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June 18, 2020
COMMENT: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor Public confidence in New Zealand’s border controls has been shattered. The obvious anger of the prime minister when talking about the latest border bungle shows that goes right to the top. The fate of Health Minister David Clark and potentially Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield hang ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/nzs-covid-19-border-botch-up-next-few-days-will-be-crucial/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch In an innovative new development Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) will partner with the Pacific Media Centre on a “climate and covid” project to help improve and enhance the quality of environmental and reporting in the Pacific region. In a move that could signal future partnerships ... <a title="EJN teams up with PMC’s Pacific Media Watch on new climate project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/ejn-teams-up-with-pmcs-pacific-media-watch-on-new-climate-project/" aria-label="Read more about EJN teams up with PMC’s Pacific Media Watch on new climate project">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Lena Reece in Suva The University of the South Pacific special council meeting about the leadership crisis will proceed in Fiji as scheduled tomorrow. USP pro-chancellor Winston Thompson has confirmed the meeting will still go ahead, adding that the meeting papers that were leaked this week will still be considered for the meeting agenda. ... <a title="USP leadership crisis papers leak but special council meeting goes ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/usp-leadership-crisis-papers-leak-but-special-council-meeting-goes-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about USP leadership crisis papers leak but special council meeting goes ahead">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By The Bougainvillean An almost half-empty Bougainville House of Representatives has farewelled John Momis, the region’s longest serving president to date and a senior Papua New Guinea statesmen, in a shunned and scandalous lack of attendance in the final session of the Parliament on Friday. The Bougainville Legislature has 40 Members. However, The Bougainvillean counted ... <a title="Almost half-empty house farewells Bougainville’s President Momis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/almost-half-empty-house-farewells-bougainvilles-president-momis/" aria-label="Read more about Almost half-empty house farewells Bougainville’s President Momis">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Nasik Swami in Suva The Fiji police “thuggish-like” tactics against the University of the South Pacific staff members and students is disrupting education of students and the work of its staff, says National Federation Party president Pio Tikoduadua. Tikoduadua said the questioning of the USP chief librarian, Dr Elizabeth Reade-Fong by police on Tuesday ... <a title="‘Thuggish-like’ police tactics disrupting USP education, says opposition NFP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/thuggish-like-police-tactics-disrupting-usp-education-says-opposition-nfp/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Thuggish-like’ police tactics disrupting USP education, says opposition NFP">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta A court in East Kalimantan found seven Papuans guilty of treason in separate trials today for their involvement in antiracism protests in Jayapura, Papua, in 2019, despite calls from human rights defenders for authorities to drop all charges against them. The Balikpapan District Court sentenced Buchtar Tabuni, an executive of pro-Papuan ... <a title="Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/seven-papuan-protesters-jailed-for-treason-amid-drop-charges-call/" aria-label="Read more about Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By RNZ News An independent review should be held of all the country’s airports and ports to ensure correct protocols are being followed when people are released from managed isolation, a prominent epidemiologist says. Otago University public health physician Professor Sir David Skegg was commenting on the case of two women who had travelled from ... <a title="‘Raise our game’ on NZ border safety says expert after covid test shock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/raise-our-game-on-nz-border-safety-says-expert-after-covid-test-shock/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Raise our game’ on NZ border safety says expert after covid test shock">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By Wansolwara staff Critics have condemned Fiji police harassment and intimidation for summoning two staff members at the University of the South Pacific’s Laucala campus to the Fiji police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Suva yesterday for questioning. According to FBC News, police have launched an investigation into the public gathering of USP staff and ... <a title="Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/critics-accuse-fiji-police-of-harassing-usp-staff-in-solidarity-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Critics accuse Fiji police of harassing USP staff in ‘solidarity’ probe">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By RNZ Pacific A Paris-based lawyer acting for French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has taken his client’s treatment in the case in Tahiti to France’s High Council for the Judiciary. David Koubbi raised the actions of the prosecutor in Pape’ete against the Fa’aa mayor with the 22-member agency which rules on professional ethics. Two ... <a title="Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru challenges court over French judicial ethics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/tahitis-oscar-temaru-challenges-court-over-french-judicial-ethics/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru challenges court over French judicial ethics">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
By Shaun Hendy; Alex James of University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research; Michael Plank of University of Canterbury; Nicholas Steyn, and Rachelle Binny of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research New Zealand is one of a handful of countries where community transmission of covid-19 has been eliminated. But with two new ... <a title="2 new covid-19 cases in NZ, but elimination target still stands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/2-new-covid-19-cases-in-nz-but-elimination-target-still-stands/" aria-label="Read more about 2 new covid-19 cases in NZ, but elimination target still stands">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the up to six years in jail sentence that Philippine journalist Maria Ressa faces on a criminal libel charge in a “shocking judicial masquerade” in Manila yesterday. It called on the country’s justice system to recover a “semblance of credibility” by overturning her conviction on appeal, ... <a title="RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/rsf-brands-maria-ressas-conviction-as-masquerade-amid-global-criticism/" aria-label="Read more about RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2020
By RNZ News Two new cases of covid-19 in New Zealand were women aged in their 30s and 40s who visited a dying parent in Wellington under compassionate grounds, says Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. In a statement released today, the Ministry of Health said the two new cases were related to the border as a ... <a title="Two new covid-19 cases in NZ visited dying parent, says Bloomfield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/two-new-covid-19-cases-in-nz-visited-dying-parent-says-bloomfield/" aria-label="Read more about Two new covid-19 cases in NZ visited dying parent, says Bloomfield">Read more</a>
