media WatchPacific Journalism Review founder Dr David Robie says PJR has published more than 1100 research articles over its three decades of existence and is the largest single Pacific media research repository. But it has always been “far more than a research journal”, he added at the launch of the 30th anniversary edition at ... <a title="Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/independent-pjr-far-more-than-a-research-journal-says-founder/" aria-label="Read more about Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
PANG Media The PANG media team at this month’s Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji caught up with independent journalist, author and educator Dr David Robie and questioned him on his views about decolonisation in the Pacific. Dr Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN), a co-organiser ... <a title="PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/pang-talks-to-journalist-david-robie-on-pacific-decolonisation-issues/" aria-label="Read more about PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2024
Fijivillage News As an economy, Fiji has paid a “very high price for being unable to protect freedom” but people can speak and criticise the government freely now, says Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad. He highlighted the “high price” while launching the new book titled Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the ... <a title="‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says Fiji’s Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/weve-paid-high-price-for-being-unable-to-protect-freedom-says-fijis-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says Fiji’s Prasad">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2024
NBC News A former newspaper editor believes the journalism profession in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island countries is in crisis. Team leader of the Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS)/ABC International Development (ABCID) Alexander Rheeney spoke of this issue at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji last week. Reflecting on his role ... <a title="Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/11/pacific-media-in-crisis-warns-former-png-samoa-editor-alex-rheeney/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2024
PMN Pacific Mornings A major conference on the state and future of Pacific media is taking place this week in Fiji. Dr David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of Asia Pacific Media Network, joins #PacificMornings to discuss the event and reflect on his work covering Asia-Pacific current affairs and research for ... <a title="David Robie talks media challenges, education and decolonisation on Radio 531pi’s Pacific Mornings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/11/david-robie-talks-media-challenges-education-and-decolonisation-on-radio-531pis-pacific-mornings/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie talks media challenges, education and decolonisation on Radio 531pi’s Pacific Mornings">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza An international lawyer and former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Diana Buttu, says it is a myth that the siege on Gaza began in 2006/2007. She has explained in a Gaza Freedom Flotilla video released on YouTube that Israel’s control and closure on Gaza started decades earlier. The Israeli militarily ... <a title="Buttu debunks Israeli ‘myths’ about Gaza siege – ‘vital to break it’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/buttu-debunks-israeli-myths-about-gaza-siege-vital-to-break-it/" aria-label="Read more about Buttu debunks Israeli ‘myths’ about Gaza siege – ‘vital to break it’">Read more</a>
