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Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video

July 18, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Greenpeace pioneer and activist Susi Newborn is among the “nuclear free heroes” featured in a video tribute premiered this week in an exhibition dedicated to a nuclear-free Pacific. The week-long exhibition at Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Ellen Melville Centre, titled “Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995,” closes tomorrow afternoon. ... <a title="Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/18/susi-newborn-among-activists-featured-in-pacific-nuclear-free-heroes-video/" aria-label="Read more about Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video">Read more</a>

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Twyford praises NFIP lead, calls for inspired peace and regionalism

July 13, 2025

Asia Pacific Report An opposition Labour Party MP today paid tribute to the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement, saying it should inspire Aotearoa New Zealand to maintain its own independence, embrace a strong regionalism, and be a “voice for peace and demilitarisation”. But Phil Twyford, MP for Te Atatu and spokesperson on disarmament, ... <a title="Twyford praises NFIP lead, calls for inspired peace and regionalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/13/twyford-praises-nfip-lead-calls-for-inspired-peace-and-regionalism/" aria-label="Read more about Twyford praises NFIP lead, calls for inspired peace and regionalism">Read more</a>

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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, dies

June 4, 2025

RNZ Pacific Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, a pioneering Ni-Vanuatu politician, has died. Lini passed away at the Port Vila General Hospital on Sunday, according to local news media. Lini was the first woman to be elected to the Vanuatu Parliament in 1987 as a member of the National United Party. Motarilavoa Hilda Lini in 1989 . ... <a title="Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/motarilavoa-hilda-lini-a-trailblazer-for-vanuatu-women-in-politics-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, dies">Read more</a>

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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

May 27, 2025

By Stanley Simpson in Suva I am saddened by the death of one of the most inspirational Pacific women and leaders I have worked with — Motarilavoa Hilda Lini of Vanuatu. She was one of the strongest, most committed passionate fighter I know for self-determination, decolonisation, independence, indigenous rights, customary systems and a nuclear-free Pacific. ... <a title="Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/27/motarilavoa-hilda-lini-strong-passionate-fighter-for-decolonisation-nuclear-free-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific">Read more</a>

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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, has died

May 26, 2025

RNZ Pacific Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, a pioneering Ni-Vanuatu politician, has died. Lini passed away at the Port Vila General Hospital on Sunday, according to local news media. Lini was the first woman to be elected to the Vanuatu Parliament in 1987 as a member of the National United Party. Motarilavoa Hilda Lini in 1989 . ... <a title="Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, has died" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/motarilavoa-hilda-lini-a-trailblazer-for-vanuatu-women-in-politics-has-died/" aria-label="Read more about Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, has died">Read more</a>

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Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and limited compensation

November 7, 2024

By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Over 30 years the French government tested 193 nuclear weapons in Māohi Nui and today Indigenous peoples still suffer the impacts through intergenerational cancers. In 1975, France stopped atmospheric tests and moved to underground testing. Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross was eight years old when the French nuclear tests ... <a title="Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and limited compensation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/maohi-nui-campaigner-tackles-french-nuclear-test-legacy-cancer-and-limited-compensation/" aria-label="Read more about Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and limited compensation">Read more</a>

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Legends of NFIP: Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism

July 24, 2024

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – 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 ... <a title="Legends of NFIP: Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/legends-of-nfip-former-fang-president-vijay-naidu-talks-pacific-anti-nuclear-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Legends of NFIP: Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism">Read more</a>

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Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism

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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Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon

November 17, 2022

Raekaihau Press Owen Wilkes (1940–2005) was known throughout the Pacific and across the world as an outstanding researcher on peace and disarmament. His work: • exposed plans to build a US Navy satellite tracking station in the Southern Alps• identified a foreign spy base at Tangimoana (near Bulls)• led to job offers from leading peace ... <a title="Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/peacemonger-a-tribute-to-peace-researcher-owen-wilkes-out-soon/" aria-label="Read more about Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon">Read more</a>

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New book has focus on Pacific activists against militarism, for climate justice

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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PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact

October 25, 2021

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s nuclear free accord — the Treaty of Rarotonga — by signing up to the controversial security pact, AUKUS, says the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). The deal by the Australian, ... <a title="PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/pang-condemns-australia-policy-for-abandoning-pacific-nuclear-free-pact/" aria-label="Read more about PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact">Read more</a>

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Nine takeaways from the Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter solidarity rally in NZ

July 23, 2021

By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala About 35 people joined an Auckland rally last Sunday in solidarity with a Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter demonstration by thousands of Tahitians happening in Pape’ete, the capital. In solidarity and in sync with the Pape’ete event, the Mai te Paura Atōmī i te ti’amara’a: From Bomb Contamination to Self-determination ... <a title="Nine takeaways from the Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter solidarity rally in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/nine-takeaways-from-the-maohi-nui-lives-matter-solidarity-rally-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Nine takeaways from the Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter solidarity rally in NZ">Read more</a>