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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition

July 4, 2025

By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal Author David Robie and Little Island Press are about to publish next week a 40th anniversary edition of Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, a first-hand account of the relocation of the Rongelap people by Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior in ... <a title="Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/eyewitness-account-of-rainbow-warrior-voyage-new-eyes-of-fire-edition/" aria-label="Read more about Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition">Read more</a>

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The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence

July 3, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Immediately after killing Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, several of the French agents went on a ski holiday in New Zealand’s South Island to celebrate. Such was the contempt the French had for the Kiwis and the abilities of our police to pursue ... <a title="The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/the-rainbow-warrior-saga-1-french-state-terrorism-and-nzs-end-of-innocence/" aria-label="Read more about The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence">Read more</a>

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Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast

July 3, 2025

Pacific Media Watch In July 1985, Australia’s Pacific territory of Norfolk Island (pop. 2188) became the centre of a real life international spy thriller. Four French agents sailed there on board the Ouvéa, a yacht from Kanaky New Caledonia, after bombing the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, killing Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira. The Rainbow Warrior was ... <a title="Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/fallout-spies-on-norfolk-island-sbs-podcast/" aria-label="Read more about Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast">Read more</a>

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The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report and political panel

July 2, 2025

Asia Pacific Report In the new weekly political podcast, The Bradbury Group, last night presenter Martyn Bradbury talked with visiting Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal. They assess the current situation in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and what New Zealand should be doing. As Bradbury, publisher of The Daily Blog, notes, “Fourth Estate public broadcasting ... <a title="The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report and political panel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/the-bradbury-group-features-palestinian-journalist-dr-yousef-aljamal-middle-east-report-and-political-panel/" aria-label="Read more about The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report and political panel">Read more</a>

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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

July 1, 2025

Asia Pacific Report The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR) has called on Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as the new chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to “uphold justice, stability and security” for Kanaky New Caledonia and West Papua. In a statement today after last week’s MSG leaders’ summit in Suva, the ... <a title="Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/fiji-human-rights-coalition-challenges-rabuka-over-decolonisation-unfinished-business/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’">Read more</a>

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Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’

June 30, 2025

Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in the face of gathering global storm clouds. Writing in a new book being published next week, she says “nuclear war is an existential threat to ... <a title="Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/clark-warns-in-new-pacific-book-renewed-nuclear-tensions-pose-existential-threat-to-humanity/" aria-label="Read more about Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’">Read more</a>

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‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters

June 29, 2025

By Bryan Manabat in Saipan Advocacy groups in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) disrupted the US Department of Defense’s public meeting this week, which tackled proposed military training plans on Tinian, voicing strong opposition to further militarisation in the Marianas. Members of the Marianas for Palestine, Prutehi Guahan and Commonwealth670 burst into ... <a title="‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/bridge-for-peace-not-more-bombs-say-cnmi-gaza-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters">Read more</a>

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Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time

June 29, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Ahmad Ibsais On June 22, American warplanes crossed into Iranian airspace and dropped 14 massive bombs. The attack was not in response to a provocation; it came on the heels of illegal Israeli aggression that took the lives of more than 600 Iranians. This was a return to something familiar and well-practised: an ... <a title="Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/why-manufacturing-consent-for-war-with-iran-failed-this-time/" aria-label="Read more about Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time">Read more</a>

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Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft

June 28, 2025

ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally glad that Iran was able to hold out against the US-Israeli attacks this month. The ceasefire, however, will only be a pause in the long-running campaign to destabilise, weaken and ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/28/eugene-doyle-why-asia-pacific-should-be-cheering-for-iran-and-not-us-bomb-based-statecraft/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft">Read more</a>

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Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70 killed across Strip

June 28, 2025

Israeli soldiers have said that they were ordered to open fire at unarmed Palestinian civilians desperately seeking aid at designated distribution sites in Gaza, a report in the Ha’aretz newspaper has revealed. The report came as 70 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip — mostly at aid sites belonging to the widely condemned Gaza ... <a title="Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70 killed across Strip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/28/israeli-soldiers-ordered-to-fire-at-gaza-aid-seekers-70-killed-across-strip/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70 killed across Strip">Read more</a>

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Antoinette Lattouf win against ABC a victory for all truth-tellers

June 27, 2025

By Isaac Nellist of Green Left Magazine Australian-Lebanese journalist and commentator Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal case win against the public broadcaster ABC in the Federal Court on Wednesday is a victory for all those who seek to tell the truth. It is a breath of fresh air, after almost two years of lies and uncritical ... <a title="Antoinette Lattouf win against ABC a victory for all truth-tellers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/27/antoinette-lattouf-win-against-abc-a-victory-for-all-truth-tellers/" aria-label="Read more about Antoinette Lattouf win against ABC a victory for all truth-tellers">Read more</a>

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‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

June 26, 2025

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence movement leader has warned the Melanesian Spearhead Group after its 23rd leaders summit in Suva, Fiji, to not give in to a “neocolonial trade in betrayal and abandonment” over West Papua. While endorsing and acknowledging the “unconditional support” of Melanesian people to the West Papuan cause for decolonisation, ... <a title="‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/dont-surrender-to-indonesian-pressure-over-west-papua-bomanak-warns-msg/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG">Read more</a>