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February 2, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – President Rodrigo Duterte with the press … his powers to ban Rappler for two years challenged in court. Image: Freeze frame/David Robie By David Robie in Manila Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past ... <a title="Rappler challenges Duterte’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/02/rappler-challenges-dutertes-media-powers-in-democracy-fight-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler challenges Duterte’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – [embedded content] The Rappler video feed on the Ampatuan convictions last month. For decades, the feared Ampatuan clan held sway in the impoverished province of Maguindanao in Mindanao in the southern Philippines. Through a ruthless private army and a reported “propensity for beheadings”, the clan ... <a title="‘Monsters Inc’ – Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/monsters-inc-ampatuan-massacre-justice-aftermath-with-more-fear-of-warlords-corruption/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Monsters Inc’ – Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. It is clear and proper that New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is closely monitoring a concerning situation of deteriorating violence in West Papua. It is also apparent that groups who have long monitored the security situation in West Papua have contacted the New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, ... <a title="Selwyn Manning on West Papua: New Zealand Government Should Advocate A Pathway For Peace For West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/selwyn-manning-editorial-new-zealand-government-should-advocate-a-pathway-for-peace-for-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning on West Papua: New Zealand Government Should Advocate A Pathway For Peace For West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Steve Sawyer, Rongelap campaigner with the original Rainbow Warrior which was bombed by French secret service agents in July 1985 in Auckland, aboard the new Rainbow Warrior during the ship’s first visit to New Zealand. © Nigel Marple/Greenpeace A tribute to STEVE SAWYER by former Rainbow ... <a title="Remembering environmental campaigner Steve Sawyer, 1956-2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/remembering-environmental-campaigner-steve-sawyer-1956-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering environmental campaigner Steve Sawyer, 1956-2019">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The new video produced by Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi for AUT’s Pacific Media Centre. By Sri Krishnamurthi “It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and information, says former contributing editor Alex Perrottet summing up the value of the Pacific Media Centre’s Pacific ... <a title="‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/pacific-media-watch-the-genesis-a-new-freedom-ethics-and-plurality-doco/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Is this part of the Labour-led Government’s long-promised “nuclear-free moment”, alluded to by Jacinda Ardern when she promised radical action on climate change? The announcement this week of a proposed “feebate” which will make more environmentally-friendly cars cheaper while making the gas-guzzlers more expensive is one of the long-awaited plans for how New Zealand will ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government’s nudge make our cars greener?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-governments-nudge-make-our-cars-greener/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government’s nudge make our cars greener?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Dr Mohamed El-Guindy … time for universities to step up or face an Orwellian future. Image: David Robie/PMC By DAVID ROBIE in Bangkok A LEADING cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics and legal frameworks for communications ... <a title="Global smart tech, ethics and cyber humanism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/global-smart-tech-ethics-and-cyber-humanism/" aria-label="Read more about Global smart tech, ethics and cyber humanism">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The “problem” Michael de Adder cartoon … too close to the truth? By CAFE PACIFIC CANADA’S “most read” cartoonist has been “let go” from all newspapers in New Brunswick, apparently over a Trump and migrants cartoon that went viral. “I’m a proud New Brunswicker. I’ll miss ... <a title="Canadian cartoonist ‘dumped’ after viral Trump cartoon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/canadian-cartoonist-dumped-after-viral-trump-cartoon/" aria-label="Read more about Canadian cartoonist ‘dumped’ after viral Trump cartoon">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The Afghan Files … How the ABC reported a “Defence leak exposing deadly secrets of Australia’s special forces” in 2017. Image: Screen shot of ABC/PMC By Pacific Media Watch AN Australian police raid on public broadcaster ABC risks having a chilling effect on freedom of the ... <a title="ABC raid over Afghan Files atrocities allegations ‘chilling’ for freedom of press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/abc-raid-over-afghan-files-atrocities-allegations-chilling-for-freedom-of-press/" aria-label="Read more about ABC raid over Afghan Files atrocities allegations ‘chilling’ for freedom of press">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Eric Tapakau … a trusted and respected voice and skilful communicator whose advocacy and ability to connect with local people will be sorely missed. Image: BCL By Denika Seeto, communications manager of Bougainville Copper Ltd BOUGAINVILLE Copper Limited (BCL) lost both a dear friend and esteemed ... <a title="Eric Tapakau, a skilful communicator who loved Bougainville" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/03/eric-tapakau-a-skilful-communicator-who-loved-bougainville/" aria-label="Read more about Eric Tapakau, a skilful communicator who loved Bougainville">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2019
Column: Barbara Sumner – If adoption secrecy were a game show, they’d call it, ‘how much do you really want this?’ Because I am adopted, I have no birth story. However, the state holds a large number of files on me. Legal documents, doctors notes, feeding recipes and home visit comments. Through these documents, I ... <a title="Column: Barbara Sumner – The Adoption Game Show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/barbara-sumner-column-the-adoption-game-show/" aria-label="Read more about Column: Barbara Sumner – The Adoption Game Show">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – World Press Freedom Day coverage on the Pacific Media Centre’s Asia Pacific Report. Image: PMC screenshot By David Robie While Pacific countries have got off rather lightly in a major global media freedom report last month with most named countries apparently “improving”, the reality on World ... <a title="Pacific media freedom and news ‘black holes’ worsen for World Press Freedom Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/05/pacific-media-freedom-and-news-black-holes-worsen-for-world-press-freedom-day/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media freedom and news ‘black holes’ worsen for World Press Freedom Day">Read more</a>
