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July 3, 2022
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have the same legal or political set-up, let alone its religious cleavages and cultural conflicts. Opinion leaders in our media didn’t agree — and provoked a significant political response. Days after ... <a title="Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/controversial-roe-v-wade-ruling-triggers-intense-nz-media-reaction/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
EDITORIAL: By the Rappler team We will continue bringing you the news, holding the powerful to account for their actions and decisions, calling attention to government lapses that further disempower the disadvantaged. We will hold the line. Dear readers and viewers, We thought this day would never come, even as we were warned in the ... <a title="Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/stand-with-rappler-defend-press-freedom-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis The Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill — introduced to Parliament this week — will have a long journey before it is fit for purpose. The Bill gives effect to the government’s plan to replace TVNZ and RNZ with a new entity designed for the digital age, but the legislation as ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Heavy work ahead on Aotearoa NZ’s Public Media Bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/30/gavin-ellis-heavy-work-ahead-on-aotearoa-nzs-public-media-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Heavy work ahead on Aotearoa NZ’s Public Media Bill">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk A new Asia Pacific social justice research and publication nonprofit has awarded a diversity communications trophy to a West Papuan postgraduate student who has advocated for the education and welfare of his fellow students. Several dozen Papuan students trying to complete their studies were stranded in Aotearoa New Zealand by a ... <a title="Social justice research network awards trophy to Papuan student advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/social-justice-research-network-awards-trophy-to-papuan-student-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about Social justice research network awards trophy to Papuan student advocate">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Following the United Kingdom’s decision to extradite Julian Assange to face trial in the United States, the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has called on the Australian government to take swift steps to lobby for the dismissal of all charges against Assange. ... <a title="IFJ calls on Canberra to act against Assange extradition order to US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/ifj-calls-on-canberra-to-act-against-assange-extradition-order-to-us/" aria-label="Read more about IFJ calls on Canberra to act against Assange extradition order to US">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia and Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle Last week on June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a statement confirming she had approved the US government’s request to extradite Julian Assange. The Australian founder of WikiLeaks faces 18 criminal charges of computer misuse and espionage. ... <a title="UK government orders extradition of Julian Assange to US, but that isn’t end of the matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/uk-government-orders-extradition-of-julian-assange-to-us-but-that-isnt-end-of-the-matter/" aria-label="Read more about UK government orders extradition of Julian Assange to US, but that isn’t end of the matter">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
By Loreben Tuquero in Manila On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had a network of propagandist assets, popular myths that justified his family’s obscene wealth, and narratives that distorted the horrors of his father’s rule. He had even asked Cambridge Analytica to ... <a title="Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/duterte-institutionalised-disinformation-paved-the-way-for-a-marcos-victory/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The UK government’s decision to uphold the application by the US Department of Justice to extradite Australian publisher Julian Assange imperils journalists everywhere, says the union for Australia’s journalists. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance calls on the Australian government to take urgent steps to lobby the US and UK governments ... <a title="Assange extradition order a ‘dangerous assault on international journalism’, says MEAA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/18/assange-extradition-order-a-dangerous-assault-on-international-journalism-says-meaa/" aria-label="Read more about Assange extradition order a ‘dangerous assault on international journalism’, says MEAA">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Newly elected Māori Pati president and columnist John Tamihere has launched a blistering criticism of New Zealand’s negative media attitude to Chinese trade and security overtures to the South Pacific, saying “it’s none of our business”. Writing in The New Zealand Herald today, former Labour cabinet minister Tamihere argued that China ... <a title="‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’ says Māori Pati critic of NZ stance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/we-can-learn-from-chinese-diplomacy-says-maori-pati-critic-of-nz-stance/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’ says Māori Pati critic of NZ stance">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
REVIEW: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University It is easy to forget why Julian Assange has been on trial in England for, well, seemingly forever. Didn’t he allegedly sexually assault two women in Sweden? Isn’t that why he holed up for years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid facing charges? When the bobbies finally ... <a title="A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/a-new-book-argues-julian-assange-is-being-tortured-will-australias-new-pm-do-anything-about-it/" aria-label="Read more about A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2022
COMMENTARY: By David Robie Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done — with a big lesson for Pacific island neighbours. Tackle the Chinese media gatekeepers and creeping authoritarianism threatening journalism in the region at the top. In Dili on the final day of ... <a title="Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/05/ramos-horta-challenges-pacifics-biggest-threat-to-media-freedom-chinas-gatekeepers/" aria-label="Read more about Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a media blackout imposed on events during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 10-day tour of Pacific island countries. Wang is today in Papua New Guinea at the end of an eight-country tour that began on May 26, but a “Chinese state media reporter is so ... <a title="RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/03/rsf-condemns-chinese-curb-on-reporters-during-pacific-island-tour/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour">Read more</a>
