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December 27, 2020
OBITUARY: By Scott Waide in Lae For many Papua New Guineans, Sir Mekere Morauta will be remembered as the straight shooting politician and the reformist Prime Minister, whose work came to be appreciated more than a decade later. Up until the 1990s, Mekere Morauta’s public life was rather low key. He thrived behind the scenes, ... <a title="Sir Mekere, PNG’s straight shooting and reformist prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/27/sir-mekere-pngs-straight-shooting-and-reformist-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Sir Mekere, PNG’s straight shooting and reformist prime minister">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
A clip from This Is Not A Movie, a 2020 documentary by about Robert Fisk. Video: Doc Edge Festival Veteran journalist Robert Fisk, who for decades covered events in the Middle East and elsewhere as a foreign correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent, has died after suffering a suspected stroke at his Dublin home. ... <a title="Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/robert-fisks-message-journalists-should-challenge-the-narratives-of-power/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
I have a lot for which to be thankful to Dr Joe Williams, or Papa Joe as we call him in the Pasifika Medical Association family. I was a refugee from the military coup in Fiji at Christmas 1987, and arrived in New Zealand with a young family, not able to register immediately in my ... <a title="Farewell, Papa Joe – a Cook Islands beacon of calm and wise leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/farewell-papa-joe-a-cook-islands-beacon-of-calm-and-wise-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell, Papa Joe – a Cook Islands beacon of calm and wise leadership">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
By Anish Chand in Suva Political leaders are known to beat around the bush when it comes to answering serious topics and when faced with a hard-nosed journalist who wants the story he or she is chasing. With the late Laisenia Qarase – who died last week – he never lied and spoke his mind ... <a title="A media tribute to Fiji’s late former PM Laisenia Qarase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/a-media-tribute-to-fijis-late-former-pm-laisenia-qarase/" aria-label="Read more about A media tribute to Fiji’s late former PM Laisenia Qarase">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died. Her husband, Harry Parke, said the death was totally unexpected. “Yesterday morning she was out on the farm doing stuff, she had a bit of a fall and finally ended up in Thames Hospital where she had a massive stroke and died at 9.45pm last night – ... <a title="Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ‘lived her convictions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/former-green-party-co-leader-jeanette-fitzsimons-lived-her-convictions/" aria-label="Read more about Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ‘lived her convictions’">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2020
Andy Ayamiseba died a few days ago. While the West Papuan was loved, admired and supported in Vanuatu, he fought tirelessly to win a home he could return to. He died before the dream was achieved. Originally published by the Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PIPP), this 2013 profile of Andy Ayamiseba’s life of activism ... <a title="Obituary: Andy Ayamiseba – long road home to an ‘independent’ West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/26/obituary-andy-ayamiseba-long-road-home-to-an-independent-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Obituary: Andy Ayamiseba – long road home to an ‘independent’ West Papua">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
“We may never see his like again” wrote Richard Prebble following the death of Mike Moore in the weekend. Moore was certainly an extraordinary politician. He made some remarkable achievements, had an inimitable style, and was a mass of contradictions. Mike Moore’s place in New Zealand political history is complicated. He has been described by ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The extraordinary yet tragic political life of Mike Moore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-extraordinary-yet-tragic-political-life-of-mike-moore/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The extraordinary yet tragic political life of Mike Moore">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Eric Tapakau … a trusted and respected voice and skilful communicator whose advocacy and ability to connect with local people will be sorely missed. Image: BCL By Denika Seeto, communications manager of Bougainville Copper Ltd BOUGAINVILLE Copper Limited (BCL) lost both a dear friend and esteemed ... <a title="Eric Tapakau, a skilful communicator who loved Bougainville" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/03/eric-tapakau-a-skilful-communicator-who-loved-bougainville/" aria-label="Read more about Eric Tapakau, a skilful communicator who loved Bougainville">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Koori Mail, after awaiting permission from the Kapeen family, has announced with great sadness the sudden passing of Koori Mail chairperson and Bundjalung elder, Russell Kapeen. “Uncle Russell” passed away on Saturday, May 4, in his home at Coraki, NSW, the Koori Mail statement said. He was 72. The Koori ... <a title="Koori Mail’s ‘Uncle Russell’ was a dedicated Indigenous voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/koori-mails-uncle-russell-was-a-dedicated-indigenous-voice/" aria-label="Read more about Koori Mail’s ‘Uncle Russell’ was a dedicated Indigenous voice">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2019
Neles Tebay of the West Papua Catholic Justice and Peace Secretariat, as well as the Papua Peace Network. Photo: UCA News By RNZ Pacific A leading West Papuan peace campaigner, Neles Tebay, has died in Jakarta after being hospitalised with leukemia. A Catholic priest and academic as well as the co-ordinator of the Papua Peace ... <a title="West Papuan peace advocate who urged dialogue dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/15/west-papuan-peace-advocate-who-urged-dialogue-dies/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan peace advocate who urged dialogue dies">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Trailer for the 2013 redux version of the 1983 film Utu produced for the Cannes Film Festival. Video: Utu OBITUARY: By Matthew Theunissen of RNZ News Acclaimed actor and activist Anzac Wallace is being remembered by people in the film and political worlds for his rare talent and powerful personality. The actor has died at ... <a title="Utu actor Zac Wallace – ‘born a leader and a fighter for justice’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/utu-actor-zac-wallace-born-a-leader-and-a-fighter-for-justice/" aria-label="Read more about Utu actor Zac Wallace – ‘born a leader and a fighter for justice’">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
A tragedy in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province. Image: Sally Lloyd/My Land, My Country By Sally Lloyd as told to Scott Waide in Lae A few days ago, I asked Sally Lloyd about the picture she posted on Facebook of a distraught mother weeping over the body of her baby who had died. This is ... <a title="A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/a-weeping-mum-from-png-and-her-long-walk-for-a-dying-child/" aria-label="Read more about A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child">Read more</a>
