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January 15, 2022
Kaniva Tonga News A new tsunami warning is now in force for all of Tonga following this evening’s violent eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai undersea volcano with tidal waves flooding the shoreline of the capital Nuku’alofa. Parts of New Zealand and Samoa are also under tsunami warning, reports RNZ News. The eruption came shortly after locals ... <a title="New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves reach Tonga’s capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/15/new-tsunami-warning-in-nz-samoa-as-volcano-waves-reach-tongas-capital/" aria-label="Read more about New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves reach Tonga’s capital">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2022
RNZ Pacific The tsunami marine warning issued for all of Tonga waters following the violent eruptions of underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai has been lifted. Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai erupted on Friday sending ash, steam and gas 20 kilometres into the air. The volcano had been active from 20 December 2021 but was declared dormant on January 11. The head ... <a title="Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/15/tonga-tsunami-warning-lifted-but-volcano-still-monitored/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury Two high-profile University of Auckland academics raised important questions about academic freedom with their complaint to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) that their employer had failed its duty of care to them. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles and Professor Shaun Hendy have become well known for their work explaining ... <a title="What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy employment case matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/15/what-does-academic-freedom-mean-in-practice-why-the-siouxsie-wiles-and-shaun-hendy-employment-case-matters/" aria-label="Read more about What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy employment case matters">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Nine years ago widespread publicity given to the public execution of Kepari Leniata, who was falsely accused of sorcery and burnt by a mob in broad daylight in Papua New Guinea’s third-largest city Mt Hagen, shocked people around the world. The tragic death also highlighted the problem of Sorcery ... <a title="Still no justice for PNG sorcery burning victim Kepari Leniata after nine years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/still-no-justice-for-png-sorcery-burning-victim-kepari-leniata-after-nine-years/" aria-label="Read more about Still no justice for PNG sorcery burning victim Kepari Leniata after nine years">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
A report on the Next Generation Radio project … covering climate change in Fiji in real time. Video: Next Gen SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Betz in Ninole, Hawai’i As Cyclone Cody got set to pummel Fiji in early January, students at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji were getting set to start ... <a title="Boosting Pacific digital media skills amid a cyclone – all part of the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/boosting-pacific-digital-media-skills-amid-a-cyclone-all-part-of-the-job/" aria-label="Read more about Boosting Pacific digital media skills amid a cyclone – all part of the job">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor The Cook Islands has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated New Zealanders, but with less fanfare and more trepidation than last year’s kick-off. The two-way quarantine-free travel bubble lasted just three months in 2021 before authorities pulled the pin due to Auckland’s delta outbreak of covid-19. Since ... <a title="Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/cook-islands-reopens-border-with-vaccinated-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
RNZ Pacific France’s highest court has upheld a corruption conviction of French Polynesia’s former president Gaston Flosse, effectively ending his political career. It confirmed a 2020 appeal court ruling in Tahiti, which had deprived Flosse of his eligibility to hold public office for five years after finding him and the current president Edouard Fritch guilty ... <a title="Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/tahitis-flosse-banned-from-public-office-after-latest-court-defeat/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter New Zealanders living overseas say covid-19 is now part of everyday life as cases of the highly-infectious omicron variant steadily grow around the globe. More than 307 million covid-19 cases have been confirmed since the pandemic began, with countries now breaking records for daily case numbers as leaders struggle ... <a title="Omicron part of everyday life, say New Zealanders living overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/omicron-part-of-everyday-life-say-new-zealanders-living-overseas/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron part of everyday life, say New Zealanders living overseas">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2022
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist New Zealand police are being commended for tightening the rules for officers photographing young people, but there are concerns it could lead to the perverse outcome of more Māori being arrested. The changes come after RNZ revealed in December 2020 that officers in Wairarapa were unlawfully photographing young Māori. ... <a title="NZ police tighten rules on photos of youth, but concerns still for Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/12/nz-police-tighten-rules-on-photos-of-youth-but-concerns-still-for-maori/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police tighten rules on photos of youth, but concerns still for Māori">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to his fellow Solomon Islanders at the western border not to allow Bougainvilleans into the country. In his nation’s address last Friday, Sogavare recapped the country’s first covid-19 case recorded from a Shortland islander, dropped off by four Bougainvilleans in Shortland, ... <a title="‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/12/dont-enter-solomon-islands-pleads-sogavare-with-bougainvilleans/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2022
Governor Lou Leon Guerrero presents her covid update message … “Our focus remains on preventing severe illness, preventing increased hospitalisation and saving lives.” Video: Office of the Governor of Guam By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Tumon, Guam Guam has reported its 273rd covid-19 death and 422 new positive cases on Tuesday, breaking its daily record for ... <a title="Guam breaks single-day record with 422 new covid cases – omicron fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/12/guam-breaks-single-day-record-with-422-new-covid-cases-omicron-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Guam breaks single-day record with 422 new covid cases – omicron fears">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2022
By Mark Talia in Port Moresby “Enough is enough,” is the impassioned plea of the women, mothers and daughters of Papua New Guinea, says Mea Isaac, women’s representative in the Motu-Koitabu Assembly. She has called for all forms of violence, abuse and discrimination against women to stop in the wake of the latest case of ... <a title="‘Enough is enough’, say PNG women over gender crimes by ‘callous men’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/12/enough-is-enough-say-png-women-over-gender-crimes-by-callous-men/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Enough is enough’, say PNG women over gender crimes by ‘callous men’">Read more</a>
