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October 8, 2021
RNZ News Northland will move to alert level 3 restrictions from 11:59pm tonight, New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister has confirmed. Minister Chris Hipkins held a briefing at Parliament on the situation in Northland this evening. The new restrictions will remain in place until 11.59pm Tuesday and will be reviewed at Cabinet on Monday. Hipkins said ... <a title="Northland added to NZ’s alert level 3 tonight over ‘uncooperative’ case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/northland-added-to-nzs-alert-level-3-tonight-over-uncooperative-case/" aria-label="Read more about Northland added to NZ’s alert level 3 tonight over ‘uncooperative’ case">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks prompted the US to invade Afghanistan, the Taliban announced they have taken the whole country again last week. Journalists who remain there are at risk in spite of assurances media freedom will be respected. Will proper journalism be possible under the Taliban? We ... <a title="Afghanistan media: ‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/afghanistan-media-you-cant-put-that-genie-back-in-the-bottle/" aria-label="Read more about Afghanistan media: ‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week’s A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTubeA VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast with Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan In this week’s security podcast, Dr Paul G. Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders ... <a title="A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/a-view-from-afar-could-aucklands-lynnmall-stabbing-attack-have-been-prevented/" aria-label="Read more about A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
RNZ News While covid-19 case numbers are still rising in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the lockdown is having an obvious impact in the fight against the delta variant outbreak. Ardern and Director of Public Health, Dr Caroline McElnay, provided the latest update on the government’s covid-19 response today. The number of community ... <a title="NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/nz-lockdown-having-an-impact-pm-jacinda-ardern-tells-nation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Taliban to immediately cease harassing and attacking journalists for their work, allow women journalists to broadcast the news, and permit the media to operate freely and independently. Since August 15, members of the Taliban have barred at least two female journalists from ... <a title="Taliban take 2 female state TV anchors off-air in Afghanistan, bash 2 journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/taliban-take-2-female-state-tv-anchors-off-air-in-afghanistan-bash-2-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Taliban take 2 female state TV anchors off-air in Afghanistan, bash 2 journalists">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Keith Locke After the fall of Kabul, the obvious question for New Zealanders is whether we should ever have joined the American war in Afghanistan. Labour and National politicians, who sent our Special Forces there, will say yes. The Greens, who opposed the war from the start, will say no. Back in 2001, ... <a title="New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/20/new-zealand-should-never-have-joined-the-war-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
The Auckland Hospital nurse who has tested positive for covid-19 worked four shifts not knowing she had the virus, says New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. The 21-year-old nurse is a flatmate of a man who worked with the first case to be discovered and announced yesterday. She was fully vaccinated, the Ministry ... <a title="Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/auckland-nurse-worked-four-shifts-not-knowing-she-had-virus-7-delta-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Warning: Content may be distressing to some viewers. The video of the assault on the Papuan deaf teenager. Video: Benar News SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Shocking video footage showing a brutal and inhumane assault on a deaf Papuan teenager named Steven has emerged from the Merauke region of Papua and sparked outrage. This assault ... <a title="Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/outrage-over-indonesian-officers-for-stomping-on-disabled-papuan-teens-head/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk After his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition of apartheid, Nelson Mandela declared in a speech in 1997: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” Founding Halt All Racist Tours ... <a title="1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/28/1981-springbok-tour-protests-revisited-and-now-palestine-is-the-new-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about 1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the new struggle">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s opposition MPs who were arrested after their criticism of a government land bill say they will not be intimidated or silenced. Police have since released several leaders of the opposition who were arrested late Sunday. One of those arrested, the National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad, said he was wanted in ... <a title="Fiji opposition MPs pledge not to be silenced, despite arrests over criticism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/fiji-opposition-mps-pledge-not-to-be-silenced-despite-arrests-over-criticism/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji opposition MPs pledge not to be silenced, despite arrests over criticism">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s cyber security agency believes China has been behind numerous hack attacks spanning years. The government joined Western allies and Japan in calling out Beijing for so-called state-sponsored hacks, including a major incursion in February when Microsoft email servers were targeted. The US has charged four Chinese nationals — three security officials ... <a title="NZ cyber agency chief worried China hacks exploiting security weakness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/21/nz-cyber-agency-chief-worried-china-hacks-exploiting-security-weakness/" aria-label="Read more about NZ cyber agency chief worried China hacks exploiting security weakness">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Over the past 50 years, France has continued to deny the tragedies of nuclear testing in French Occupied Polynesia by propagating the theory of “clean nuclear tests”. Image: Youngsolwara Pacific Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Moana activists, campaigners, scholars, researchers and Green MPs gathered today in a show of solidarity for Tahiti’s Ma’ohi Lives Matter rally ... <a title="NZ nuclear-free activists, campaigners join Tahiti’s Mā’ohi Lives Matter rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/nz-nuclear-free-activists-campaigners-join-tahitis-maohi-lives-matter-rally/" aria-label="Read more about NZ nuclear-free activists, campaigners join Tahiti’s Mā’ohi Lives Matter rally">Read more</a>