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About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner

April 28, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Māori Language Commissioner Professor Rawinia Higgins Whether he knows it or probably not, the year Joe Bennett arrived in Aotearoa from England was a milestone year for te reo Māori. After years of petitions, protest marches and activism from New Zealanders of all ethnicities as well as a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry: te reo ... <a title="About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/about-all-the-maori-nonsense-a-response-from-nzs-maori-language-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner">Read more</a>

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Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic freedom in NZ universities?

April 28, 2022

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Andrew Dickson, Massey University; Bevan Erueti, Massey University; Glenn Banks, Massey University; John O’Neill, Massey University, and Roger McEwan, Massey University Threats, intimidation and misogyny have long been a reality for women in public life around the world, and the pandemic appears to have amplified this toxic reality. Aotearoa ... <a title="Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic freedom in NZ universities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/who-will-call-out-the-misogyny-and-abuse-undermining-womens-academic-freedom-in-nz-universities/" aria-label="Read more about Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic freedom in NZ universities?">Read more</a>

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Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht Amadea

April 28, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis If you’re as confused as most people by the exact circumstances surrounding the continuing presence in Fiji of the Russian super yacht Amadea, join the club. Here’s our modest attempt to cut through the fog. Twelve days ago — on April 14 — the CJ Patel Fiji Sun newspaper trumpeted an ... <a title="Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht Amadea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/graham-davis-behind-the-saga-of-the-seized-russian-super-yacht-amadea/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht Amadea">Read more</a>

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Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate

April 23, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Professor Rod Jackson In a recent article (Weekend Herald, April 16) John Roughan wrote that the covid-19 pandemic has been an anticlimax in Aotearoa New Zealand. Surprisingly, he acknowledges covid-19 has killed about 25 million people worldwide, so hopefully he was referring to New Zealand’s 600 deaths. He goes on to ask how ... <a title="Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/rod-jackson-why-new-zealands-response-to-the-covid-pandemic-was-proportionate/" aria-label="Read more about Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate">Read more</a>

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Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’

April 21, 2022

THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry If the coming election goes to Australia’s Labor party, Penny Wong is very likely to become Foreign Minister. So when she speaks, people across the region prick up their ears. Without the least disrespect to her recent forebears, she could be one of the most acute, incisive and insightful ... <a title="Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/21/dan-mcgarry-how-to-do-something-about-australias-pacific-stuff-up/" aria-label="Read more about Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’">Read more</a>

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Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34 abandoned Papuan students

April 15, 2022

OPEN LETTER: By David Robie Kia ora Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi It is unconscionable. A bewildering and grossly unfair crisis for 34 young Papuan students – 25 male and 9 female – the hope for the future of the West Papua region, the Melanesian half of Papua New Guinea island ruled by Indonesia. They were ... <a title="Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34 abandoned Papuan students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/open-letter-to-minister-faafoi-an-appeal-to-help-34-abandoned-papuan-students/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34 abandoned Papuan students">Read more</a>

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Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in Australian election campaign

April 12, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation The bell has been rung, the shadow campaign is now official, and Australia heads to the polls on May 21. As the government enters caretaker mode, Australia enters a highly consequential period of democratic deliberation, but not for the reasons you might think. It suits politicians — and many ... <a title="Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in Australian election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/why-the-conversation-will-focus-on-policy-over-personality-in-australian-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in Australian election campaign">Read more</a>

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A martial law ghost of the dark years – is history returning in the Philippines?

April 8, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Pacific Island Times publisher Mar-Vic Cagurangan I remember that day — February 25, 1986. I was then a teenager. My family stood outside the iron gates of Malacañang Palace among a massive wave of people armed with yellow ribbons, flowers and rosaries. After a four-day uprising, we heard on the radio that the ... <a title="A martial law ghost of the dark years – is history returning in the Philippines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/08/a-martial-law-ghost-of-the-dark-years-is-history-returning-in-the-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about A martial law ghost of the dark years – is history returning in the Philippines?">Read more</a>

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Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable

April 6, 2022

ANALYSIS: By Transform Aqorau in Honiara It has been an interesting couple of weeks for Solomon Islands, with stories of policing, weapons, replica weapons and a security agreement with China dominating the local and regional media. Let’s start with the issue of arming the police. After the tensions, for a long time Solomon police did ... <a title="Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/transform-aqorau-rethinking-solomon-islands-security-focus-on-arms-unsustainable/" aria-label="Read more about Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable">Read more</a>

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Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’

April 1, 2022

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned over his controversial one-day Indonesian visit while facing an election in June. “And [he] was clearly despised by his people,” the paper said in a scathing editorial headlined “Tari ... <a title="Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/post-courier-blasts-marape-for-sudden-jakarta-junket-while-tari-burns/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’">Read more</a>

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Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua

March 31, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Jakarta this week. On the table, an invitation for President Vladimir Putin to visit Papua later this year. The governor also had his small team ... <a title="Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-governor-lukas-enembe-is-inviting-russias-putin-to-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua">Read more</a>

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How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans

March 25, 2022

Carving up the Papuan provincial cake. Graphic: Image: Lugas/tirto.id On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They occupied Wamena City. They rejected the Indonesian colonial plan to expand Papua province.Remember: The voice of the people is the voice of ... <a title="How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/how-colonial-puppeteer-indonesia-uses-autonomy-to-disempower-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans">Read more</a>