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July 12, 2019
Police Minister Bryan Kramer announcing he would be in Tari to work with police to find a long term solution to tribal fights. Video report: EMTV News By EMTV News Papua New Guinea’s Defence Force has been deployed to Tari, Hela Province, to assess and investigate the situation where 23 people were hacked to death. ... <a title="PNG massacre aftermath – PNG Defence Force deployed to Tari" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/png-massacre-aftermath-png-defence-force-deployed-to-tari/" aria-label="Read more about PNG massacre aftermath – PNG Defence Force deployed to Tari">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
By Philip Cass Tonga’s tourist authorities will wipe the former Miss Heilala, Kalo Funganitao, from the records in retaliation for her speech at this year’s crowning ceremony. The committee’s decision comes a day after the Heilala Festival Committee and the Tonga Tourist Association issued a statement acknowledging Funganitao’s work in promoting Tonga during the past ... <a title="Tongan tourism officials to ‘wipe out’ Miss Heilala over her criticisms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/tongan-tourism-officials-to-wipe-out-miss-heilala-over-her-criticisms/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan tourism officials to ‘wipe out’ Miss Heilala over her criticisms">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The bodies of the Karida village massacre victims in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province have been buried as fearful villagers in the district have fled to safety, reports NBC News. The victims in the Tari Pori district were buried late yesterday afternoon in the presence of Hela Provincial Administrator William Bando, ... <a title="Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/karida-massacre-victims-buried-as-other-png-villagers-flee-in-fear/" aria-label="Read more about Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS World News WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Papua New Guinea has responded with outrage over the killings of at least 22 people, including two pregnant women, in tribal violence Prime Minister James Marape has called the “saddest day of his life”. The Post-Courier reported that at least 22 and up to 24 ... <a title="Outrage over killing of pregnant women, children among 22 dead in PNG massacre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/outrage-over-killing-of-pregnant-women-children-among-22-dead-in-png-massacre/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage over killing of pregnant women, children among 22 dead in PNG massacre">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Maria Ressa and the Philippines “war on truth”. Video: Al Jazeera’s Witness Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC will lead a legal team representing Maria Ressa, the award-winning Philippines journalist, editor and publisher who has been repeatedly arrested this year on charges that critics say are designed ... <a title="Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/rights-lawyer-amal-clooney-to-represent-journalist-maria-ressa/" aria-label="Read more about Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
By Michael Andrew An Auckland University of Technology graduate is practicing true community journalism by sharing the stories of Auckland’s most marginalised and vulnerable people. Former AUT journalism student Six is the editor of the K’Road Chronicle, a community newspaper capturing the essence and eccentricities of Auckland’s infamous Karangahape Road which serves as home to ... <a title="AUT journo graduate covering Auckland’s most vulnerable community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/aut-journo-graduate-covering-aucklands-most-vulnerable-community/" aria-label="Read more about AUT journo graduate covering Auckland’s most vulnerable community">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Dumped police commissioner Gary Baki announces his challenge to the new government, claiming that he is the legal commander. Video: EMTV News By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s police minister claims there is a plot involving the former prime minister to have him arrested. Police Minister Bryan Kramer said high ranking police officers were plotting ... <a title="PNG police minister Kramer claims plot to arrest him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/png-police-minister-kramer-claims-plot-to-arrest-him/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police minister Kramer claims plot to arrest him">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila Vanuatu’s first President and one of the founding fathers of political Independence, Ati George Sokomanu, is calling on the Vanuatu government to stop the sale of Vanuatu passports under its citizenship programme. “It is lowering our dignity as Ni-Vanuatu and Melanesian people,” Sokomanu told the Vanuatu Daily Post. “It ... <a title="Sale of Vanuatu passports ‘degrading’, says Sokomanu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/sale-of-vanuatu-passports-degrading-says-sokomanu/" aria-label="Read more about Sale of Vanuatu passports ‘degrading’, says Sokomanu">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver reports on organisers trying to shut down the outgoing Miss Heilala Queen during her final address. Video: TVNZ By Kalafi Moala in Nuku’alofa Angry criticism has flooded social media over a reported intervention by Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister – including calls for his resignation – at the Miss Heilala beauty ... <a title="Anger as Tongan beauty queen’s bullying claim speech disrupted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/anger-as-tongan-beauty-queens-bullying-claim-speech-disrupted/" aria-label="Read more about Anger as Tongan beauty queen’s bullying claim speech disrupted">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2019
Michael Andrew’s Pacific Media Watch interview with Rosa Moiwend of West Papua. Video: Pacific Media Centre By Michael Andrew West Papuan human rights defender Rosa Moiwend was in New Zealand this week, speaking about the need for more countries to challenge Indonesia on its human rights abuses in her homeland. Her New Zealand tour featured ... <a title="West Papuan suffering will go on if NZ doesn’t take stand, says Rosa Moiwend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/06/west-papuan-suffering-will-go-on-if-nz-doesnt-take-stand-says-rosa-moiwend/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan suffering will go on if NZ doesn’t take stand, says Rosa Moiwend">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The Chinese Embassy has for a second time failed to respond to a request for comment concerning its role in the arrest, detention and planned deportation of six Chinese nationals on Vanuatu soil. The Vanuatu Daily Post originally contacted the embassy by telephone last week, but were instructed to ... <a title="Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/some-detained-chinese-accused-were-vanuatu-support-citizenship-applicants/" aria-label="Read more about Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
By RNZ Pacific An estimated 2000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia this week to mark the 53rd anniversary of France’s first atomic weapons test in the Pacific. The first test was on July 2, 1966, after nuclear testing was moved from Algeria to the Tuamotus. Organisers of the Association 193 described it ... <a title="Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/marchers-in-tahiti-mourn-french-nuclear-weapons-test-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy">Read more</a>