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August 17, 2025
Asia Pacific Report “Grow a spine for Palestine!” was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city today as the protesters demanded that the coalition government should recognise the state of Palestine and stop supporting impunity for Israel. More than 62,000 people, mostly women and children, have ... <a title="Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/17/luxon-get-a-spine-chants-as-big-rallies-call-for-nz-to-recognise-palestine-state/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon ‘get a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Gordon Campbell The word “Gaza” is taking on similar connotations to what the word “Auschwitz” meant to a previous generation. It signifies a deliberate and systematic attempt to erase an entire people from history on the basis of their ethnic identity. As a result, Israel is isolating itself as a pariah state on ... <a title="Gordon Campbell: The lack of spine in New Zealand’s foreign policy on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/16/gordon-campbell-the-lack-of-spine-in-new-zealands-foreign-policy-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Gordon Campbell: The lack of spine in New Zealand’s foreign policy on Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Elizabeth Tako Palin is one of five women contesting the Bougainville North women’s reserved seat next month. It was previously held by Amanda Masono, who has chosen to contest the open Atolls seat, which was once held by her father. The autonomous Papua New Guinea region is holding ... <a title="‘I believe I can’: Elizabeth Palin runs for Bougainville North women’s seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/16/i-believe-i-can-elizabeth-palin-runs-for-bougainville-north-womens-seat/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I believe I can’: Elizabeth Palin runs for Bougainville North women’s seat">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Former Pacific candidates and new faces are putting their names forward for this year’s Auckland local government election in Aotearoa. The final confirmed list of candidates is out. In the Manukau ward, Councillor Lotu Fuli, one of three current Auckland councillors of Pacific descent, has also served on the ... <a title="‘We need to be involved’: Pasifika candidates running in Auckland local election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/we-need-to-be-involved-pasifika-candidates-running-in-auckland-local-election/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We need to be involved’: Pasifika candidates running in Auckland local election">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Netanyahu’s mass ethnic cleansing strategy pulls the rug out from under the West’s cherished pretext for supporting Israeli criminality: the fabled two-state solution. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook If you thought Western capitals were finally losing patience with Israel’s engineering of a famine in Gaza nearly two years into the genocide, you may be disappointed. As ... <a title="The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’ of Gaza heralds a new Nakba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-west-is-in-panic-as-israels-plan-for-full-control-of-gaza-heralds-a-new-nakba/" aria-label="Read more about The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’ of Gaza heralds a new Nakba">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Anas al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, last Sunday has triggered protests around the world, including journalists in Israel. He left behind a powerful farewell message — his final testament to his people, his family, and the world. Palestine Chronicle staff Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
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August 14, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s pro-independence front, the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), has formally confirmed its “block rejection” of the French-sponsored Bougival project, signed last month. The pact has been presented as an agreement between all parties to serve as a guide for the French Pacific ... <a title="‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/full-sovereignty-and-independence-flnks-rejects-frances-bougival-project/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand once earned praise for its “principled” and “independent” foreign policy. Think nuclear-free Pacific, for example. Yet that reputation doesn’t hold true when it comes to Gaza and the Palestinian desire and right to self-determination. Under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, states must take positive steps to prevent genocide. ... <a title="John Hobbs: New Zealand’s shameful stance on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/john-hobbs-new-zealands-shameful-stance-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about John Hobbs: New Zealand’s shameful stance on Israel">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Asia Pacific Report It was a bit like the old days — the heyday of Aotearoa New Zealand’s nuclear-free movement in the 1980s, leading up to the Rarotonga Treaty for a nuclear free Pacific zone that was signed on 6 August 1985 just weeks after the Rainbow Warrior bombing. The New Zealand nuclear-free law followed ... <a title="Nagasaki Day and Aro Valley Peace Talks recall nuke-free heyday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/nagasaki-day-and-aro-valley-peace-talks-recall-nuke-free-heyday/" aria-label="Read more about Nagasaki Day and Aro Valley Peace Talks recall nuke-free heyday">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Global condemnation is mounting over Israel’s assassination of one of the most prominent journalists in Gaza, the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, along with four of his colleagues at the network and another freelance journalist. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for ... <a title="Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif, warns UN expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israel-has-deliberate-strategy-of-killing-palestinian-journalists-like-anas-al-sharif-warns-un-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif, warns UN expert">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says she has witnessed Israel deliberately obstructing life-saving humanitarian aid into Gaza. Together with former Irish president Mary Robinson, Clark visited the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian territory this week. The two former world leaders are part of The Elders, an independent, non-government organisation of ... <a title="Israel deliberately obstructing aid, says former PM Helen Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israel-deliberately-obstructing-aid-says-former-pm-helen-clark/" aria-label="Read more about Israel deliberately obstructing aid, says former PM Helen Clark">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, RNZ Māori news journalist in Parliament New Zealand’s Prime Minister says the war in Gaza is “utterly appalling” and Israeil Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost the plot”. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s comments came on a tense day in Parliament today, where the Green Party’s co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick was “named” for refusing ... <a title="Israeli PM has ‘lost the plot’, says NZ’s Christopher Luxon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israeli-pm-has-lost-the-plot-says-nzs-christopher-luxon/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli PM has ‘lost the plot’, says NZ’s Christopher Luxon">Read more</a>
