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NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino political prisoners

January 4, 2022

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Justice and peace advocates in New Zealand have strongly criticised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s “horrific crackdown” on community leaders, activists, and educators. They have condemned in a statement published in Manila yesterday the arrest last September of Filipina educator and poet Lorena Sigua on a “trumped-up murder charge”. The advocates of ... <a title="NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino political prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/04/nz-protesters-slam-arrest-of-lumad-cultural-speaker-and-other-filipino-political-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino political prisoners">Read more</a>

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Pasifika reach 90% vaccinated: ‘Keep going’ urges medical academic

January 2, 2022

RNZ Pacific Pacific Island New Zealanders are now 90 percent fully vaccinated against covid-19, and a public health expert is urging them to keep up that momentum in the New Year. In a daily briefing, the Ministry of Health said 90 percent of eligible Pacific people in New Zealand had now had both vaccines. Associate ... <a title="Pasifika reach 90% vaccinated: ‘Keep going’ urges medical academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/02/pasifika-reach-90-vaccinated-keep-going-urges-medical-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Pasifika reach 90% vaccinated: ‘Keep going’ urges medical academic">Read more</a>

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Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case

January 1, 2022

RNZ News As some North Island regions moved to the orange traffic light setting at 11.59pm last night, New Zealand has now found two omicron cases that were briefly in the community, and close contacts are urgently being chased up. As a British DJ outed himself as the omicron community case identified yesterday, Covid-19 Response ... <a title="Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/01/urgent-nz-search-for-djs-close-contacts-second-omicron-case/" aria-label="Read more about Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case">Read more</a>

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Omicron case was briefly active in NZ community, Health Ministry confirms

January 1, 2022

RNZ News New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that a border-related case with the omicron variant was briefly active in the community in the Auckland CBD earlier this week. The case arrived on a flight from the United Kingdom via Doha on December 16 and is fully vaccinated with a mRNA vaccine. They completed ... <a title="Omicron case was briefly active in NZ community, Health Ministry confirms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/01/omicron-case-was-briefly-active-in-nz-community-health-ministry-confirms/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron case was briefly active in NZ community, Health Ministry confirms">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 30 2021

December 30, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Omicron – community case, MIQ Bernadette Basagre (Stuff): Timing of the Omicron case ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 30 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-30-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 30 2021">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 29 2021

December 29, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Government, Parliament, 2021 in review Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): Revealed: The ‘eye-watering’ amount the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 29 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-29-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 29 2021">Read more</a>

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Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins

December 28, 2021

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk New Zealand’s leading daily newspaper has praised the “gift of inspiration” over global cooperation in launching the James Webb space telescope at the Christmas weekend, but has decried the failure of the international community to seriously tackle the growing covid-19 public health crisis cooperatively. The New Zealand Herald declared today in ... <a title="Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/herald-scolds-world-over-contrast-between-space-and-earthly-wins/" aria-label="Read more about Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins">Read more</a>

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights

December 27, 2021

OBITUARY: By John Minto Palestine has lost a champion of the struggle against Israeli apartheid with the death of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, aged 90. Tutu is known internationally as a leader of the struggle against white minority rule in South Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work reconciling South Africans ... <a title="Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/archbishop-desmond-tutu-a-friend-of-aotearoa-nz-and-a-champion-of-palestinian-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights">Read more</a>

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Māori vaccination rates in NZ still ‘dangerously low’, say advocates

December 27, 2021

RNZ News New Zealand’s Māori vaccination rate continues to tick up, with several district health boards (DHBs) now past 90 percent for first doses. But experts are warning rates are still far too low — with only 78 percent fully vaccinated — and with Omicron at the door, the danger the pandemic poses for Māori ... <a title="Māori vaccination rates in NZ still ‘dangerously low’, say advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/maori-vaccination-rates-in-nz-still-dangerously-low-say-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about Māori vaccination rates in NZ still ‘dangerously low’, say advocates">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 24 2021

December 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content 2021 in review, Parliament, parties Matthew Hooton (Herald): My reflections of 2021 – and ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 24 2021">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 23 2021

December 23, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Omicron, NZ border, MIQ, Govt management of Covid-19 Thomas Coughlan (Herald): The border will ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 23 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-23-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 23 2021">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 22 2021

December 22, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Omicron, NZ border changes, MIQ Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Zealand decides to keep ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 22 2021">Read more</a>