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May 19, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ Manu Korihi reporter New Zealand’s border restrictions have cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua’s oldest tourism business, Whakarewarewa Village, forcing its people to re-invent its services in order to survive. Ngāti Wāhiao has opened its doors to tourists there for more than 120 years, offering tours ... <a title="Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/whakarewarewa-a-silence-not-heard-in-100-years-thanks-to-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
By Evaristo Soares Martins and Robert Baird in Dili The Vice-President of Timor-Leste’s National Parliament, Maria Angelina Sarmento, has been physically removed from a plenary session after she tried to claim the president’s chair. The chamber erupted into farce yesterday as members of parliamentary President – or Speaker – Arão Noé Amaral’s CNRT party blocked ... <a title="Vice-president forced out of Timorese Parliament in bitter row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/vice-president-forced-out-of-timorese-parliament-in-bitter-row/" aria-label="Read more about Vice-president forced out of Timorese Parliament in bitter row">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
By Gynnie Kero in Madang Five men have died in a shootout with Papua New Guinea police near Madang after they tried to hold up a bus police officers were travelling in on the Lae-Madang highway. Madang commander Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said police were tipped off about the planned hold-up of the bus, and ... <a title="Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/five-holdup-bandits-killed-by-png-police-posing-as-bus-passengers/" aria-label="Read more about Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discusses a new book today on West Papua, The Road: Uprising in West Papua, reviewed by Professor David Robie, in his weekly 95bFM segment Southern Cross. The book is authored by Australian investigative journalist John Martinkus who has covered wars and conflicts in Asia and ... <a title="Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/southern-cross-features-the-road-and-papuan-repression/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
REVIEW: By David Robie The 4300-km Trans-Papuan Highway costing some US$1.4 billion was supposed to bring “wealth, development and prosperity” to the isolated regions of West Papua. At least, that’s how the planners and politicians envisaged the highway far away in their Jakarta offices. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is so enthusiastic about the project as ... <a title="West Papua’s highway of blood – a case of development or destruction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/west-papuas-highway-of-blood-a-case-of-development-or-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua’s highway of blood – a case of development or destruction?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
By RNZ News Many people have revelled in a return to a simpler life in recent weeks. While lockdown restrictions are eased in many places around the world, people will return to a faster-paced, more cluttered lifestyle. But does it have to be that way? Can we live a simpler life post-lockdown? With a dramatic ... <a title="Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/covid-19-pandemic-spells-end-of-neoliberal-era-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2020
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer You might not know his face, but Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most valuable and memorable contributors to the daily Covid-19 briefings. He explains what it has been like covering a pandemic in a still Pākehā-dominated press gallery. The near-daily media briefings on Covid-19 often ... <a title="A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/17/a-lone-maori-voice-raising-te-ao-issues-at-the-covid-19-briefings/" aria-label="Read more about A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
By RNZ News It is essential for the health of people worldwide that a yet-to-be-discovered vaccine for covid-19 coronavirus is widely available, says former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says. Clark told RNZ Morning Report there is growing concern that instead of vaccine being available globally it will become the monopoly of a very ... <a title="Former PM Helen Clark backs people’s vaccine as public good for covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/former-pm-helen-clark-backs-peoples-vaccine-as-public-good-for-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Helen Clark backs people’s vaccine as public good for covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
By Robert Baird in Dili Timor-Leste has no active cases of covid-19 for the first time since its first confirmed case on March 21, say health authorities. The Integrated Crisis Management Centre (CIGC) confirmed yesterday a 24th patient had recovered from the virus. A further four people, who returned “inconclusive” results, had been receiving treament at ... <a title="Timor-Leste now ruled free of active cases of covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/timor-leste-now-ruled-free-of-active-cases-of-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste now ruled free of active cases of covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
By Ardila Syakriah, Arya Dipa, Asip Hasani and Suherdjoko in Jakarta/Bandung/Blitar/Semarang Indonesia’s most populous island of Java has become the country’s epicentre of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, prompting calls for heightened containment efforts, including by imposing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the entire region. All six provinces on the island, home to some 151 million ... <a title="Java on ‘red alert’ as coronavirus deaths spike in Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/java-on-red-alert-as-coronavirus-deaths-spike-in-indonesia/" aria-label="Read more about Java on ‘red alert’ as coronavirus deaths spike in Indonesia">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
By RNZ Pacific A High Court judge in Fiji has thrown out fines handed to 49 people who were caught breaching curfew or social gathering orders. Justice Salesi Temo overruled the decisions of Magistrates Courts in Suva, Nausori, Tailevu, Vunidawa and Savusavu. A night-time curfew and a ban on gatherings of more than a few ... <a title="Fiji High Court judge throws out ‘cruel’ fines for covid rule breaches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/fiji-high-court-judge-throws-out-cruel-fines-for-covid-rule-breaches/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji High Court judge throws out ‘cruel’ fines for covid rule breaches">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
By Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor of RNZ News A $50 billion rescue fund sits at the centre of 2020’s “once in a generation Budget” as the country braces for the economic carnage promised by the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The plan lays out the first $15.9 billion of investment including an extension of the wage ... <a title="NZ’s new covid action: $50bn rescue fund in ‘once in a generation’ budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/nzs-new-covid-action-50bn-rescue-fund-in-once-in-a-generation-budget/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s new covid action: $50bn rescue fund in ‘once in a generation’ budget">Read more</a>
