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February 12, 2019
“King Faipopo”, as he appeared in a video sent to the Samoa Observer last year. Image: Samoa Observer Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Samoan anti-government blogger Malele Paulo has been arrested, reports RNZ Pacific. Malele, who uses the pseudonym “King Faipopo”, is being held in police custody. RNZ reported Malele had been charged with making threatening ... <a title="Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/samoan-police-arrest-anti-government-blogger-king-faipopo/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Anote’s Ark trailer By RNZ Pacific A Canadian film about climate change in Kiribati and the Pacific has won the top prize at the 16th Pacific Documentary Film Festival in French Polynesia. The film, Anote’s Ark by Matthieu Rytz, looked at the plight of Kiribati and former President Anote Tong who championed the Pacific human ... <a title="Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-documentary-about-kiribati-wins-top-fifo-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2019
A still from a video showing Indonesian police interrogating a man suspected of theft in Wamena, Papua. Image: Jakarta Post Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian police have apologised for wrapping a snake around an indigenous Papuan they suspected of theft, reports The Jakarta Post. A video of the incident, which took place while the police ... <a title="Police use snake to interrogate Papuan, apologise for ‘racist’ torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/10/police-use-snake-to-interrogate-papuan-apologise-for-racist-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Police use snake to interrogate Papuan, apologise for ‘racist’ torture">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2019
Destruction in the Arawa Hospital during the 1980s Bougainville civil war, sparked by a mining and environment dispute. Image: PNG Mine Watch Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A highly controversial proposal by an unknown and newly registered company, Caballus Mining, is attempting to grab a monopoly over all large scale mines in Bougainville, reports PNG Mine ... <a title="Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/09/miriori-fires-broadside-at-rogue-bougainville-mining-rights-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
Former Pacific Media Watch editor and now Tagata Pasifika journalist Alistar Kata (left) and AUT masters research student Pauline Mago-King from Papua New Guinea who attended this week’s gender-based violence media workshop. Image: Star Kata/Instagram By Pauline Mago-King Seventeen women journalists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered in the Victorian capital of Melbourne this week to ... <a title="Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/asia-pacific-journalists-plan-strategy-for-gender-based-violence-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
A tragedy in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province. Image: Sally Lloyd/My Land, My Country By Sally Lloyd as told to Scott Waide in Lae A few days ago, I asked Sally Lloyd about the picture she posted on Facebook of a distraught mother weeping over the body of her baby who had died. This is ... <a title="A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/a-weeping-mum-from-png-and-her-long-walk-for-a-dying-child/" aria-label="Read more about A weeping mum from PNG and her long walk for a dying child">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2019
By Dr Evita March It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. The British press and Kensington Palace officials have called for an end to the merciless online trolling of Duchesses Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, which reportedly includes racist and sexist content, and ... <a title="Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/04/online-trolling-once-funny-but-now-the-term-meaning-is-far-more-sinister/" aria-label="Read more about Online trolling: Once funny, but now the term meaning is far more sinister">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2019
Timor-Leste Press Council president Virgílio Guterres (second from right) addresses the media briefing at the council’s office in Dili. Image: TLPC. Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Timor-Leste’s Press Council (TLPC) has strongly condemned political interference in the country’s public broadcasting service (RTTL) newsroom where political-appointed advisors for the president of RTTL have interfered in its coverage. ... <a title="Timor-Leste Press Council condemns ‘crime’ against public broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/03/timor-leste-press-council-condemns-crime-against-public-broadcaster/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste Press Council condemns ‘crime’ against public broadcaster">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Port Moresby’s Governor Powes Parkop with the West Papuan Morning Star flag … strong backing for Bougainville and West Papuan self-determination and independence. Image: Filbert Simeon By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is pushing for Bougainville and West Papua to gain independence from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia respectively. ... <a title="‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/dont-be-afraid-give-bougainville-west-papua-freedom-says-parkop/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2019
Behrouz Boochani … wrote his award-winning book bit-by-bit via texting from Papua New Guinea. Image: Hoda Afshar/Behrouz Boochani/RNZ Pacific Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won Australia’s most valuable literary prize for a book he reportedly wrote using the online messaging service WhatsApp, reports ... <a title="Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/01/iran-refugee-detained-in-png-wins-australias-richest-literary-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
An angry mob torches the courthouse on Rapa Nui. Image: Latercera Online/RNZ Pacific By RNZ Pacific Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media. The news site Ahora Noticias reports that police were assaulted and injured, and a court building and a ... <a title="Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/courthouse-torched-police-assaulted-during-rapa-nui-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
By Dan McGarry The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup in the sector. Dubbed Shared Vision 2030, the plan commits Air Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Tourism Office, and Airports Vanuatu Ltd to an ambitious expansion strategy. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported yesterday that Air ... <a title="Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/vanuatus-shared-vision-2013-tourism-shakeup-pipe-dream-or-survival-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan">Read more</a>
