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November 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papua indigenous independence leaders today launched “Green State Vision” at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, pledging to take decisive action to address the climate emergency and the impact of natural resource extraction in an independent West Papua. The Green State Vision was drafted with the assistance of international lawyers, ... <a title="West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/west-papuans-pledge-to-make-ecocide-serious-crime-in-key-global-rainforest/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
By Charles Moi in Port Moresby Employees of the National Capital District Commission (NCDC) have challenged the legality of the “no jab, no job” policy imposed by NCDC on Port Moresby with a lawsuit. Lawyer George Kaore, representing the NCDC Workers Association, appeared before Deputy Chief Justice Ambeng Kandakasi to seek certain interim orders at ... <a title="Port Moresby workers challenge ‘no jab, no job’ workplace policy in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/port-moresby-workers-challenge-no-jab-no-job-workplace-policy-in-court/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby workers challenge ‘no jab, no job’ workplace policy in court">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has reported 139 new community cases of covid-19 today, with 64 people now in hospital with the coronavirus. In a statement, the ministry said two of the new cases were in Waikato and one was in Northland, with the remaining cases were all in Auckland. The Northland case ... <a title="NZ reports 139 new community covid cases – 64 in hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/nz-reports-139-new-community-covid-cases-64-in-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 139 new community covid cases – 64 in hospital">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia is accused of using “diplomatic strong-arm tactics” to water down outcomes in Pacific climate negotiations and “buy silence” on climate change, a new report has revealed. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s report, Australia: Pacific Bully and International Outcast, reveals that the Australian government uses “bullying tactics” in regional negotiations on climate change, ... <a title="Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/australia-accused-of-bullying-pacific-over-climate-action-buying-silence/" aria-label="Read more about Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
By Kalino Latu in Auckland A person who tested positive for covid-19 in Tonga has now tested negative, says the Ministry of Health CEO. Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola said another test was expected tomorrow for the patient. He said yesterday the covid-positive person, who arrived in Tonga from Christchurch, would continue to stay in the MIQ ... <a title="Tonga patient tests negative in second round of covid-19 testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/tonga-patient-tests-negative-in-second-round-of-covid-19-testing/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga patient tests negative in second round of covid-19 testing">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did not turn up to a planned New Zealand media event at a vaccination clinic in Whanganui today where a group of anti-vaccination protesters gathered. Ardern was visiting a vaccination bus in the city and changed the time of the stand-up to just after 1.20pm at a new venue. ... <a title="NZ anti-vaxxers foil PM Ardern’s planned clinic media briefing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/03/nz-anti-vaxxers-foil-pm-arderns-planned-clinic-media-briefing/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-vaxxers foil PM Ardern’s planned clinic media briefing">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2021
By Talebula Kate Fiji has done its part in the fight against climate change by pushing for the first international accord to include the 1.5-degree threshold in the Suva Declaration in 2015 and committing to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. “At COP21, in a fury of forceful negotiations in Paris, ... <a title="‘We’ve done our part’ to ward off a ‘hellish future’, says Fiji PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/03/weve-done-our-part-to-ward-off-a-hellish-future-says-fiji-pm/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve done our part’ to ward off a ‘hellish future’, says Fiji PM">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2021
By Carmella Gware in Lae Urban clinics in Papua New Guinea’s second city Lae have closed for an indefinite period following attacks on health workers. Anti-vaxxers have been verbally or physically attacking health workers over false claims of state mandatory vaccinations against the covid-19 pandemic. Health workers and support staff manning facilities around the city ... <a title="Anti-vaxxer attacks on PNG health workers force closure of Lae clinics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/03/anti-vaxxer-attacks-on-png-health-workers-force-closure-of-lae-clinics/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-vaxxer attacks on PNG health workers force closure of Lae clinics">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Robert McLachlan, Massey University As the Glasgow climate summits gets underway, New Zealand’s government has announced a revised pledge, with a headline figure of a 50 percent reduction on gross 2005 emissions by the end of this decade. This looks good on the surface, but the substance of this new commitment, known as ... <a title="COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/cop26-new-zealands-new-climate-pledge-is-a-step-up-but-not-a-fair-share/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government wants to lift vaccination rates and wants to remove anything that is a barrier to getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. Ardern and Māori-Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis, who is also the MP for Te Tai Tokerau, are in Northland viewing ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/pm-jacinda-ardern-moves-covid-media-conference-after-conspiracy-heckling/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter A New Zealand Pasifika climate activist has told the UN climate meeting that young Pacific people are not victims of climate change but beacons of hope. The first day of the Leaders Summit is wrapping up at COP26 in Glasgow. Environmental advocate for Samoa Brianna Fruean said Pacific ... <a title="Pasifika climate activist’s cry to COP: ‘We’re not drowning, we’re fighting’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/pasifika-climate-activists-cry-to-cop-were-not-drowning-were-fighting/" aria-label="Read more about Pasifika climate activist’s cry to COP: ‘We’re not drowning, we’re fighting’">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
By Marysilla Kellerton in Port Moresby Demonstrators gathered in Port Moresby yesterday for a march to Parliament in protest over the covid-19 vaccines, which they claimed wrongly to be mandatory, a day after Papua New Guinean police warned such gatherings were illegal. The protest was a result of a post circulating on social media about ... <a title="PNG police block illegal anti-vaxxer rally in Port Moresby amid fake info" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/png-police-block-illegal-anti-vaxxer-rally-in-port-moresby-amid-fake-info/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police block illegal anti-vaxxer rally in Port Moresby amid fake info">Read more</a>
