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October 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr — the only son and namesake of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos — delivered an inaugural address that did not mention press freedom. Press freedom also went unmentioned when he delivered his first State of ... <a title="How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/how-philippine-press-freedom-has-been-abandoned-under-bongbong-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Port Moresby’s “amazing city” tag in Papua New Guinea is fast losing its varnish and appeal — its veneer of a modern metropolis tarnished by an ethnic underbelly that relishes criminal activity, racial violence and a tendency to unleash aggressive violent behavior at any opportune time. Last ... <a title="When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/11/when-will-enough-be-enough-port-moresbys-struggle-with-ethnic-war/" aria-label="Read more about When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2022
RNZ Pacific The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution aimed at assisting the Marshall Islands to get justice in the aftermath of the United States nuclear testing. “We have suffered the cancer of the nuclear legacy for far too long and we need to find a way forward to a better future ... <a title="UNHRC adopts resolution to help Marshall Islands over nuclear legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/11/unhrc-adopts-resolution-to-help-marshall-islands-over-nuclear-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about UNHRC adopts resolution to help Marshall Islands over nuclear legacy">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2022
PNG Post-Courier The Mexican standoff over the closure of Papua New Guinea government offices due to nonpayment of rentals has ended. The National Court has ordered superannuation fund landlord Nambawan Supa Limited (NSL) to remove all locks to Vulupindi Haus, Treasury Haus, Eda Tano Haus in Waigani and Revenue Haus in downtown Port Moresby. At ... <a title="‘Mexican standoff’ ends, as PNG court orders locks removed over unpaid bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/11/mexican-standoff-ends-as-png-court-orders-locks-removed-over-unpaid-bills/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mexican standoff’ ends, as PNG court orders locks removed over unpaid bills">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2022
By Fika Nurul Ulya in Jakarta The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has appealed to Indonesian police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to stop his officers intimidating Aremania (Arema Football Club fans) and witnesses in the Kanjuruhan football stadium tragedy in which 131 people died. They are also asking Prabowo to order the police professionalism ... <a title="Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/11/indonesian-police-asked-to-stop-intimidating-witnesses-over-football-stadium-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Jamie Wall, RNZ sports writer The Blacks Ferns 41-17 win over the Wallaroos on the field at Auckland’s Eden Park last night was good, but the one off it was better. There had been a lot of conjecture going into the Rugby World Cup about just how people would respond, given the team’s ... <a title="Black Ferns: a new dawn for global women’s rugby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/09/black-ferns-a-new-dawn-for-global-womens-rugby/" aria-label="Read more about Black Ferns: a new dawn for global women’s rugby">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2022
Media execs and concerned citizens alike aired their fears about the government’s public media plan — and the commercial clout TVNZ will bring to the new entity — in parliamentary hearings this week. Mediawatch talks to TVNZ’s Simon Power about that, and the culture clash symbolised by this week’s FBoy Island controversy. The Herald on ... <a title="TVNZ’s media marriage at first sight – ending in tears or Heartbreak Island?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/09/tvnzs-media-marriage-at-first-sight-ending-in-tears-or-heartbreak-island/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ’s media marriage at first sight – ending in tears or Heartbreak Island?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2022
RNZ News Wellington’s Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Te Whanganui-a-Tara in a triumph for diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand’s local government elections. She said getting the call to say she had won was “pretty wild”. Whanau ran as an independent, but was a Green Party chief of staff and digital director ... <a title="Win for diversity in Wellington, defeat in Auckland as NZ votes local" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/08/win-for-diversity-in-wellington-defeat-in-auckland-as-nz-votes-local/" aria-label="Read more about Win for diversity in Wellington, defeat in Auckland as NZ votes local">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2022
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter The race for the Auckland mayoralty ends this weekend in the Aotearoa New Zealand local elections and polls indicate that either Pacific contender Fa’anānā Efeso Collins or Wayne Brown will claim the chains. RNZ News spoke to some prominent Aucklanders about who they believe should get the city’s top ... <a title="NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/07/nz-local-elections-a-pacific-mayor-possible-for-biggest-city-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2022
UQ News Journalists may face decades in prison for “foreign interference” offences unless urgent changes are made to Australia’s national security laws, according to a University of Queensland researcher. PhD candidate Sarah Kendall from UQ’s School of Law warned that reporting on issues relating to Australian politics, national security or international relations while working with ... <a title="Journalists risk prosecution under Australia’s ‘foreign interference’ law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/journalists-risk-prosecution-under-australias-foreign-interference-law/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists risk prosecution under Australia’s ‘foreign interference’ law">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2022
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The Post-Courier daily newspaper is one of 15 companies in Papua New Guinea that have pledged to fight against gender-based violence (GBV) while promoting gender equality within and outside of the workplace. Signing the National Capital District Commission’s “Zero Tolerance to GBV Pledge” under its GBV Strategy 2020–2022, means ... <a title="PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/png-daily-post-courier-joins-fight-against-gender-based-violence/" aria-label="Read more about PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2022
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop wants the city’s police to fully investigate the gruesome murder of two women in Port Moresby late last week. Parkop told the Post-Courier that such “despicable” brutality against womenfolk in the city and throughout the country was not welcome — ... <a title="Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/parkop-calls-for-full-probe-into-brutal-murders-of-two-moresby-women/" aria-label="Read more about Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby women">Read more</a>
