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November 2, 2021
By Lian Buan in Manila The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) has finally granted overseas travel to Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who will be in the United States for the entire month of November to deliver a series of lectures at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston. Ressa filed the request on ... <a title="After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/after-winning-nobel-maria-ressa-allowed-to-travel-to-us-for-lectures/" aria-label="Read more about After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaking on the indigenous challenge to the “colonial project” at the COP26 opening … “In the US and Canada alone, indigenous resistance has stopped or delayed greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least one quarter of annual emissions. What we do works.” Image: COP26 screenshot APR (at 1:00.26) RNZ Pacific ... <a title="‘Don’t fudge with our future’, Māori climate activist warns COP26" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/dont-fudge-with-our-future-maori-climate-activist-warns-cop26/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t fudge with our future’, Māori climate activist warns COP26">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s cabinet has decided to ease restrictions for some, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says cases may peak this month at 200 a day, and Tonga will enter a snap lockdown at midnight. Restrictions are set to ease slightly in both Waikato and Tāmaki Makaurau, albeit at different times. Prime Minister Ardern announced ... <a title="NZ pandemic restrictions easing, but snap lockdown for Tonga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/nz-pandemic-restrictions-easing-but-snap-lockdown-for-tonga/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pandemic restrictions easing, but snap lockdown for Tonga">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Australia’s union for journalists says Australian journalism is in crisis after years of disruption, undermining and neglect, and swift action is needed to halt the decline. A new study pointing to the crisis in public interest journalism demands urgent government action to safeguard democracy. The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) ... <a title="MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/meaa-calls-for-halt-to-slow-erosion-of-media-to-safeguard-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard democracy">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
RNZ Pacific Global climate talks have started in Glasgow, Scotland, but most Pacific leaders cannot get there. While the leaders of four Pacific nations are attending the United Nations’ COP26 summit, covid travel restrictions are preventing the leaders of 10 Pacific nations from attending with their delegates. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is one, ... <a title="Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/pacific-nations-will-be-mostly-unheard-at-critical-cop26-climate-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the “lack of any concern” by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian military crackdown on pro-independence groups in West Papua. Joe Collins of AWPA said in a statement today that the harsh “behaviour” of the Indonesian forces would lead to the instability ... <a title="AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/awpa-protests-over-canberras-lack-of-concern-over-west-papua-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was briefed yesterday on Fiji’s priority areas ahead of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) which includes keeping 1.5 degrees alive, scaling up support for adaptation and loss and damage, oceans climate nexus, increased climate finance and finalising the Paris Agreement rule book. Bainimarama is adamant ... <a title="Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/bainimarama-briefed-on-fiji-pacific-priorities-at-cop26-to-dodge-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
By Peter Kenny in Geneva The Pacific Islands are in grave danger and at the frontline of global climate change and the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as COP26, in Glasgow this week is vitally important for islanders, says Reverend James Bhagwan. The general secretary of the Suva-based regional Pacific Conference of Churches ... <a title="Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/pacific-in-peril-if-cop26-doesnt-work-warns-regional-church-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
RNZ News In just a few weeks the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated sharply as millions cope without desperately needed international aid, New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis says. Bellis is Al Jazeera’s senior producer in Afghanistan and reported on the turmoil in August as the Taliban took over the government and thousands of people tried ... <a title="Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/charlotte-bellis-on-afghanistan-its-just-life-and-death-on-so-many-levels/" aria-label="Read more about Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
RNZ Pacific A new study shows rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands will endanger 40 percent of buildings in the capital Majuro, with 96 percent of the city likely to flood frequently. The study, “Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in Marshall Islands”, is compiled by the Marshall Islands government and the World Bank. It ... <a title="Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/sea-level-rise-study-in-marshall-islands-paints-a-grim-picture/" aria-label="Read more about Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
New Zealand has reported 143 new community covid-19 cases today – 135 in Auckland, six in Waikato and two in Northland. There were no community cases in Christchurch today. One previously reported case in the city has been reclassified as a historical case, so the total Christchurch tally is now four. There was no media ... <a title="New Zealand reports 143 new community covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/new-zealand-reports-143-new-community-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand reports 143 new community covid cases">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has reported eight new covid-19 cases, including seven residents, at an Auckland rest home, adding to one announced yesterday. This was part of a jump to a record total of 160 new community cases reported today — 151 in Auckland, seven in Waikato and one each in Northland and Canterbury. Following ... <a title="Eight new covid cases at Auckland rest home in record 160 NZ total" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/eight-new-covid-cases-at-auckland-rest-home-in-record-160-nz-total/" aria-label="Read more about Eight new covid cases at Auckland rest home in record 160 NZ total">Read more</a>
