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April 13, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia has for the first time shown a new configuration during its first administrative sitting on Friday, following a mass resignation of a group of young elected members of the ruling Tavini Huiraatira. This follows the mass resignation of a group ... <a title="French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/french-polynesias-legislature-shows-new-shape-more-divisions/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Bonface Chisutia On the night of February 28, the Israel-US airstrike killed his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his wife, his brother-in-law and sister-in-law. According to a recent report from Reuters, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei suffered life threatening injuries and apparently lost his leg and has a disfigured face. The report said ... <a title="What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a Kenyan perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/what-i-would-do-if-i-was-mojtaba-khamenei-a-kenyan-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a Kenyan perspective">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
RNZ Pacific Cyclone Maila has been downgraded to a tropical low but has caused widespread damage in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Ten people were reported dead in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville, including eight people killed in a landslide. The incident happened at Asiko Village in Kongara constituency in Central ... <a title="Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/ten-dead-in-bougainville-amid-cyclone-maila-aftermath/" aria-label="Read more about Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
IRNA News Agency When news reports first indicated that US Vice-President JD Vance was going to lead the Americans in the negotiations with Iran, the country the US and Israel are waging a foolish war against, there was a sense that someone even as young him may have recognised the train wreck that Donald Trump ... <a title="Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/why-vance-couldnt-stop-the-trump-train-wreck-an-iranian-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2026
RNZ News Weather warnings in New Zealand’s North Island are starting to lift, as Tropical Cyclone Vaianu tracks away from the country. Red and orange wind and rain warnings have been in place across much of the island since Friday. All red warnings and most orange warnings have now expired or been lifted. Orange wind ... <a title="Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/12/cyclone-vaianu-damaging-winds-heavy-rain-hit-nzs-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of protesters took part in the “Stop Wars Aotearoa” rallies across New Zealand today, calling for an end to the illegal war on Iran and the brutal onslaught on Lebanon this week breaching a fragile two-week truce. While high-powered delegations from Iran and the United States were arriving in Islamabad for ... <a title="Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/12/protesters-rally-across-aotearoa-in-condemnation-of-israel-us-warmongering-and-shameful-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2026
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: As the US and Iran prepared to hold ceasefire talks in Pakistan today, Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon. The death toll from Israel’s massive attack on Wednesday topped 300. More than 1150 people were injured. In a span of 10 minutes, Israel struck 100 sites across Beirut, the Beqaa Valley ... <a title="‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from Israel’s ‘Black Wednesday’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/12/ten-minutes-of-terror-lebanon-death-toll-tops-300-from-israels-black-wednesday/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from Israel’s ‘Black Wednesday’">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2026
To make lasting peace in the Middle East, the US must end its blank cheque to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest of the world to force Israel to live within its internationally recognised borders of June 4, 1967. Common Dreams reports. ANALYSIS: By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares A two-week ceasefire ... <a title="Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/11/ending-israels-war-on-peace-irans-10-point-proposal-is-serious/" aria-label="Read more about Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
MetService meteorologist John Law told RNZ Checkpoint the first impacts of the system could be felt on Saturday morning with large swells for north-eastern areas. “This is a multi-hazard area of low pressure that runs down. You can imagine that these strong winds rushing over the seas help to drive large swells across the open ... <a title="Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid NZ warnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/cyclone-vaianu-first-impacts-could-be-felt-saturday-amid-nz-warnings/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid NZ warnings">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich An hour before Trump said he’d cause the death of a “whole civilisation” if Iran didn’t open the strait of Hormuz, an Iranian official said the shipping channel would be reopened for two weeks if the United States stopped bombing Iran. The US has now stopped bombing Iran. So we’re back ... <a title="Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/robert-reich-lessons-on-how-to-defeat-donald-trump-every-time/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Papua New Guinea’s Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph has stepped aside to allow investigations into allegations he interfered with army recruitment. Prime Minister James Marape said he would assume the defence portfolio while an independent probe into PNG Defence Force recruitment irregularities proceeded. A media release from Marape ... <a title="PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/png-defence-minister-steps-aside-amid-army-recruitment-controversy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended — just ten hours later — with the announcement of a 14-day ceasefire, on Iran’s terms. Even by the volatile standards of Trump’s presidency, the whiplash is extraordinary. What, then, have the two sides actually agreed ... <a title="What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/what-on-earth-just-happened-trump-iran-and-the-unlikely-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire">Read more</a>
