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April 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in istanbul as the ships prepare to sail for Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza. Mandela is also the ambassador for the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine. When he met with ... <a title="Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/nelson-mandelas-grandson-joins-gaza-flotilla-slams-genocide-complicit-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has surprised everyone with his ruthlessness in sacking two of his ministers from their crucial portfolios. Removing ministers for poor performance after only five months in the job just doesn’t normally happen in politics. That’s refreshing and will be extremely well received. The ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Analysis – Luxon’s ruthless show of strength is perfect for our angry era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/25/bryce-edwards-analysis-luxons-ruthless-show-of-strength-is-perfect-for-our-angry-era/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Analysis – Luxon’s ruthless show of strength is perfect for our angry era">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2024
RNZ News Melissa Lee has been ousted from New Zealand’s coalition cabinet and stripped of the Media portfolio, and Penny Simmonds has lost the Disability Issues portfolio in a reshuffle. Climate Change and Revenue Minister Simon Watts will take Lee’s spot in cabinet. Simmonds was a minister outside of cabinet. The changes came today five ... <a title="NZ’s Media Minister Melissa Lee demoted after Newshub crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/24/nzs-media-minister-melissa-lee-demoted-after-newshub-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Media Minister Melissa Lee demoted after Newshub crisis">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Murray Horton New Zealand needs to get tough with Israel. It’s not as if we haven’t done so before. When NZ authorities busted a Mossad operation in Auckland 20 years ago, the government didn’t say: “Oh well, Israel has the right to defend itself.” No, it arrested, prosecuted, convicted, imprisoned and deported the ... <a title="Murray Horton: Get tough on Israel – we’ve done it before over spies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/24/murray-horton-get-tough-on-israel-weve-done-it-before-over-spies/" aria-label="Read more about Murray Horton: Get tough on Israel – we’ve done it before over spies">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans Last week’s leaked New York Times staff directive, as to what words can and cannot be used to describe the carnage Israel is raining on Palestinians, is proof positive, since those reports are published verbatim here in New Zealand, that our understanding of the conflict is carefully managed to always reflect ... <a title="Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media’s record of bias over Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/23/malcolm-evans-a-new-low-in-nz-medias-record-of-bias-over-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media’s record of bias over Palestine">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2024
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters is putting off recognition of Palestine as a state, despite opposition Labour’s formal request that he make the move. Peters said diplomatic recognition of Palestine was a matter of “when not if”, but doing so now could impede progress towards a ... <a title="NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/23/nzs-foreign-minister-winston-peters-defers-recognition-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards, Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Calling all journalists, academics, planners, lawyers, political activists, environmentalists, and other members of the public who believe that the relationships between vested interests and politicians need to be scrutinised. We need to work together to make sure that the new Fast-Track Approvals Bill – currently being pushed ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Analysis – Time for “Fast-Track Watch”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/bryce-edwards-analysis-time-for-fast-track-watch/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Analysis – Time for “Fast-Track Watch”">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2024
By Salwa Amor in Istanbul Palestine solidarity activists are preparing a flotilla to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, vowing to break Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory on board the Akdeniz, a seven-deck passenger ship. Currently docked in Istanbul, the ship will carry 800 people from more than 30 nations, from Indonesia to ... <a title="Activists defy Israel with Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla and humanitarian aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/22/activists-defy-israel-with-gaza-bound-freedom-flotilla-and-humanitarian-aid/" aria-label="Read more about Activists defy Israel with Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla and humanitarian aid">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Australians are being urged to stay united following the horrific events in Sydney last week, reports the ABC’s Saturday Extra programme. Five women and one man were killed in a mass stabbing at Bondi Junction last Saturday by a man with a history of mental illness, and a nine-month-old baby baby was ... <a title="Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/21/australias-social-cohesion-under-strain-challenges-and-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
Kia Ora Gaza A passionate haka reverberated through Auckland International Airport as a medical team of three New Zealand doctors received an emotional farewell from a big crowd of supporters before flying to Turkey to join the international Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. The doctors, who left Auckland yesterday, hope to be able to reach Gaza ... <a title="Rousing farewell for Kiwi doctors flying out to Gaza aid flotilla" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/rousing-farewell-for-kiwi-doctors-flying-out-to-gaza-aid-flotilla/" aria-label="Read more about Rousing farewell for Kiwi doctors flying out to Gaza aid flotilla">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Helen Clark, how I miss you. The former New Zealand Prime Minister — the safest pair of hands this country has had in living memory — gave a masterclass on the importance of maintaining an independent foreign policy when she spoke at an AUKUS symposium held in Parliament’s old Legislative Chambers ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Helen Clark on why AUKUS isn’t in New Zealand’s national interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/19/eugene-doyle-helen-clark-on-why-aukus-isnt-in-new-zealands-national-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Helen Clark on why AUKUS isn’t in New Zealand’s national interest">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas The announced closure of Television New Zealand’s last primetime current affairs programme seems to be the final nail in the coffin for New Zealand’s television credibility. Coming a day after the announcement of the closure of Newshub, it shows that Kiwis have the worst television and video media in the Western ... <a title="Myles Thomas: Newshub, TVNZ job cuts: We now have the worst TV in the Western world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/17/myles-thomas-newshub-tvnz-job-cuts-we-now-have-the-worst-tv-in-the-western-world/" aria-label="Read more about Myles Thomas: Newshub, TVNZ job cuts: We now have the worst TV in the Western world">Read more</a>
