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March 22, 2022
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji’s police chief Sitiveni Qiliho looks to have dug out an old playbook that was used over a couple of years ahead of Voreqe Bainimarama’s 2006 coup. Qiliho is on a shorter game plan though, he’s got to sow uncertainty and fear in Fiji’s population quickly — before ... <a title="History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/history-repeats-in-fiji-police-chief-warns-of-election-instability/" aria-label="Read more about History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Ashwin Swaminathan, Australian National University It seems not a day goes by without learning someone in our inner circle of family, friends and colleagues has covid. When we ask how unwell our acquaintance is, the responses vary from “they’re really crook” to “you wouldn’t even know they had it”. This is in line ... <a title="Covid diagnosis: Could I have had the virus and not realised?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/covid-diagnosis-could-i-have-had-the-virus-and-not-realised/" aria-label="Read more about Covid diagnosis: Could I have had the virus and not realised?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
OPEN LETTER: By Mahvash Ikram Three years on from the Christchurch terror attacks on 15 March 2019, Mahvash Ikram writes an open letter to her young son telling him one day he will learn how the Muslim community was targeted, but that shouldn’t scare him from going to a mosque. Dear son, You’re not yet ... <a title="NZ terror attacks anniversary: A letter to my son – ‘Never be ashamed of your beliefs’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/nz-terror-attacks-anniversary-a-letter-to-my-son-never-be-ashamed-of-your-beliefs/" aria-label="Read more about NZ terror attacks anniversary: A letter to my son – ‘Never be ashamed of your beliefs’">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2022
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s police commissioner, David Manning, addressing the International Women’s Day celebrations this week, let it be known that violence against women is becoming a serious disease. Yes, we agree. It is a growing threat to women and children, family unity and community harmony. On the same token Sir, ... <a title="Post-Courier: Violence in any form is a serious disease – target ‘rotten cops’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/12/post-courier-violence-in-any-form-is-a-serious-disease-target-rotten-cops/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Violence in any form is a serious disease – target ‘rotten cops’">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Professor Hatem Bazian Ten lessons to be learned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the war rages into its second week. The people of Ukraine are “European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed” while Palestinians are Arab and have darker complexion. Lesson one: Empathy and recognition of pain and ... <a title="Palestine double standards: Ten lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/07/palestine-double-standards-ten-lessons-from-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine double standards: Ten lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist All political parties have supported a motion in Parliament to recognise the “safe restoration of Parliament’s grounds” and the selfless service of emergency services. Yesterday, riot police moved in and dispersed the protest against covid-19 restrictions, which had occupied the Parliament grounds for 23 days. In response, ... <a title="Political parties condemn Parliament protesters, praise police actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/political-parties-condemn-parliament-protesters-praise-police-actions/" aria-label="Read more about Political parties condemn Parliament protesters, praise police actions">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk New Zealand’s leading daily newspaper today contrasted the “reckless self-expression” of anti-covid mandates protesters and the dangers confronting the people of Ukraine fighting for their survival as an independent nation in the face of a brutal four-day-old invasion by its neighbour Russia. Critising the rhetoric by protesters against the so-called “draconian” ... <a title="NZ newspaper condemns ‘reckless’ pandemic protesters in face of Ukraine’s ‘real danger’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/01/nz-newspaper-condemns-reckless-pandemic-protesters-in-face-of-ukraines-real-danger/" aria-label="Read more about NZ newspaper condemns ‘reckless’ pandemic protesters in face of Ukraine’s ‘real danger’">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
National Māori Authority chair Matthew Tukaki has seen plenty of protests and received his fair share of abuse, but what’s been happening in Wellington this week is like nothing he has encountered before. Justin Latif reports for Local Democracy Reporting. If there’s one thing Matthew Tukaki thought he and the protesters at Parliament might agree ... <a title="Facing up to anti-mandate protesters at Parliament – the brutal reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/facing-up-to-anti-mandate-protesters-at-parliament-the-brutal-reality/" aria-label="Read more about Facing up to anti-mandate protesters at Parliament – the brutal reality">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University The early morning action on Monday to cordon off the occupation of Parliament grounds and prevent it growing might go some way to restoring public confidence in the police, which has appeared to be eroding since the protests began a fortnight ago. So far, police have pursued a ... <a title="The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/the-nz-parliament-protest-is-testing-police-independence-and-public-tolerance-are-there-lessons-from-canadas-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Lynley Tulloch There is a dangerous anger on rapid boil at the protest in Wellington. It is a stew of dispossession and unrest alongside various delusional beliefs and violent threats. Two weeks into the protest and the police have had to endure human waste and acid thrown at them; a car driven into ... <a title="Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love – and ‘executions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/lynley-tulloch-the-irony-of-the-parliament-protest-peace-and-love-and-executions/" aria-label="Read more about Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love – and ‘executions’">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: EMTV’s deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom’s decision to walk out in protest over the suspension of head of news and current affairs Sincha Dimara on February 7. The EMTV News editorial decision to run the two stories [about the court cases involving Australian hotel ... <a title="Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/jack-lapauve-why-we-walked-out-in-protest-over-emtv-news-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: Open letter by Nick Rockel to the Parliament protesters. So the Parliament protest goes on, the first protest I can recall having absolutely no sympathy for. I’ve been on marches protesting lack of education funding, nuclear testing, abuse of GCSB [Government Communications Security Bureau] powers, the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] etc. All of which I ... <a title="Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nick-rockel-flower-children-and-neo-nazis-dont-hold-the-capital-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom">Read more</a>
