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February 27, 2022
RNZ News Hospitals across New Zealand are receiving anti-covid-19 mandate protesters returning from Parliament, and are pleading with those experiencing cold and flu symptoms to get tested and isolate. There were mounting tensions at the Parliament protest today, where police have formed a line to keep protesters back. More people have turned up in Wellington ... <a title="Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/protesters-show-up-as-covid-19-patients-at-hospitals-across-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ News All southbound traffic lanes on State Highway One over the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now reopened after they were closed while New Zealand anti-mandate protesters marched across the bridge. The southbound lanes of the bridge were closed for about an hour and a half while the protesters marched from the North Shore to ... <a title="NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/nz-anti-mandate-protesters-march-across-auckland-harbour-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific The invasion of Ukraine is likely to have a signficant impact on the Pacific, warns a senior USP academic. On Thursday, Russia launched a massive invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been killed in the fighting so far, with no figures for the Russians. The invasion has ... <a title="Russia-Ukraine conflict will impact on Pacific economies, says USP academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/russia-ukraine-conflict-will-impact-on-pacific-economies-says-usp-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Russia-Ukraine conflict will impact on Pacific economies, says USP academic">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Kaniva News Kaniva News correspondent Patimiosi Ngūngūtau took this photo of an emotional farewell for a grieving Tongan family at the Tanoa hotel in Nukua’alofa this week. The family requested that they stop outside the quarantine facility so that her daughter, who was in managed isolation after recently arriving from New Zealand could pay her ... <a title="Omicron Tonga: Heartbreak as hearse arrives outside MIQ hotel for daughter to say goodbye" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/omicron-tonga-heartbreak-as-hearse-arrives-outside-miq-hotel-for-daughter-to-say-goodbye/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron Tonga: Heartbreak as hearse arrives outside MIQ hotel for daughter to say goodbye">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
By Tom Kitchin and Emma Hatton, RNZ News reporters Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been met with despair and anger in New Zealand. Nearly 100 people gathered at the Russian embassy in the capital Wellington today, at a protest organised by the Ukrainian Gromada of Wellington. Fake blood was plastered over the gate and driveway, ... <a title="Putin ‘will not stop at Ukraine’ – NZ protesters condemn Russian invasion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/putin-will-not-stop-at-ukraine-nz-protesters-condemn-russian-invasion/" aria-label="Read more about Putin ‘will not stop at Ukraine’ – NZ protesters condemn Russian invasion">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education correspondent Education Minister Chris Hipkins has warned that nearly every New Zealand school and early childhood centre will have contact with covid-19 in the next few weeks. He told students at Mana College in Porirua today that one in five schools were already managing cases among students or staff ... <a title="Covid-19 will be in ‘just about every NZ school’ soon, says Hipkins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/covid-19-will-be-in-just-about-every-nz-school-soon-says-hipkins/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 will be in ‘just about every NZ school’ soon, says Hipkins">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand joins its international partners in condemnation of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and has immediately taken a range of measures against the Russian government. Giving a statement today about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ardern said Russia began a “military offensive and an illegal invasion” yesterday. Russian ... <a title="PM condemns Russia’s Ukraine invasion which will claim many ‘innocent lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/pm-condemns-russias-ukraine-invasion-which-will-claim-many-innocent-lives/" aria-label="Read more about PM condemns Russia’s Ukraine invasion which will claim many ‘innocent lives’">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
MEAA News The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance’s national media section committee of elected officials has condemned the suspension of 24 Papua New Guinean TV journalists who walked off the job in support of their colleague. They have alleged intimidation by EMTV management and political interference. The journalists may now lose their jobs. EMTV head ... <a title="MEAA condemns EMTV’s ‘assault’ on PNG journalists’ rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/meaa-condemns-emtvs-assault-on-png-journalists-rights/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA condemns EMTV’s ‘assault’ on PNG journalists’ rights">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
RNZ News In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, New Zealand’s government is implementing a range of measures, including a travel ban on Russian officials and limiting diplomatic engagements. Earlier today, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta condemned Russia’s actions and said she would provide another update later. An adviser to Ukraine’s president said about 40 people ... <a title="New Zealand announces bans on Russia in reply to Ukraine invasion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/new-zealand-announces-bans-on-russia-in-reply-to-ukraine-invasion/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand announces bans on Russia in reply to Ukraine invasion">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand will move to phase 3 of the omicron response at 11.59pm tonight, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Hipkins laid out what phase 3 includes. While the ministry’s daily update of case numbers will come out later this afternoon, Hipkins confirmed today’s cases ... <a title="Covid-19 omicron outbreak: NZ moves to phase 3 of response to soaring cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/covid-19-omicron-outbreak-nz-moves-to-phase-3-of-response-to-soaring-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 omicron outbreak: NZ moves to phase 3 of response to soaring cases">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
National Māori Authority chair Matthew Tukaki has seen plenty of protests and received his fair share of abuse, but what’s been happening in Wellington this week is like nothing he has encountered before. Justin Latif reports for Local Democracy Reporting. If there’s one thing Matthew Tukaki thought he and the protesters at Parliament might agree ... <a title="Facing up to anti-mandate protesters at Parliament – the brutal reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/facing-up-to-anti-mandate-protesters-at-parliament-the-brutal-reality/" aria-label="Read more about Facing up to anti-mandate protesters at Parliament – the brutal reality">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2022
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby The People’s Party has made an unprecedented announcement to endorse four women candidates for all four National Capital District (NCD) seats in the Papua New Guinea national election this year. Making the announcement at Parliament House, People’s Party founder and Enga Governor, Sir Peter Ipatas introduced the four candidates ... <a title="People’s Party back all-women team for PNG capital hot seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/24/peoples-party-back-all-women-team-for-png-capital-hot-seats/" aria-label="Read more about People’s Party back all-women team for PNG capital hot seats">Read more</a>
