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June 13, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk After the surprise announcement of the French National Assembly’s dissolution last Sunday, French Pacific territories are already busy preparing for the forthcoming snap election with varying expectations. Following the decision by President Emmanuel Macron, the snap general election will be held on June 30 (first round) ... <a title="French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/french-pacific-prepares-for-snap-elections-with-mixed-expectations/" aria-label="Read more about French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2024
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Jeremiah Manele has been elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, polling 31 votes to 18 over rival candidate and former opposition leader Mathew Wale with one abstention. The final result of the election by secret ballot was announced by the Governor-General, Sir David Vunagi, on the steps of Parliament ... <a title="Jeremiah Manele is new Solomon Islands PM with ‘100 day plan’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/02/jeremiah-manele-is-new-solomon-islands-pm-with-100-day-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Jeremiah Manele is new Solomon Islands PM with ‘100 day plan’">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Radio 95bFM The Wire’s Zoë Larsen Cumming and Justin Wong talked to Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie today about a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Papua New Guinea and the impact of other Pacific cases on two very important upcoming votes in Bougainville and New Caledonia. Speaking on the ... <a title="New covid cases in PNG, Bougainville, New Caledonia and Tahiti aired" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/10/new-covid-cases-in-png-bougainville-new-caledonia-and-tahiti-aired/" aria-label="Read more about New covid cases in PNG, Bougainville, New Caledonia and Tahiti aired">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Host Zoe Larsen Cumming had much to discuss on a new documentary, the exquisitely made Loimata – The Sweetest Tears, which was launched last Saturday to a full house at the ASB Waterfront Theatre as part of the international Whanau Marama film festival. She asked Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi ... <a title="Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/loimata-the-sweetest-tears-is-a-spectacularly-exquisite-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Host Oscar Perress talked to contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Sri Krishnamurthi today about Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s government rejecting a licence for the country’s biggest radio and TV network ABS-CBN. Its 25-year-old franchise expired in May but the majority of legislators refused to renew in a threat to the post-Marcos ... <a title="Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/southern-cross-uproar-over-abs-cbn-denial-of-tv-licence-by-government/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2020
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie, who sailed on the original Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap and is author of the book Eyes of Fire. Thirty five years ago today the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour by French secret agents in a blatant act of state terrorism, killing a photojournalist. People’s campaigns ... <a title="From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/10/from-nuclear-refugees-to-climate-justice-the-rainbow-warrior-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy ">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Thirty five years ago this week in another life Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie was an environmental journalist on board the original Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship that was bombed by French secret agents on 10 July 1985. He was on board for almost 11 weeks and joined the ... <a title="Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/pacific-bombs-nuclear-weapons-and-the-rongelap-evacuation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discusses a new book today on West Papua, The Road: Uprising in West Papua, reviewed by Professor David Robie, in his weekly 95bFM segment Southern Cross. The book is authored by Australian investigative journalist John Martinkus who has covered wars and conflicts in Asia and ... <a title="Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/southern-cross-features-the-road-and-papuan-repression/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2019
Dan McGarry. Image: David Robie/PMC By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Media Director of the Vanuatu Daily Post group, Dan McGarry, is devastated by the Vanuatu government’s decision to reject his work permit after 16 years in the country and calls it an attack on media Freedom. “I’m gutted, personally. I’ve devoted 16 years ... <a title="Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/09/vanuatu-daily-posts-dan-mcgarry-gutted-by-vanuatu-governments-action-to-reject-his-work-permit/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Daily Post’s Dan McGarry “gutted” by Vanuatu government’s action to reject his work permit">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2019
David Robie, concluding his three-part series about Iran, profiles an extraordinary pair of Tehran brothers who have been pioneering global research adventurers. They have been dubbed the “Persian Indiana Joneses”. Their adventures are fabled and hair-raising, as shown by a Jivaro shrunken human head and relics from curious rituals on display from almost 70 years ... <a title="Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/20/irans-great-global-adventurers-around-the-lost-world-in-10-years/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2019
Iran attracts an onslaught of negative media in New Zealand and Western media. But is it fair or deserved? David Robie has spent several weeks travelling in the country on sabbatical and finds the media negativity far from the reality of the “most friendly” country he has ever visited in the first of a three-part ... <a title="Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/18/iran-a-hugely-friendly-country-behind-the-sabre-rattling/" aria-label="Read more about Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Pacific Media Centre’s Del Abcede joined the Ihumātao “protectors” protest at the weekend to soak up the atmosphere of guardianship over the future of the sacred indigenous Māori site. Fletcher Building plans to build 480 homes on the site but work has been suspended by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern while ... <a title="Gallery: Guardianship photo shoot with the Ihumātao ‘protectors’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/04/gallery-guardianship-photo-shoot-with-the-ihumatao-protectors/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Guardianship photo shoot with the Ihumātao ‘protectors’">Read more</a>
