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April 2, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has had its biggest increase in one day as the Health Ministry confirms 89 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 797. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said today 92 people had now recovered from the coronavirus. Thirteen people are in hospital, two are in ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 8: Biggest increase with 89 new cases, 92 people recovered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/nz-lockdown-day-8-biggest-increase-with-89-new-cases-92-people-recovered/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 8: Biggest increase with 89 new cases, 92 people recovered">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested nine alleged illegal border crossers and quarantined them in Vanimo, reports RNZ Pacific. The arrests came as East Sepik Governor Allan Bird called for “shoot to kill’ orders for illegal border crossers and a military control of areas along the border between Papua New Guinea ... <a title="PNG arrests 9 border crossers while governor calls for ‘shoot to kill’ order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/png-arrests-9-border-crossers-while-governor-calls-for-shoot-to-kill-order/" aria-label="Read more about PNG arrests 9 border crossers while governor calls for ‘shoot to kill’ order">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
By RNZ News The publisher of some of New Zealand’s best known magazines has folded amid the economic fallout from the national coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Bauer Media, which publishes The Listener, Woman’s Day, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, Metro, North and South and Next, says it is no longer viable and has shut its doors today. ... <a title="NZ virus lockdown forces magazine publisher Bauer Media to close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/nz-virus-lockdown-forces-magazine-publisher-bauer-media-to-close/" aria-label="Read more about NZ virus lockdown forces magazine publisher Bauer Media to close">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealanders in their 20s are the age group with the biggest numbers of Covid-19 and are “the vector for transmission”, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Ardern has thanked NZ for its efforts, but says it is still too early to say if the level four lockdown is successfully slowing transmission. Ardern ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the ones passing it on’ – PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/nz-lockdown-day-7-people-in-their-20s-are-the-ones-passing-it-on-pm/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the ones passing it on’ – PM">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
OPINION: By Laurens Ikinia A sad story has taken place again in the PT Freeport Indonesia gold and copper mine area near Timika in West Papua on Monday with one New Zealander shot dead and seven other workers being severely wounded as reported by Asia Pacific Report yesterday. As one of the West Papuan students ... <a title="Freeport shooting: A sad tragedy, but don’t overlook past Papua repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/freeport-shooting-a-sad-tragedy-but-dont-overlook-past-papua-repression/" aria-label="Read more about Freeport shooting: A sad tragedy, but don’t overlook past Papua repression">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has eased restrictions on the media industry in New Zealand during the four-week lockdown, saying it was not exempt from the financial hardship caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. She said community newspapers will now be able to be printed for hard to reach communities. The government is ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days – PM on media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/nz-lockdown-day-6-emergency-extended-by-7-days-pm-on-media/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days – PM on media">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura A New Zealand employee of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia was shot dead on Monday by gunmen in Timika, the capital city of Mimika regency in Papua. The employee, identified as 57-year-old Graeme Thomas Wall, according to RNZ Pacific, was engaged in construction work with colleagues on ... <a title="NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/nz-mine-worker-killed-two-others-wounded-in-freeport-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Pacific governments across the region have put side their differences with media and are working alongside them in these difficult times, say New Zealand journalists covering Moana. Most journalists who cover the Pacific come Pasifika backgrounds and have been pleasantly surprised by the change in attitude of governments. “The Pacific is infamous ... <a title="Pacific governments ‘working better’ with creative media in pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/pacific-governments-working-better-with-creative-media-in-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific governments ‘working better’ with creative media in pandemic">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By RNZ News More than 14,000 New Zealanders could die and tens of thousands more could be hospitalised if the country fails in its efforts to stamp out Covid-19, according to new research. The Otago University projections paint a bleak picture, but are more optimistic than other modelling by the University of Auckland’s Te Pūnaha ... <a title="14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/14000-could-die-in-nz-if-control-efforts-fail-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about 14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By Elias Nanau in Port Moresby Indonesia has issued a stern warning over illegal border crossers from Papua New Guinea. This follows Indonesia stepping up its security measures at the border in response to the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The First Secretary to the governor for West Sepik, Adam Wangu, has already informed people via ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/pacific-coronavirus-indonesia-issues-no-mercy-warning-on-border-crossing/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
The South African ‘Don’t Panic Buy’ jingle. Video: ENCA/PickNSave PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a new Pacific Media Watch series. A South African celebrity jingle that has gone viral at the end of this week could easily have been a theme song for ... <a title="How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/how-arderns-coronavirus-kindness-theme-can-become-contagious/" aria-label="Read more about How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have confirmed the country’s first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Dr Bloomfield said New Zealand had its first death today, after a woman who was initially diagnosed with influenza died. The woman who died was in her 70s, ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 4: First death in New Zealand from coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/nz-lockdown-day-4-first-death-in-new-zealand-from-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 4: First death in New Zealand from coronavirus">Read more</a>
