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Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong arm’ Ardern

July 15, 2020

By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific Correspondent The Cook Islands government’s inaccurate and startling announcement yesterday about a tourism bubble opening with New Zealand as soon as next week has done more harm than good. Clearly a failed attempt at trying to force Jacinda Ardern’s hand into giving a date now and using mouthpiece media ... <a title="Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong arm’ Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/barbara-dreaver-cook-islands-travel-bubble-pressure-a-bid-to-strong-arm-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong arm’ Ardern">Read more</a>

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Bryan Bruce: Judith Collins selection last throw of the dice to save the Right

July 15, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce The selection of Judith Collins by her colleagues as the new leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party is a last minute throw of the political dice that might just save the Right from splintering at the upcoming election. One of the problems of the political Left over the last 30 ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Judith Collins selection last throw of the dice to save the Right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/bryan-bruce-judith-collins-selection-last-throw-of-the-dice-to-save-the-right/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Judith Collins selection last throw of the dice to save the Right">Read more</a>

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Pacific language videos: Kiribati week highlights role of fathers

July 15, 2020

The AUT video … first of this year’s languags series. By Simon Smith of AUT News The Kiribati instalment in the AUT Pacific language video series – “Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures” – has been released. The video, produced by Auckland University of Technology, is narrated in I-Kiribati, (with English subtitles) to ... <a title="Pacific language videos: Kiribati week highlights role of fathers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/pacific-language-videos-kiribati-week-highlights-role-of-fathers/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific language videos: Kiribati week highlights role of fathers">Read more</a>

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‘Common goal – oust government’, says NZ’s new National leader Collins

July 15, 2020

By RNZ News New Zealand’s National Party has elected Judith Collins as its new leader to replace Todd Muller, with Gerry Brownlee as her deputy to take on the Labour-led coalition government in the September general election. Collins, 61, was first elected as an MP for Clevedon in 2002 and has been part of six ... <a title="‘Common goal – oust government’, says NZ’s new National leader Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/common-goal-oust-government-says-nzs-new-national-leader-collins/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Common goal – oust government’, says NZ’s new National leader Collins">Read more</a>

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Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing

July 14, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Liam Hehir The detailed reasons for opposition National Party leader Todd Muller’s shock resignation are something we are not yet given to know. At this point, anything other than the statement made by Muller himself is nothing more than speculation. The announcement was a bolt from the blue even for those working closely ... <a title="Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/mullers-bolt-from-blue-resignation-leaves-election-hoardings-standing/" aria-label="Read more about Muller’s ‘bolt from blue’ resignation leaves election hoardings standing">Read more</a>

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PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid

July 14, 2020

By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in a container on a ship which arrived at the Lae wharf in a suspected money laundering case. The cash, packed into three boxes inside the container full of bottles of ... <a title="PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/png-police-seize-k200000-on-ship-in-suspected-money-laundering-raid/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid">Read more</a>

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Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government

July 13, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Host Oscar Perress talked to contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Sri Krishnamurthi today about Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s government rejecting a licence for the country’s biggest radio and TV network ABS-CBN. Its 25-year-old franchise expired in May but the majority of legislators refused to renew in a threat to the post-Marcos ... <a title="Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/southern-cross-uproar-over-abs-cbn-denial-of-tv-licence-by-government/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government">Read more</a>

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‘Lock them up’, says furious Grey Power over covid isolation escapees

July 13, 2020

By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News Grey Power is enraged by what it says is the “stupid and dangerous” behaviour of people fleeing managed isolation facilities, and says they need the book thrown at them. A person broke a window and absconded from an Auckland hotel on Friday, the fourth such escape in a week. The ... <a title="‘Lock them up’, says furious Grey Power over covid isolation escapees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/lock-them-up-says-furious-grey-power-over-covid-isolation-escapees/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lock them up’, says furious Grey Power over covid isolation escapees">Read more</a>

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New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media

July 13, 2020

From RNZ Mediawatch New Zealand children use a lot less Kiwi media than they used to. New research shows its Netflix, YouTube and TikTok engaging their eyeballs big time these days. If our kids screen out our local media, what does the future hold for them? The news media seized on one startling stat in ... <a title="New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/new-zealand-kids-prefer-youtube-netflix-and-toktok-to-local-media/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand kids prefer YouTube, Netflix and TokTok to local media">Read more</a>

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Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author

July 11, 2020

From RNZ Saturday Morning Described by a Guardian reviewer as “superb hate-reading”, writer and columnist Anand Giridharadas‘s latest book Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World investigates the hypocrisy of billionaire “do-gooders”. He questions how and why we have become reliant on the philanthropy of the super-rich to help solve our biggest ... <a title="Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/11/beware-of-elite-billionaire-do-gooder-hypocrisy-warns-author/" aria-label="Read more about Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author">Read more</a>

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National MP Jian Yang, who admitted training Chinese spies, quits politics

July 10, 2020

By RNZ News Opposition National list MP Dr Jian Yang has announced his retirement from New Zealand politics and says he will not stand in the 2020 general election after three terms in the party caucus. He said politics was “demanding” and he wanted to spend more time with his family. “Accordingly, I have informed ... <a title="National MP Jian Yang, who admitted training Chinese spies, quits politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/national-mp-jian-yang-who-admitted-training-chinese-spies-quits-politics/" aria-label="Read more about National MP Jian Yang, who admitted training Chinese spies, quits politics">Read more</a>

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From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy   

July 10, 2020

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie, who sailed on the original Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap and is author of the book Eyes of Fire. Thirty five years ago today the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour by French secret agents in a blatant act of state terrorism, killing a photojournalist. People’s campaigns ... <a title="From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy   " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/from-nuclear-refugees-to-climate-justice-the-rainbow-warrior-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy   ">Read more</a>