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January 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Governor of Oro province in Papua New Guinea, Gary Juffa, says Prime Minister James Marape encourages “honest debate” and discussion within his government. The PNG coalition government is made up of 17 parties in an 118-seat Parliament. There are now only nine opposition MPs, after recent switches to government benches. With so ... <a title="Marape government encourages ‘honest debate, dissent’, says Juffa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/marape-government-encourages-honest-debate-dissent-says-juffa/" aria-label="Read more about Marape government encourages ‘honest debate, dissent’, says Juffa">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Pacific Media Watch With murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1668 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work in the last two decades (2003-2022), according to the tallies by the Paris-based global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) based on its annual round-ups. This ... <a title="1668 journalists killed in past 20 years (2003-2022), says RSF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/1668-journalists-killed-in-past-20-years-2003-2022-says-rsf/" aria-label="Read more about 1668 journalists killed in past 20 years (2003-2022), says RSF">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
By Pauliasi Mateboto in Suva Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka says the Media Industry Development Act will be replaced soon. Speaking to members of the media after the coalition agreement signing for Fiji’s new government on Friday, he said the three leaders were in harmony in terms of repealing the Act. “Absolutely free, we ... <a title="Fiji’s draconian media law to be repealed for ‘free society’, says Gavoka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/fijis-draconian-media-law-to-be-repealed-for-free-society-says-gavoka/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s draconian media law to be repealed for ‘free society’, says Gavoka">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
RNZ News Travellers from China to Australia will be required to have a negative pre-departure covid-19 test from January 5 — and New Zealand says it is now assessing the health risks. China has seen skyrocketing covid case numbers, and a range of other countries including the United Kingdom, the United States and France have ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/covid-19-nz-assessing-health-risk-after-australia-announces-china-traveller-testing/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
BOOK CHAPTER: By Nicky Hager Whistleblower Owen Wilkes was a tireless and formidable researcher for the Pacific, peace and disarmament. Before the internet, he combed publicly available sources on weapons systems and defence strategy. In 1968, he revealed the secretive military function of a proposed satellite tracking station in the South Island, and while working ... <a title="‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ – Nicky Hager on one of NZ’s most famous whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/lots-of-information-isnt-secret-its-just-hard-to-find-nicky-hager-on-one-of-nzs-most-famous-whistleblowers/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ – Nicky Hager on one of NZ’s most famous whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several political upheavals had also shaken the region with a vengeance. A razor’s edge election in Fiji blew away a long entrenched authoritarian regime with a breath of fresh air for ... <a title="David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/david-robie-2022-pacific-political-upheavals-eclipse-tongan-volcano/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2022
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Jan Kohout, RNZ journalist Twenty four Pacific peoples have been recognised in the 2023 New Year’s honours. A former Premier of Niue, Young Vivian, leads the list of distinguished Pacific peoples in the list. Vivian has been made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for ... <a title="‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/31/this-is-for-you-24-pasifika-new-years-honours-recipients-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients in NZ">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2022
By Naveel Krishant in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he is the prime minister for the whole of Fiji and all of its people. In an interview with Fijivillage News, Rabuka said he would like everybody to have a happy New Year and not worry too much about the changes that they think this ... <a title="Rabuka’s message to the nation: ‘I am the PM of Fiji and all its people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/30/rabukas-message-to-the-nation-i-am-the-pm-of-fiji-and-all-its-people/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s message to the nation: ‘I am the PM of Fiji and all its people’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration has invited the Commissioner of Police to resign, citing concerns on matters of confidence in him. Pio Tikoduadua said the commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, had, however, asked that the government follow the process of the Constitutional Offices Commission. Minister Tikoduadua said he respected his decision, and we ... <a title="Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/tikoduadua-asks-fijis-police-chief-to-resign-over-matters-of-confidence/" aria-label="Read more about Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
Pacific Media Watch The US tested 67 nuclear weapons on the Marshall Islands, tricking the people who lived on Bikini Atoll to leave their homeland “for the good of all mankind.” But the Bikini Islanders didn’t know the US would contaminate their island and make it uninhabitable. Now nearly 70 years later, many Marshall Islanders ... <a title="Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/why-a-royal-princess-from-the-pacific-is-living-in-arkansas/" aria-label="Read more about Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji’s new Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Lynda Tabuya, plans to use surveys and online platforms as an integral part of her ministry During her official welcome yesterday along with her assistant minister, Sashi Kiran, Tabuya said that over the years she had made it her life goal ... <a title="Women ministers spell out their plan to ‘rebuild Fiji as it should be’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/women-ministers-spell-out-their-plan-to-rebuild-fiji-as-it-should-be/" aria-label="Read more about Women ministers spell out their plan to ‘rebuild Fiji as it should be’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is stable and recovering at the Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia, according to his wife Jean Parkop and close family members. The relieving news comes following Governor Parkop’s medivac from Papua New Guinea to Australia after he suffered complications arising from a ... <a title="Port Moresby governor Parkop stable and recovering after cardiac scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/port-moresby-governor-parkop-stable-and-recovering-after-cardiac-scare/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby governor Parkop stable and recovering after cardiac scare">Read more</a>
