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May 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific The struggle to decide Samoa’s government is headed back to court, as both main political parties continue to stand firm on their beliefs following a Supreme Court ruling dismissing a call for a second election. The Supreme Court yesterday threw out the Head of State’s move toward a second election to break a ... <a title="FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/fast-leader-delighted-but-struggle-for-political-control-in-samoa-drags-on/" aria-label="Read more about FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags on">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Golriz Ghahraman Tomorrow I will move a motion calling on the New Zealand Parliament to join the Green Party in recognising the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and statehood. This is about acknowledging the humanity and dignity of Palestinians at a time when they are facing extreme violence and degradation, once ... <a title="Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/golriz-ghahraman-our-stand-for-the-statehood-rights-of-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle, writesأيمن حسونة about Israel’s system of apartheid leading up to the current crisis, translated by Yasmeen Omera. “If I don’t steal your house, someone else will.” This is how an Israeli settler called “Yakob” responded to the Jerusalemite journalist Muna ... <a title="Illegal Israeli settler: ‘If I don’t steal your house, someone else will’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/illegal-israeli-settler-if-i-dont-steal-your-house-someone-else-will/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal Israeli settler: ‘If I don’t steal your house, someone else will’">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller So far, the New Zealand government has been remarkably silent about the Gaza-Israel conflict. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta could be helping meditate for peace, Geoffrey Miller writes. The growing Gaza crisis is testing Nanaia Mahuta’s recent assertion that New Zealand has an independent foreign policy. The conflict between Israel and Hamas-controlled ... <a title="NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-could-play-mediating-role-in-gaza-conflict-but-does-it-want-to/" aria-label="Read more about NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
By Justin Wong in Auckland Auckland University of Technology has denied it is sidelining the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, but it is yet to announce the new leadership following disputes over office space and a succession plan. The multi-disciplinary research and professional development unit was founded in 2007 by Professor ... <a title="Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/future-of-auts-pacific-media-centre-still-up-in-the-air/" aria-label="Read more about Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia The new elections in Samoa called by the Head of State for this Friday, May 21, cannot proceed as they were not called under any legal authority and is accordingly voided, the Supreme Court has ruled. So concluded the 28-page court ruling delivered by Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese this ... <a title="No new elections in Samoa as Head of State doesn’t have power, rules court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/no-new-elections-in-samoa-as-head-of-state-doesnt-have-power-rules-court/" aria-label="Read more about No new elections in Samoa as Head of State doesn’t have power, rules court">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ News Samoa’s Supreme Court has thrown out the Head of State’s decision to call a second election, clearing the path for the newcomer FAST party to form a government. Announcing the second election earlier this month, Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II told Samoans it was the best way to break the political deadlock that emerged ... <a title="Samoa’s Supreme Court dismisses Head of State’s call for fresh election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/samoas-supreme-court-dismisses-head-of-states-call-for-fresh-election/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Supreme Court dismisses Head of State’s call for fresh election">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition National Party leader Judith Collins has suffered a sharp dip in support in the preferred prime minister stakes, in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll. The new poll has Labour on 52.7 percent while National has improved slightly to 27 percent support – an increase of 1.4 percentage points on ... <a title="NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-support-for-opposition-leader-judith-collins-dives-in-new-poll/" aria-label="Read more about NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The foreign spokesperson for New Zealand’s Green Party, Golriz Ghahraman, is “disappointed” by the government’s response to escalating attacks by Israel on the Gaza enclave, reports TVNZ News. It comes amid the destruction at the weekend on a Gaza building which was headquarters of international media organisations, including the Qatar-based Al ... <a title="Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/ghahraman-condemns-disappointing-nz-response-over-attacks-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk About 4000 protesters took part in demonstrations across New Zealand at the weekend calling on the government to take action over the Israel-Palestine conflict, and close the Israeli embassy. The rallies marked what Palestinians call Nakba Day, or “Catastrophe” – recalling the loss of their homeland in 1948, when Israel was ... <a title="Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/palestinians-in-nz-stage-rallies-protesting-against-israeli-brutality/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The report was made by the UK based human rights organisation TAPOL with Koman as Yeimo’s lawyer. “An urgent call in the ... <a title="Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/arrest-of-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo-reported-to-un-rights-commission/" aria-label="Read more about Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Always happiest with a pencil in his hand, Malcolm Evans has been a professional cartoonist since the 60s and is one of the best in New Zealand. Approaching that milestone himself now, he tells everyone he’s twenty eight and often behaves like someone half that age. His cartoons are featured in The Daily Blog, Asia ... <a title="Israel-Palestine conflict: ‘I can’t breathe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/israel-palestine-conflict-i-cant-breathe/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Palestine conflict: ‘I can’t breathe’">Read more</a>
