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May 14, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia has gone through yet another day of tense political protests and a failed prison mutiny — a few hours ahead of a vote in Paris’s National Assembly on a government-tabled Constitutional amendment. This amendment would “unfreeze” the list of eligible voters at local elections. ... <a title="Botched prison mutiny, protests ahead of New Caledonia constitution vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/14/botched-prison-mutiny-protests-ahead-of-new-caledonia-constitution-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Botched prison mutiny, protests ahead of New Caledonia constitution vote">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2024
RNZ News A New Zealand pro-Palestinian protester who climbed onto the roof of the Christchurch City Council building has been handcuffed and taken away in a police car. About 20 protesters gathered near the Christchurch Art Gallery today. Officers were called to the scene near Worcester Boulevard about 11.20am, and police and firefighters worked to ... <a title="NZ pro-Palestine protester climbs onto Christchurch City Council roof" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/14/nz-pro-palestine-protester-climbs-onto-christchurch-city-council-roof/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pro-Palestine protester climbs onto Christchurch City Council roof">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 1000 people in Aotearoa New Zealand gathered for a two-hour rally in central Auckland today and marched down Queen Street and returned to Aotea Square to mark the Nakba three days early — and protest over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. They called for an immediate ceasefire in the war as ... <a title="1000 protest in Auckland over Israel’s war on Gaza, honour Nakba victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/13/1000-protest-in-auckland-over-israels-war-on-gaza-honour-nakba-victims/" aria-label="Read more about 1000 protest in Auckland over Israel’s war on Gaza, honour Nakba victims">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2024
RNZ News Television New Zealand has breached its collective agreement with the E tū union when deciding on discontinuing programmes, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled. It was announced in March that 68 staff members who work for news programmes Midday and Tonight, consumer justice programme Fair Go, current affairs programme Sunday, and the youth ... <a title="TVNZ breached union pact when deciding on programme cuts, ERA rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/11/tvnz-breached-union-pact-when-deciding-on-programme-cuts-era-rules/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ breached union pact when deciding on programme cuts, ERA rules">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Barangay New Zealand’s Rene Molina has interviewed the country’s first Filipino Green MP Francisco Hernandez who was sworn into Parliament yesterday as the party’s latest member. This is the first interview with Hernandez who replaces former Green Party co-leader James Shaw after his retirement from politics to take up a green investment ... <a title="NZ’s first Pinoy Green MP Francisco Hernandez talks climate policy and activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/11/nzs-first-pinoy-green-mp-francisco-hernandez-talks-climate-policy-and-activism/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s first Pinoy Green MP Francisco Hernandez talks climate policy and activism">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to investigative journalism and Pacific communities in a ceremony at Government House, reports 1News. She has been the Pacific correspondent for 1News since 2002, breaking many stories uncovering social and economic ... <a title="TVNZ Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver awarded ONZM for investigative journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/11/tvnz-pacific-correspondent-barbara-dreaver-awarded-onzm-for-investigative-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver awarded ONZM for investigative journalism">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
By Kaneta Naimatu in Suva Journalists in the Pacific region play an important role as the “eyes and ears on the ground” when it comes to reporting the climate crisis, says the European Union’s Pacific Ambassador Barbara Plinkert. Speaking at The University of the South Pacific (USP) on World Press Freedom Day last Friday, Plinkert ... <a title="Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says EU envoy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/pacific-journalists-are-worlds-eyes-and-ears-on-climate-crisis-says-eu-envoy/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists are world’s ‘eyes and ears’ on climate crisis, says EU envoy">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2024
By Kamna Kumar in Suva Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna stressed the importance of media freedom and its link to the climate and environmental crisis at the 2024 World Press Freedom Day event organised by the University of the South Pacific’s journalism programme. Under the theme “A Planet for the Press: Journalism in the ... <a title="Puna calls for Pacific ‘journalistic vigilance’ in face of climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/10/puna-calls-for-pacific-journalistic-vigilance-in-face-of-climate-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Puna calls for Pacific ‘journalistic vigilance’ in face of climate crisis">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Following an open letter by Auckland University academics speaking out in support of their students’ right to protest against the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza, a group of academics at Otago University have today also called on New Zealand academic institutions to “repair colonial violence” and end divestment from any economic ties ... <a title="‘Repair colonial violence’ and support Gaza ceasefire, say Otago academics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/07/repair-colonial-violence-and-support-gaza-ceasefire-say-otago-academics/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Repair colonial violence’ and support Gaza ceasefire, say Otago academics">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
Wansolwara The news media’s crucial role in climate change and environment journalism was the focus of The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme 2024 World Press Freedom Day celebrations. The European Union Ambassador to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert, and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna were the chief guests at the event last ... <a title="Tackling Pacific media’s crucial role in climate crisis and press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/tackling-pacific-medias-crucial-role-in-climate-crisis-and-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Tackling Pacific media’s crucial role in climate crisis and press freedom">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 500 people honoured Palestinian journalists in the heart of the New Zealand city of Auckland today for their brave coverage of Israel’s War on Gaza, now in its seventh month with almost 35,000 people killed, mostly women and children. Marking the annual May 3 World Press Freedom Day “plus two”, the ... <a title="Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/05/auckland-palestine-rally-honours-gaza-journalists-for-freedom-award/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A women’s union in New Caledonia has staged a sit-in protest this week to support senior Kanak indigenous journalist Thérèse Waia, who works for public broadcaster Nouvelle-Calédonie la Première, after a smear attack by critics. The peaceful demonstration was held on Nouméa’s Place des Cocotiers to ... <a title="New Caledonia’s women sit-in to support smeared Kanak journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/04/new-caledonias-women-sit-in-to-support-smeared-kanak-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s women sit-in to support smeared Kanak journalist">Read more</a>
