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November 28, 2023
RNZ News Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson has defended Aotearoa New Zealand’s public interest journalism fund that his government started during the covid-19 pandemic, after the new deputy prime minister characterised it as “bribery”. Speaking to media on Monday after his swearing in, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters accused state-funded media organisations of a lack ... <a title="Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/former-broadcast-minister-defends-nz-journalism-fund-state-funded-media-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Iliana Biutu in Suva University of the South Pacific Union (USPU) president Reuben Colata says industrial action will be the next step if USP does not approve their pay increment being sought. Colata said they did not know why the university did not want to negotiate a salary increase. He said the university had ... <a title="USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-union-warns-of-industrial-action-if-fair-pay-is-not-approved/" aria-label="Read more about USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
ANALYSIS: By M. Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University American President Joe Biden is among the latest Western politicians to land in Tel Aviv in a show of support to Israel. As Israel’s primary backer, the United States has sent two aircraft carriers to the region and indicated it could deploy 2000 American troops to Israel. ... <a title="The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel and Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/the-wests-double-standards-are-once-again-on-display-in-israel-and-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel and Palestine">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
RNZ Pacific University of the South Pacific (USP) staff gathered outside the Japan-Pacific ICT Centre today to protest over better pay and conditions as well as calling for the removal of the regional institution’s vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia. The university’s main decision making body, the USP Council, is meeting at the Laucala campus this week. ... <a title="‘All talk and no action’ say USP protesters calling for fair pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/all-talk-and-no-action-say-usp-protesters-calling-for-fair-pay/" aria-label="Read more about ‘All talk and no action’ say USP protesters calling for fair pay">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter South Taranaki’s iwi and council have drawn up a new partnership agreement just as the Aotearoa New Zealand’s new conservative coalition government plans to take an axe to co-governance. He Pou Tikanga Partnership Strategy sets out why and how South Taranaki District Council will increase collaboration with the area’s ... <a title="Iwi and council join forces as new NZ government signals cuts to co-governance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/iwi-and-council-join-forces-as-new-nz-government-signals-cuts-to-co-governance/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi and council join forces as new NZ government signals cuts to co-governance">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Monika Singh in Suva Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of any vibrant democracy and society’s collective responsibility to safeguard and protect it, says Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Information and Communication Technology Timothy Masiu. Masiu was chief guest at the 2023 University of the South Pacific Journalism Student Awards function held in ... <a title="PNG’s Masiu warns USP journalism students to defend free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/pngs-masiu-warns-usp-journalism-students-to-defend-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Masiu warns USP journalism students to defend free press">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva University of the South Pacific staff who once stood by vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia are now up in arms about his role in a decision by pro-chancellor Dr Hilda Heine to disallow a staff paper to be placed on the agenda of the 96th USP Council meeting being held today. A ... <a title="USP staff unhappy with VC, but he thanks them for ‘engagement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-staff-unhappy-with-vc-but-he-thanks-them-for-engagement/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff unhappy with VC, but he thanks them for ‘engagement’">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this week. The killing of civilians or taking them hostage is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and should be universally condemned. However, the Labour government has been deathly ... <a title="War on Gaza: A prime minister with blood on his hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/27/war-on-gaza-a-prime-minister-with-blood-on-his-hands/" aria-label="Read more about War on Gaza: A prime minister with blood on his hands">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Protesters were out in force at 17 centres around Aotearoa New Zealand — from Rawene in the north to Invercargill in the south — this weekend calling for a “ceasefire now!” in the War on Gaza. “This is the largest number of centres ever taking action as New Zealanders express their abhorrence ... <a title="NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/26/nz-pro-palestine-protesters-slam-tea-break-and-call-for-full-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2023
REVIEW: By David Robie Just months before the outbreak of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza after the deadly assault on southern Israel by Hamas resistance fighters, Australian investigative journalist and researcher Antony Loewenstein published an extraordinarily timely book, The Palestine Laboratory. In it he warned that a worst-case scenario — “long feared but never ... <a title="Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/25/behind-the-war-on-gaza-how-israel-profits-globally-from-repression/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Mouin Rabbani In the early hours of November 22, Qatar formally announced that an agreement had been reached for an Israeli-Palestinian exchange of captives — and it came into force today. The available details suggest it largely reflects the proposal offered by Hamas several weeks ago that was initially rejected by Israel. Тhe ... <a title="War on Gaza: Israeli failures, US charades and a negotiated truce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/24/war-on-gaza-israeli-failures-us-charades-and-a-negotiated-truce/" aria-label="Read more about War on Gaza: Israeli failures, US charades and a negotiated truce">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2023
RNZ News Six people have been arrested in a New Zealand a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the Port of Auckland, police say. Dozens of people blocked the entry and exit into the port yesterday and one of the protesters said several were pepper-sprayed by the police. The group were calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian protesters blockade Port of Auckland, call for boycott of Israel shipments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/24/pro-palestinian-protesters-blockade-port-of-auckland-call-for-boycott-of-israel-shipments/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian protesters blockade Port of Auckland, call for boycott of Israel shipments">Read more</a>
