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May 19, 2021
By Justin Wong in Auckland Auckland University of Technology has denied it is sidelining the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, but it is yet to announce the new leadership following disputes over office space and a succession plan. The multi-disciplinary research and professional development unit was founded in 2007 by Professor ... <a title="Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/future-of-auts-pacific-media-centre-still-up-in-the-air/" aria-label="Read more about Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A collective of community groups in Tahiti trying to preserve a historical-cultural icon at Tautira have condemned the Tahitian government for “deliberately trying to destroy our heritage”. The iconic Tahua-Reva is the community’s sacred mountain on the southeastern tip of Tahiti-Iti, the smaller section adjoining the main island of Tahiti. The ... <a title="Tahitian community groups try to save endangered sacred mountain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/tahitian-community-groups-try-to-save-endangered-sacred-mountain/" aria-label="Read more about Tahitian community groups try to save endangered sacred mountain">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was arrested for calling for an independence referendum for Papua which he expressed in 2019 during the anti-racism protests and riots in Papua and West ... <a title="HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/hrw-demands-police-drop-treason-charges-against-papuan-activist-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board The caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, thinks the newspaper you hold in your hands is dedicated to trying to “tear down” the Samoan government but the broader economic progress of Samoa. So, reader, are you subsidising borderline treachery by having paid for the edition you hold ... <a title="Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/samoa-observer-silence-tears-down-a-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Qiane Matata-Sipu Yesterday I worked a 13-hour day unpaid. It’s pretty common in my world. It’s pretty common in the worlds of Indigenous women. Kaupapa always come first. Why? Because we are the drivers of change, and positive social and environmental change comes at a cost to someone – and it’s never the ... <a title="Qiane Matata-Sipu: Why kaupapa always comes first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/qiane-matata-sipu-why-kaupapa-always-comes-first/" aria-label="Read more about Qiane Matata-Sipu: Why kaupapa always comes first">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Shailendra Singh in Suva Perth in Australia was plunged into a three-day lockdown after community transmission was linked to a returnee from India. Fiji finds itself in similar situation due to a returnee, also from India. Australian officials say overseas travel is allowed only for “the most profound humanitarian or compassionate reasons, under ... <a title="Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/shailendra-singh-some-tough-covid-questions-for-fiji-after-12-more-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Papuan protesters outside the United Nations headquarters yesterday after John Anari was gagged again from making a full statement at the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues. Image: Screenshot from the WPLO YouTube channel COMMENT: By Andrew Johnson Gagged again! West Papuan Liberation Organisation (WPLO) representative John Anari was allowed to introduce himself at the ... <a title="Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/papuan-protest-outside-un-after-anari-gagged-for-second-time/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Nickson Stevi Yikwa had a dream. As a Papuan student, he wanted to gain a commercial pilot’s licence in New Zealand so that he could go back home to help his fellow indigenous Papuans at remote highlands villages. His dream was shared by Papuan provincial Governor Lukas Enembe and his ... <a title="Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/papuan-student-accomplishes-first-commercial-pilot-licence-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia has been accused of a ‘disgraceful attack on the people of West Papua’ by considering listing the pro-independence militia Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) as a terrorist organisation. The exiled interim president of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda has condemned the reported move by Jakarta, saying ... <a title="OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/29/opm-isnt-a-terrorist-group-the-indonesian-state-is-says-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says Wenda">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2021
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The race is on to reach Pasifika communities in New Zealand to counter the spread of misinformation about the covid-19 vaccine. Pacific and Māori communities have the highest risk of dying from covid-19 and that has caused leaders and doctors within this group to work hard to dispel fears ... <a title="Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/battle-to-spread-truth-about-covid-19-vaccine-in-pacific-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific A Tahitian academic living in Auckland whose family and home island of Mangareva were impacted on by three decades of French nuclear weapons tests says Paris must pay for the full extent of health and other damage caused. Ena Manuireva is a doctoral candidate at Auckland University of Technology. He responds to RNZ’s ... <a title="Tahitian academic says Paris must pay for impacts of French nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/tahitian-academic-says-paris-must-pay-for-impacts-of-french-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about Tahitian academic says Paris must pay for impacts of French nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
I stayed away from the livestream that we in EMTV produced out of Port Moresby. I did watch parts of it. But it has been hard to watch a full session without becoming emotional and emotion is something that has been in abundance over the last 16 days. There are a thousand and one narratives ... <a title="Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/scott-waide-grand-chief-somare-and-the-wisdom-he-left-for-everyone/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone">Read more</a>
