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March 24, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Christchurch Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ state of the nation speech at the Christchurch Town Hall yesterday. A clarion call to Trumpism and Australia’s One Nation Party, the speech was accompanied by the background ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/pro-palestinian-protesters-challenge-peters-at-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Today I attended a demonstration outside both Aotearoa New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Israeli Embassy in Wellington. The day before, the Israelis had blown apart 174 children in Gaza in a surprise attack that announced the next phase of the genocide. About 174 Wellingtonians turned up ... <a title="‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/declare-your-city-genocide-free-lessons-from-nzs-nuclear-free-movement/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Pacific Media Watch Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths of Plains FM96.9 radio talk to Dr David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report, about heightened global fears of nuclear war as tensions have mounted since US President Donald Trump has returned to power. Dr Robie reminds ... <a title="Nuclear free Pacific – back to the future, Earthwise talks to David Robie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/nuclear-free-pacific-back-to-the-future-earthwise-talks-to-david-robie/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear free Pacific – back to the future, Earthwise talks to David Robie">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2025
Asia Pacific Report At least 400 people have been killed after a surprise Israeli attack on Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday. The Israeli government vows to continue escalating these military attacks, claiming it is in response to Hamas’ refusal to extend the ceasefire, which has been in place since January 19. But is ... <a title="Netanyahu commits a new ‘bloodbath in Gaza’ to save himself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/netanyahu-commits-a-new-bloodbath-in-gaza-to-save-himself/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu commits a new ‘bloodbath in Gaza’ to save himself">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand’s National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and closer alignment with the US, which supports a Netanyahu government strongly opposed to a Palestinian state In the last 17 months, Gaza has been the scene of what ... <a title="New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/new-zealand-and-gaza-confronting-and-not-confronting-the-unspeakable/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – In Bislama, they say, “Wan nambanga i foldaon“. A great tree has fallen. The nambanga, or banyan tree, is the centrepiece of many a Vanuatu village. Its massive network of boughs provides shade, shelter and strength. I’ve only ever seen one knocked down, and that was ... <a title="Dan McGarry: Marc Neil-Jones is dead. His legacy lives on." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/dan-mcgarry-marc-neil-jones-is-dead-his-legacy-lives-on/" aria-label="Read more about Dan McGarry: Marc Neil-Jones is dead. His legacy lives on.">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Greg Barns When it comes to antisemitism, politicians in Australia are often quick to jump on the claim without waiting for evidence. With notable and laudable exceptions like the Greens and independents such as Tasmanian federal MP Andrew Wilkie, it seems any allegation will do when it comes to the opportunity to imply ... <a title="No apologies over fabricated terror plot from pollies or lobby groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/15/no-apologies-over-fabricated-terror-plot-from-pollies-or-lobby-groups/" aria-label="Read more about No apologies over fabricated terror plot from pollies or lobby groups">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The late Member of Parliament Jeton Anjain and the people of the nuclear test-affected Rongelap Atoll changed the course of the history of the Marshall Islands by using Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship to evacuate their radioactive home islands ... <a title="Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/15/marshall-islands-how-the-rongelap-evacuation-changed-the-course-of-history/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis New Zealand-based Canadian billionaire James Grenon owes the people of this country an immediate explanation of his intentions regarding media conglomerate NZME. This cannot wait until a shareholders’ meeting at the end of April. Is his investment in the owner of The New Zealand Herald and NewstalkZB nothing more than a ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Canadian billionaire must explain his designs on NZME – now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/14/gavin-ellis-canadian-billionaire-must-explain-his-designs-on-nzme-now/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Canadian billionaire must explain his designs on NZME – now">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Notes from The Edge of the Narrative MatrixActing on orders from the White House, immigration agents arrested a Columbia University graduate for deportation due to his leadership of campus protests against Israel’s genocidal atrocities in Gaza last year. Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Even more assaults on free speech to silence criticism of Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/caitlin-johnstone-even-more-assaults-on-free-speech-to-silence-criticism-of-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Even more assaults on free speech to silence criticism of Israel">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
While Rodrigo Duterte may still command support from his core base in the Philippines, something has clearly shifted. Yet the power he did wield haunts the nation as it awaits his trial at the International Criminal Court and it renews speculation about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who also has an ICC arrest warrant out ... <a title="Rodrigo Duterte, how the powerful turned powerless – by a target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/rodrigo-duterte-how-the-powerful-turned-powerless-by-a-target/" aria-label="Read more about Rodrigo Duterte, how the powerful turned powerless – by a target">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
With the sudden departure of New Zealand’s Reserve Bank Governor, one has to ask whether there is a pattern here — of a succession of public sector leaders leaving their posts in uncertain circumstances and a series of decisions being made without much regard for due process. It brings to mind the current spectacle of ... <a title="How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/how-new-zealand-is-venturing-down-the-road-of-political-upheaval/" aria-label="Read more about How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval">Read more</a>
