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January 11, 2024
The usually festive Christmas season in West Papua was marred by the death of beloved Papua Governor and Chief Lukas Enembe in an Indonesian military hospital on Boxing Day. The author personally witnessed the emotional village scenes of his burial and accuses the Indonesian authorities of driving him to his death through draconian treatment. Today ... <a title="Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/11/revered-papuan-chief-lukas-enembe-tortured-to-death-like-a-boiling-frog/" aria-label="Read more about Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling frog’">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
By Asenaca Uluiviti and Sadhana Sen Fiji recently lost Dr Meraia Taufa Vakatale, a monumental woman leader who broke many glass ceilings with her numerous firsts. As an educationalist, diplomat and politician, she profoundly impacted on the lives of tens of thousands in Fiji and the Pacific region, particularly young women in politics and anti-nuclear ... <a title="Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – Fiji anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/obituary-meraia-taufa-vakatale-fiji-anti-nuclear-activist-and-feminist-trailblazer/" aria-label="Read more about Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – Fiji anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2023
By Asenaca Uluiviti and Sadhana Sen Fiji recently lost Dr Meraia Taufa Vakatale, a monumental woman leader who broke many glass ceilings with her numerous firsts. As an educationalist, diplomat and politician, she profoundly impacted on the lives of tens of thousands in Fiji and the Pacific region, particularly young women in politics and anti-nuclear ... <a title="Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/22/obituary-meraia-taufa-vakatale-anti-nuclear-activist-and-feminist-trailblazer/" aria-label="Read more about Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2023
By David Robie New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has died. He was just two weeks shy of his 60th birthday. Fiji-born on 15 August 1963, just after his elder twin brother Murali, Sri grew up in the port city of ... <a title="Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/08/moce-sri-krishnamurthi-sports-journalist-democracy-activist-storyteller-and-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The late Sir Rabbie Namaliu’s character and his humble leadership featured well in one of Australia’s top news organisations –– News Corp Australia and its executive chairman Michael Miller has paid a tribute. Businessman Frank Kramer, reading out a special eulogy from the business point of view reflecting on ... <a title="News Corp among Namaliu’s farewell messages – for ‘free, fearless media’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/19/news-corp-among-namalius-farewell-messages-for-free-fearless-media/" aria-label="Read more about News Corp among Namaliu’s farewell messages – for ‘free, fearless media’">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2023
By Diane Wilson in Kokopo Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso has described the late Sir Rabbie Namaliu as a “shining example” of what politicians and leaders of today should aspire to be. Paying his tribute yesterday at the Vunapope Conference Centre, Kokopo, yesterday, Rosso said: “We should learn from people like Sir Rabbie, in terms ... <a title="Rosso pays tribute to former PM Sir Rabbie’s ‘great legacy of integrity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/rosso-pays-tribute-to-former-pm-sir-rabbies-great-legacy-of-integrity/" aria-label="Read more about Rosso pays tribute to former PM Sir Rabbie’s ‘great legacy of integrity’">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
By Jean Nuia in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died — four days shy of his 76th birthday which would have been celebrated today. The late Sir Rabbie was born Rabbie Langanai Namaliu on April 3, 1947, to early local missionaries Darius and Utul Ioan Namaliu, ... <a title="PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big man, clever’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/pngs-sir-rabbie-blessed-at-birth-hell-be-a-big-man-clever/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big man, clever’">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
By Kālino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News Dr Sitiveni Halapua, former deputy leader of Tonga’s Democratic Movement, has died aged 74. Born on February 13, 1949, he was a respected academic, a pioneer of Tonga’s democratic reforms and pioneer of a conflict resolution system based on traditional practices. Halapua earned a doctorate in economics from ... <a title="Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/tongan-politician-democracy-reformer-and-scholar-dr-sitiveni-halapua-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala Edson Arantes do Nascimento passed away at the age of 82 after a brave battle with colon cancer in Brazil on 20 December 2022. Known as “O Rei”, “The Black Pearl”, and “Pelé”, he was an ambassador, businessperson, community worker to the world, cultural force, leader, soccer player, and politician. In ... <a title="Tony Fala: Pelé – a tribute from Aotearoa and Oceania" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/06/tony-fala-pele-a-tribute-from-aotearoa-and-oceania/" aria-label="Read more about Tony Fala: Pelé – a tribute from Aotearoa and Oceania">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2022
By David Robie A tragic day of mourning. Thousands thronged the West Papuan funeral cortège today and tonight as the banned Morning Star led the way in defiance of the Indonesian military. There haven’t been so many Papuan flags flying under the noses of the security forces since the 2019 Papuan Uprising. Filep Jacob Semuel ... <a title="Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/03/farewell-filep-karma-the-revered-west-papuan-leader-who-could-have-ushered-in-unity/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2022
OBITUARY: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta Filep Karma, a prominent Papuan activist and former political prisoner, was found dead yesterday on a beach in the Papuan city of Jayapura. He had been on a diving trip with his brother-in-law and nephew, and apparently went diving alone after his relatives left the trip early. Karma, 63, ... <a title="Filep Karma: A Papuan human rights hero and huge loss to the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/02/filep-karma-a-papuan-human-rights-hero-and-huge-loss-to-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Filep Karma: A Papuan human rights hero and huge loss to the Pacific">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
Asia Pacific Report Louis Kotra Uregei, an emblematic and radical figure in the independence struggle in New Caledonia, has died aged 71, announced the Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers (USTKE) in a statement. Nicknamed LKU or “Loulou”, this representative of New Caledonian militancy died on Thursday night after a long illness. Originally from the ... <a title="Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/kanak-trade-union-ustke-pioneer-and-militant-leader-loulou-uregei-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies">Read more</a>
