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October 31, 2020
The euthanasia referendum has passed New Zealand’s public vote, with 65.2 percent voting in favour, but the cannabis question has 53.1 percent voting “no” so far, preliminary results show. The number of voters who chose “no” in the End of Life Choice referendum reached 33.8 percent. In the cannabis question, “yes” received 46.1 percent of ... <a title="NZ referendum preliminary results – yes to euthanasia reform, no to cannabis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/31/nz-referendum-preliminary-results-yes-to-euthanasia-reform-no-to-cannabis/" aria-label="Read more about NZ referendum preliminary results – yes to euthanasia reform, no to cannabis">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu has held talks with 10 New Caledonian politicians at a retreat near Noumea to promote dialogue between rival camps, saying a new accord will emerge. The minister, who delayed yesterday’s planned departure for Paris by at least two days, convened five anti-independence and five pro-independence leaders on Lepredour island, including ... <a title="French minister Lecornu holds future talks in New Caledonia retreat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/french-minister-lecornu-holds-future-talks-in-new-caledonia-retreat/" aria-label="Read more about French minister Lecornu holds future talks in New Caledonia retreat">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian special forces are turning West Papua into “more of a hunting ground”, warns an exiled Papuan leader in response to the shooting of protesting university students this week. “These were live rounds.” Earlier, Benny Wenda, the London-based chair of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP), said Indonesia was ... <a title="Wenda accuses Indonesian special forces over Papua ‘hunting ground’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/wenda-accuses-indonesian-special-forces-over-papua-hunting-ground/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Indonesian special forces over Papua ‘hunting ground’">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga and Clifford Faiparik About 400 squatters in Papua New Guinea watched helplessly as excavators demolished their homes and properties to make way for the construction of a K100 million four-lane road outside the capital of Port Moresby. Police were present to ensure that the court-ordered eviction at 14-Mile on the border of ... <a title="Port Moresby evicts 400 squatters to make way for new capital highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/port-moresby-evicts-400-squatters-to-make-way-for-new-capital-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby evicts 400 squatters to make way for new capital highway">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The United Liberation Movement if West Papua (ULMWP) has accused the Indonesian government of imposing martial law on the Melanesian region of West Papua and brutally supressing protests in a crackdown. “Students have been shot with live rounds, tear gassed and beaten with bamboo sticks by police in Jayapura – just ... <a title="ULMWP accuses Jakarta over ‘martial law’ after police fire on students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/ulmwp-accuses-jakarta-over-martial-law-after-police-fire-on-students/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP accuses Jakarta over ‘martial law’ after police fire on students">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
By RNZ News Former Green Party MP Keith Locke says his contemporaries should stay out of the New Zealand cabinet in order to remain critical of Labour while also working constructively with it. Any cabinet positions offered to the Greens by Labour would be a favour, not a necessity, and likely require the smaller party ... <a title="Stay out of cabinet – be independent, former MP tells Greens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/stay-out-of-cabinet-be-independent-former-mp-tells-greens/" aria-label="Read more about Stay out of cabinet – be independent, former MP tells Greens">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce Today is Labour Day in New Zealand – the public holiday set aside to celebrate the rights of workers and in particular the right to an eight-hour working day. The great irony is that like many New Zealanders I am working today because I’m a contractor and not an employee with ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/bryan-bruce-labour-day-eroded-by-neoliberalism-and-selfishness/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2020
By Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie in Jakarta An Indonesian government-sanctioned joint fact-finding team has reported that it found indications that security forces were involved in the shooting of Papuan pastor Yeremia Zanambani after investigating a series of shootings in Intan Jaya regency, Papua. The team gave its findings to the Office of the Coordinating Political, ... <a title="Investigators find evidence of military role in shooting of Papuan pastor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/24/investigators-find-evidence-of-military-role-in-shooting-of-papuan-pastor/" aria-label="Read more about Investigators find evidence of military role in shooting of Papuan pastor">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
By Jimmy Kalebe in Lae Landowners are unwavering in their opposition to the deep sea tailings placement (DSTP) method for waste from Papua New Guinea’s proposed K18 billion (NZ$7.7 billion) Wafi-Golpu mine project. They travelled to Lae yesterday from various areas of Morobe which will be affected by the project. It is awaiting approval by ... <a title="PNG landowners protest over deep sea tailings waste plan for K18b project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/png-landowners-protest-over-deep-sea-tailings-waste-plan-for-k18b-project/" aria-label="Read more about PNG landowners protest over deep sea tailings waste plan for K18b project">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state. The organisation is seeking a referendum in West Papua on independence from Indonesia. The movement’s Legislative Council had been holding its third annual session in Jayapura. It decided that the movement’s bylaws should be ... <a title="West Papuans will not ‘bow down’ to Indonesia over independence wish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/west-papuans-will-not-bow-down-to-indonesia-over-independence-wish/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans will not ‘bow down’ to Indonesia over independence wish">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
By RNZ News Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg is concerned at the level of complacency the public and government is showing towards covid-19 since the country reverted to alert level 1. It comes following the revelations that an unknowingly infectious person visited an Auckland pub on Friday 16 October, as well as the influx of new ... <a title="Skegg warns against ‘complacency, slackness’ over Auckland covid fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/skegg-warns-against-complacency-slackness-over-auckland-covid-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Skegg warns against ‘complacency, slackness’ over Auckland covid fears">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
By RNZ News Hundreds of Russian fishing crew at a New Zealand covid isolation hotel in Christchurch are said to be in good spirits and those who have the virus are doing well. Eighteen of the 237 foreign workers at the Sudima Hotel are infected with covid-19. They will all be tested again today with ... <a title="Russian fishing crew not feeling too unwell, says Sealord boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/russian-fishing-crew-not-feeling-too-unwell-says-sealord-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Russian fishing crew not feeling too unwell, says Sealord boss">Read more</a>
