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June 25, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International Media Conference next week. In the first exhibition of its kind, Connecting Diaspora: Pacific Prana provides an alternative narrative to the dominant story of the Indian diaspora to the Pacific. ... <a title="People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/25/people-of-the-indian-diaspora-in-pacific-another-view-through-creative-media/" aria-label="Read more about People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory’s political deadlock, has called a snap election following the decisive victory of the rightwing bloc among French members of the European Parliament. Don Wiseman reports. By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A ... <a title="History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/history-replaying-itself-in-kanaky-but-pacific-solidarity-growing-says-tau/" aria-label="Read more about History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory’s political deadlock, has called a snap election following the decisive victory of the rightwing bloc among French members of the European Parliament. Don Wiseman reports. By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A ... <a title="History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but growing Pacific solidarity, says Tau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/history-replaying-itself-in-kanaky-but-growing-pacific-solidarity-says-tau/" aria-label="Read more about History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but growing Pacific solidarity, says Tau">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2024
By Monika Singh in Suva New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) awardee Professor David Robie has called on young journalists to see journalism as a calling and not just a job. Dr Robie, who is also the editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of the Asia Pacific Media Network, was named in the ... <a title="Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on decolonisation, Robie tells Wansolwara" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/defend-pacific-voice-over-geopolitics-climate-crisis-keep-pressure-on-decolonisation-robie-tells-wansolwara/" aria-label="Read more about Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on decolonisation, Robie tells Wansolwara">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Kanak people in Aotearoa New Zealand are lamenting the loss of family and friends in Kanaky New Caledonia, following mass rioting and civil unrest since mid-May prompted by an electoral reform believed to threaten dilution of the indigenous voice. A fono (meeting) at Māngere East Community ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-people-of-palestine-and-kanaks-are-in-the-frontline/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Jimmy Naouna in Nouméa The unrest that has gripped Kanaky New Caledonia is the direct result of French President Emmanuel Macron’s partisan and stubborn political manoeuvring to derail the process towards self-determination in my homeland. The deadly riots that erupted two weeks ago in the capital, Nouméa, were sparked by an electoral reform ... <a title="Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/jimmy-naouna-macrons-handling-of-kanaky-new-caledonia-isnt-working-we-need-a-new-way/" aria-label="Read more about Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Inside PNG Anna Solomon, a Papua New Guinean journalist and editor with 40 years experience, is now providing training for journalists at the Wantok Niuspepa. Wantok is a weekly newspaper and the only Tok Pisin language newspaper in PNG. Solomon, who spoke during last month’s public inquiry on Media in Papua New Guinea, asked if ... <a title="Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/veteran-png-editor-promotes-tok-pisin-writing-trains-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
By Pretoria Gordon, RNZ News journalist Jessie Ounei is following in her mum’s footsteps as a Kanak pro-independence activist. Last Wednesday, Ounei organised a rally outside the French Embassy in Wellington to “shed light on what is happening in New Caledonia“. She said there was not enough information, and the information that had been reported ... <a title="‘I can’t just stand back’: Kanak pro-independence activist follows mum’s footsteps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/i-cant-just-stand-back-kanak-pro-independence-activist-follows-mums-footsteps/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I can’t just stand back’: Kanak pro-independence activist follows mum’s footsteps">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2024
“In the aftermath of the ‘No’ denying an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia, I deeply sympathise with the Kanak people’s frustration, fear, and anger at being outvoted and dismissed,” writes Angelina Hurley. COMMENTARY: By Angelina Hurley After the trauma of completing a PhD on decolonising Australian humour, I needed a well-deserved break. I always ... <a title="Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial white privilege that caused it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/27/amid-kanaky-new-caledonias-unrest-i-saw-first-hand-the-same-colonial-white-privilege-that-caused-it/" aria-label="Read more about Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial white privilege that caused it">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence group has condemned French “modern-day colonialism in action” in Kanaky New Caledonia and urged indigenous leaders to “fight on”. In a statement to the Kanak pro-independence leadership, exiled United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) president Benny Wenda said the proposed electoral changes being debated in the French ... <a title="West Papua independence group slams French ‘modern-day colonialism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/26/west-papua-independence-group-slams-french-modern-day-colonialism/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua independence group slams French ‘modern-day colonialism’">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Liberation “must come” for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently on stories across the French Pacific territories. Journalist David Robie was arrested at gunpoint by French police in January 1987, and is no stranger to civil unrest in New Caledonia. ... <a title="‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/france-lost-the-plot-journalist-david-robie-on-kanaky-new-caledonia-riots/" aria-label="Read more about ‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A group belonging to New Caledonia’s pro-independence movement, UNI (Union Nationale pour l’Indépendance), has released a communiqué saying they were “moved by and deplored the exactions and violence taking place“. UNI member of New Caledonia’s Northern provincial assembly Patricia Goa said the violent unrest “affects the ... <a title="New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence calls for calm ‘to preserve peace’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/15/new-caledonia-unrest-pro-independence-calls-for-calm-to-preserve-peace/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence calls for calm ‘to preserve peace’">Read more</a>
