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June 17, 2021
The Polynesian Panther Party will hold a three-day fonotaga commemoration event this weekend at the University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika. Whakaako kia Whakaora – Educate to Liberate. Image: RNZ/Polynesian Panthers Dawn Raid apology The Panthers’ golden jubilee couldn’t be more forthcoming, given an announcement made this week of a formal government apology for the 1970s ... <a title="50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/50-years-of-the-polynesian-panthers-it-was-a-time-of-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Four fresh indigenous Papuan students have graduated with degrees from Aotearoa New Zealand universities in the past few weeks to fulfil the dreams of Papuan provincial government leaders Lukas Enembe and Dominggus Mandacan. The two governors of both Indonesian-Melanesian provinces, Enembe (Papua) province and Mandacan (West Papua) made a bold ... <a title="Indigenous Papuan graduates praise Aotearoa – and their governors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/indigenous-papuan-graduates-praise-aotearoa-and-their-governors/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Papuan graduates praise Aotearoa – and their governors">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ News Pacific correspondent As the New Zealand government confirmed it would apologise for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders, memories have surfaced for those traumatised by them, including one elderly man. The politically-driven crackdown on overstayers from the Pacific Islands involved special police squads raiding homes and workplaces, often in ... <a title="Elderly Pasifika man sobs as memories of Dawn Raids surface over apology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/elderly-pasifika-man-sobs-as-memories-of-dawn-raids-surface-over-apology/" aria-label="Read more about Elderly Pasifika man sobs as memories of Dawn Raids surface over apology">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
RNZ News A co-founder of the Polynesian Panthers says the government should allow overstayers to remain in New Zealand after it formally apologises for the Dawn Raids later this month. An emotional Minister for Pacific Peoples, ‘Aupito William Sio, also revealed today harrowing details of his own family’s subjection to the notorious police raids of ... <a title="‘Terror in our society that money can’t pay for’, Polynesian Panthers founder tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/terror-in-our-society-that-money-cant-pay-for-polynesian-panthers-founder-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror in our society that money can’t pay for’, Polynesian Panthers founder tells NZ">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
Human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher, who lead the international defence legal team, have call on the international community to ensure that all charges against Philippines journalist and editor Maria Ressa are dropped. The legal team of Rappler CEO Ressa welcomed the recent dismissal of the second cyber libel charge filed against her. ... <a title="Lawyer Clooney welcomes dismissal of second libel suit against Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/lawyer-clooney-welcomes-dismissal-of-second-libel-suit-against-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyer Clooney welcomes dismissal of second libel suit against Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make a formal government apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders on June 26 at a commemoration event in the Auckland Town Hall. She made the announcement today alongside Pacific Peoples Minister ‘Aupito William Sio. Ardern said there was strict criteria cabinet needed to ... <a title="NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/nz-to-formally-apologise-for-dawn-raids-against-pacific-islanders/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Fiji’s Health Ministry has announced 105 new covid-19 cases as the pandemic crisis worsens. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said 98 of the cases recorded yesterday were linked to existing clusters, while links to seven more cases were still under investigation. He said new cases recorded at Grantham Rd and ... <a title="105 more covid cases in Fiji – 98 linked to existing clusters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/105-more-covid-cases-in-fiji-98-linked-to-existing-clusters/" aria-label="Read more about 105 more covid cases in Fiji – 98 linked to existing clusters">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Ella Henry, Auckland University of Technology While I am always happy to celebrate any accolades my country and city might garner on the international stage, seeing Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau awarded the top ranking in a recent “most liveable cities” survey left me somewhat flummoxed. In particular, I would argue that many Māori whānau in ... <a title="Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/auckland-is-the-worlds-most-liveable-city-many-maori-might-disagree/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
By Katie Doyle, RNZ News reporter A Christchurch woman is furious a flyer from the New Zealand disinformation group Voices For Freedom ended up in her letterbox. It contains nine false or misleading claims about covid-19 and the vaccine, and asks readers “are you fed up with covid yet?” The woman, who RNZ News has ... <a title="‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/deeply-misleading-nz-covid-19-leaflets-cause-distress-to-at-risk-resident/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The leader of Fiji’s opposition National Federation Party has condemned the government’s strategy for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic as having “failed” and warns it will lead to “catastrophic results”. “The government plan is complacent and short-sighted,” said Professor Biman Prasad in a statement tonight in response to the “ominous total” ... <a title="NFP leader Prasad warns against Fiji ‘catastrophe’ by stubborn government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/nfp-leader-prasad-warns-against-fiji-catastrophe-by-stubborn-government/" aria-label="Read more about NFP leader Prasad warns against Fiji ‘catastrophe’ by stubborn government">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific A prominent Australian lawyer, Greg Sheppard, has been arrested by Papua New Guinean police and is facing a range of fraud charges. Sheppard, a principal of Young & Williams Lawyers, was arrested on Tuesday in Port Moresby. He was charged with two counts of misappropriation and another two counts of money laundering. Police ... <a title="High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/high-profile-lawyer-faces-fresh-fraud-money-laundering-charges-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) believes that the Indonesian government has nine motives behind the branding of National Liberation Army of West Papua as terrorists. Executive director Markus Haluk of ULMWP said this during a seminar and book discussion about Demanding Dignity, Papuans Are Punished in Jayapura ... <a title="Nine reasons why Jakarta has branded Papuan armed rebels as ‘terrorists’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/nine-reasons-why-jakarta-has-branded-papuan-armed-rebels-as-terrorists/" aria-label="Read more about Nine reasons why Jakarta has branded Papuan armed rebels as ‘terrorists’">Read more</a>
