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September 9, 2022
REVIEW: By Philip Cass, editor of Pacific Journalism Review One of the joys of travelling the world and collecting books is the historical oddities that turn up in the most unexpected places. I have a splendid copy of the complete works of Shakespeare dating to the Second World War, completely re-set, so the frontispiece notes, ... <a title="Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about how we saw the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/09/late-queen-elizabeths-1953-pacific-royal-tour-teaches-us-much-about-how-we-saw-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about how we saw the world">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2022
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s Journalism Programme is open to strengthening engagement and partnership with the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) following the recent visit of senior ABC executives to Fiji. Last week, ABC International Services head Claire Gorman, ABC International Development public affairs lead Jo Elsom, ABC Sport head ... <a title="ABC, USP Journalism keen to boost Pacific media partnerships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/08/abc-usp-journalism-keen-to-boost-pacific-media-partnerships/" aria-label="Read more about ABC, USP Journalism keen to boost Pacific media partnerships">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Civicus Monitor has documented an uptick in restrictions on civic space by the Solomon Islands government, which led to the downgrading of the coiuntry’s rating to “narrowed” in December 2021. As previously documented, there have been threats to ban Facebook in the country and attempts to vilify civil society. The ... <a title="Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/civicus-raps-solomon-islands-over-rights-curbs-tighter-media-controls/" aria-label="Read more about Civicus raps Solomon Islands over rights curbs, tighter media controls">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
RNZ Pacific Tongan police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot. Police report the shooting occurred at the boy’s residence at the village of Ha’ateiho, on the main island of Tongatapu, last Friday evening local time. The boy’s father has been arrested, but police said the victim died after his ... <a title="Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/seven-year-old-boy-shot-dead-by-younger-brother-say-tonga-police/" aria-label="Read more about Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2022
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating to the Indonesian region of West Papua and assessed that they are inauthentic and were crafted to promote the policies and activities of the Indonesian government while condemning opponents such ... <a title="Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/07/suspicious-papuan-tweets-promoted-indonesian-governments-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov in Oslo We call for a world in which technology is built in service of humanity and where our global public square protects human rights above profits. Right now, the huge potential of technology to advance our societies has been undermined by the business model and design of ... <a title="Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/06/maria-ressa-and-muratovs-10-point-plan-over-global-information-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2022
RNZ News A union representing New Zealand tertiary sector staff says a proposal which could lead to massive job cuts at the Auckland University of Technology came completely out of the blue and was a major shock. Around 230 jobs could be axed as the university suffers a significant drop in international student enrolments, due ... <a title="NZ union ‘shocked and horrified’ at AUT’s proposed 230 job cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/06/nz-union-shocked-and-horrified-at-auts-proposed-230-job-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about NZ union ‘shocked and horrified’ at AUT’s proposed 230 job cuts">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans in Indonesia’s West Papua province. The bodies of the four men were discovered on August 26 by local residents of Iwaka village, outside the town of Timika, in sacks floating ... <a title="West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/west-papua-atrocity-a-warning-to-jakarta-for-impartial-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
By Luke Nacei in Suva Be responsible, righteous, honest, and lead by example. That’s the advice from psychotherapist Selina Kuruleca to all fathers, as Fijians celebrate Father’s Day today. Being a father was not only a biological thing, or a physical thing, Kuruleca said. “It’s also an emotional thing, a mental, psychological attachment and part ... <a title="‘Be responsible, honest and lead by example’ message for Fiji fathers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/be-responsible-honest-and-lead-by-example-message-for-fiji-fathers/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Be responsible, honest and lead by example’ message for Fiji fathers">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2022
OBITUARY: By Dr Brij Lal Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear Full many a floww’r is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air — Thomas Gray , “Elegy”, 1751 Jai Ram Reddy, former Fiji statesman, judge and international jurist, has died ... <a title="Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son of Fiji’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/03/brij-lals-tribute-to-jai-ram-reddy-a-true-son-of-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son of Fiji’">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
By Ethan Griffiths, Open Justice reporter of The New Zealand Herald An anti-vaccination campaigner who this year became the first person ever accused of breaching New Zealand’s sabotage laws has again appeared in court. Taupō man Graham Philip was charged with seven counts of sabotage in May, relating to an alleged attack on New Zealand ... <a title="NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/nz-anti-vaxxer-appears-in-court-again-on-nations-first-sabotage-charges/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific Seven people have been found guilty of “treason” after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a Melanesian region of Indonesia. In the Jayapura District Court this week, the seven were each jailed for 10 months and fined. The flag is considered a symbol of the West Papua struggle for independence ... <a title="Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/seven-west-papuans-jailed-for-raising-banned-morning-star-flag/" aria-label="Read more about Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag">Read more</a>
