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June 18, 2023
External experts are poring over the “inappropriate editing” of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down an online journalist. Will this dent trust in RNZ — or news in general? Were campaigns propagating national propaganda a factor? Mediawatch asks two experts with international experience. MEDIAWATCH: By Colin ... <a title="Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/mediawatch-further-fallout-as-rnz-takes-out-the-kremlin-garbage/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2023
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier Mister Speaker, our collective question without notice is to you mister Speaker. We want the Prime Minister and his deputy to take note Sir. Our question from the Media Gallery is specifically directed to you, Mr Speaker, because of events that have transpired in the last 48 hours in which the freedom ... <a title="Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or favour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/mr-speaker-were-not-your-enemies-were-reporting-without-fear-or-favour/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or favour">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
RNZ News The RNZ board is meeting tonight to begin setting up an independent review on how pro-Russian sentiment was inserted into a number of its online stories. An RNZ digital journalist has been placed on leave after it came to light he had changed copy from news agency Reuters on the war in Ukraine ... <a title="RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits to stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/rnz-board-to-begin-setting-up-independent-review-of-pro-russia-edits-to-stories/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits to stories">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2023
RNZ News A Ukrainian man who complained about an RNZ story last year having Russian propaganda says his concerns are only now being noticed. It comes after the revelation a staff member altered Reuters copy to include pro-Russian sentiment. Since Friday, 250 articles published on RNZ back to January last year have been audited. Of ... <a title="‘We are in the war’: Ukrainian man says RNZ altered news stories must be taken seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/12/we-are-in-the-war-ukrainian-man-says-rnz-altered-news-stories-must-be-taken-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are in the war’: Ukrainian man says RNZ altered news stories must be taken seriously">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific peoples and their way of life as identified by Forum leaders in the Boe Declaration. Kalsakau said this reaffirmed climate change as the single greatest threat to regional security. The ... <a title="Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/climate-crisis-greatest-threat-to-pacific-regional-security-says-vanuatu-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
By Alice Lolohea of Tagata Pasifika Twenty five broadcasters from 13 Pacific countries touched down in Auckland recently for the Pacific Broadcasters conference. A meet and greet filled with lots of talanoa, networking and healthy debate, the conference was a welcome change from a typical Zoom meeting. Natasha Meleisea, chief executive of Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting ... <a title="‘Let’s tell our own stories’ – Pacific broadcasters seek sovereignty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/lets-tell-our-own-stories-pacific-broadcasters-seek-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s tell our own stories’ – Pacific broadcasters seek sovereignty">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
By Lincoln Tan of The New Zealand Herald Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, who quit following complaints about inappropriate workplace behaviour, has broken his silence and started a podcast he says would “set some records straight”. The Emmy-nominated broadcaster lasted just 32 days at TVNZ after working at Al Jazeera, where he had also ... <a title="Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The Balance podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/former-tvnz-breakfast-host-kamahl-santamaria-breaks-year-long-silence-in-the-balance-podcast/" aria-label="Read more about Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The Balance podcast">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the top accolades in today’s King’s Birthday Honours. Ardern, who was prime minister from September 2017 until January this year, has been appointed a Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. She received the ... <a title="King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/kings-birthday-honours-former-nz-leader-jacinda-ardern-receives-high-accolade/" aria-label="Read more about King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2023
Asia Pacific Report An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage pilot, Philip Mehrtens, held by Papuan liberation fighters and appealed to them to “keep Philip safe”. Jim Aubrey, a human rights activist who has campaigned globally on freedom struggles in ... <a title="Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if denied talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/03/author-poet-condemns-papuan-rebel-threat-to-shoot-nz-hostage-pilot-if-denied-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if denied talks">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific Media Centre, in what the editors say brings a sense of “urgency” in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarship. In the editorial, the co-editors — ... <a title="Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/latest-island-studies-journal-features-social-justice-activism-and-advocacy/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand’s Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today “unacceptable”. In an appearance at Auckland Transport’s Viaduct headquarters, Brown took time out of pitching his plan to sell the city’s holdings in Auckland Airport to complain about road cones, his “not ... <a title="NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/nzs-media-freedom-council-slams-mayor-browns-ban-attempt-as-insult-to-voters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2023
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing death. Both provinces have fought brutal guerrilla wars for independence. One has been settled through foreign peacekeepers. The other still rages as outsiders fear intervention. By Duncan Graham in Malang, East Java ... <a title="Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/02/duncan-graham-compromise-worked-in-aceh-why-not-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua? ">Read more</a>