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August 19, 2020
COMMENT: By Teuila Fuatai South Auckland and its communities, specifically Pasifika, are at the centre of New Zealand’s current covid-19 cluster. As a result, media coverage, health information and public reaction have taken a significantly different tone to what occurred during New Zealand’s first wave of cases. Racism and misinformation continue to marginalise the “index” ... <a title="Teuila Fuatai: Vitriol harms Pasifika as much as the covid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/teuila-fuatai-vitriol-harms-pasifika-as-much-as-the-covid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Teuila Fuatai: Vitriol harms Pasifika as much as the covid pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of children in school, although the final decision to send them to class is entirely theirs. National Capital District Education Services Secretary Sam Lora made these points when responding to concerns ... <a title="Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit 333" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/student-safety-still-a-concern-as-png-covid-infection-cases-hit-333/" aria-label="Read more about Student safety still a concern as PNG covid infection cases hit 333">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Plans for spending NZ$5.3 on construction of the Fiji Prime Minister’s new office should be diverted to people affected by the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, civil society groups say. The groups, which form the Civil Society Organisation Alliance for Covid-19 Humanitarian Response, said requests they had received for assistance from families prompted them ... <a title="Fiji government urged to reconsider NZ$5.3 million office for PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/fiji-government-urged-to-reconsider-nz5-3-million-office-for-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government urged to reconsider NZ$5.3 million office for PM">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Facebook censorship on West Papua … a “cruel irony”. Image: RSF/PMC By David Robie THE SILENCE from Facebook is deafening and disturbing. At first, when I lodged my protests earlier this month to Facebook over the immediate removal of a West Papua news items from the ... <a title="Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/facebook-censorship-on-west-papua-then-deafening-silence/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Schools in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District resumed yesterday, with strict covid-19 protocols in place, and with several turning away those who came without masks. This came in the wake of a new covid-19 spike with PNG reporting another 52 cases of covid-19 yesterday since Thursday, taking its total to ... <a title="PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/png-schools-follow-no-mask-no-entry-rule-amid-growing-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about PNG schools follow no-mask-no-entry rule amid growing covid cases">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
By Jean Bell, RNZ News journalist Some South Auckland locals are hitting back at online hate directed at the area and its Pasifika community, after a local family was the first to test positive for covid-19 in the current New Zealand outbreak. Four positive cases ballooned to a 58-case cluster after 102 days of no ... <a title="South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/south-auckland-locals-hit-back-against-online-hate-around-nz-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about South Auckland locals hit back against online hate around NZ covid cases">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
By Marjorie Finkeo and Joan Bailey in Lae Eleven prisoners have been shot dead in Papua New Guinea, one was recaptured and 33 others are still at large following yet another massive breakout at Buimo jail outside Lae city at the weekend. Correctional Services and police officials say the breakout at the troublesome jail happened ... <a title="11 prisoners shot dead, 1 recaptured and 33 flee in PNG jailbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/11-prisoners-shot-dead-1-recaptured-and-33-flee-in-png-jailbreak/" aria-label="Read more about 11 prisoners shot dead, 1 recaptured and 33 flee in PNG jailbreak">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has moved the election date by four weeks to October 17 and says she will not change it again. The covid-19 coronavirus outbreak in Auckland has forced the suspension of political campaigning and prompted calls to postpone the general election. The election will now be held ... <a title="PM Ardern changes NZ election to October 17 over covid outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/pm-ardern-changes-nz-election-to-october-17-over-covid-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about PM Ardern changes NZ election to October 17 over covid outbreak">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Bali chapter of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) has held a weekend protest action at the Renon traffic circle in the provincial capital of Denpasar to mark 58 years since the UN-brokered 1962 New York Agreement. During the action on Saturday, which was closely watched by police, the protesters issued ... <a title="Papuan students in Bali protest over New York pact – demand freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/papuan-students-in-bali-protest-over-new-york-pact-demand-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students in Bali protest over New York pact – demand freedom">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News journalist As covid-19 spreads around the world, it can be daunting keeping up with the information. For RNZ, the news organisation’s responsibility is to give you verified, up to the minute, trustworthy information to help you make decisions about your lives and your health. Questions will also be asked of ... <a title="NZ covid-19: Social media in the spotlight after disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/nz-covid-19-social-media-in-the-spotlight-after-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19: Social media in the spotlight after disinformation">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Auckland, 4pm Saturday, August 15: 50,000 vehicles stopped, less than 700 turned back. These statistics yesterday were “frightening”, says Hone Harawira of the Tai Tokerau Border Control. “We’re not panicking, but we’ve briefed our crews,” he declared today on social media. “We’re talking to Tai Tokerau iwi, Northland police, and health ... <a title="Harawira slams ‘frightening’ Auckland covid exodus statistics for Tai Tokerau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/16/harawira-slams-frightening-auckland-covid-exodus-statistics-for-tai-tokerau/" aria-label="Read more about Harawira slams ‘frightening’ Auckland covid exodus statistics for Tai Tokerau">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has 12 new community cases of covid-19 – all in Auckland and all connected to existing cases, the Director-General of Health has revealed. There is also one new case in managed isolation. Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Health Minister Chris Hipkins today gave the latest details on the outbreak and the ... <a title="Thirteen new confirmed cases of covid-19 in NZ – three in hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/16/thirteen-new-confirmed-cases-of-covid-19-in-nz-three-in-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Thirteen new confirmed cases of covid-19 in NZ – three in hospital">Read more</a>
