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December 9, 2018
By Craig Major of AUT Communications Professor David Robie, Director of the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, has been part of the contingent of more than 100 journalists and media academics reporting on and analysing the historic New Caledonian independence referendum in early November. Only 2 out of the 100 were ... <a title="PMC director reports on historic New Caledonia referendum 30 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/pmc-director-reports-on-historic-new-caledonia-referendum-30-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about PMC director reports on historic New Caledonia referendum 30 years on">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Hundreds of Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in march in Surabaya to commemorate December 1, a day they consider to be West Papua liberation day, on Saturday. Image: Wahyoe Boediwardhana/jakarta Post By Arnold Belau in Jayapura and Wahyoe Boediwardhana in Surabaya More than 500 Papuans in several cities across Indonesia and West Papua were arrested following ... <a title="Indonesian police arrest more than 500 over West Papua flag demos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/indonesian-police-arrest-more-than-500-over-west-papua-flag-demos/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police arrest more than 500 over West Papua flag demos">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
By Pauline Mago-King It has only been two weeks since the conclusion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, yet much has transpired – to the dismay of host country Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea’s trajectory to this monumental event has been one involving great strides from the moment it secured the bid to ... <a title="PNG’s post-APEC technology dream leaves rural sector far behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/pngs-post-apec-technology-dream-leaves-rural-sector-far-behind/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s post-APEC technology dream leaves rural sector far behind">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – A bloodied Papuan student attacked during yesterday’s December 1 Free West Papua rally in Surabaya, Indonesia. Image: Human rights sources From the Pacific Media Centre By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia’s East Java provincial ... <a title="West Papuan ‘independence day’ – nationalist thugs attack rally in Surabaya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/west-papuan-independence-day-nationalist-thugs-attack-rally-in-surabaya/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan ‘independence day’ – nationalist thugs attack rally in Surabaya">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia’s East Java provincial capital of Surabaya yesterday demanding self-determination for West Papua has been attacked by a group of ormas (social or mass organisations). Police later raided Papuan student dormitories in the evening and detained 233 students ... <a title="Nationalist thugs attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/nationalist-thugs-attack-papuan-pro-independence-rally-in-surabaya/" aria-label="Read more about Nationalist thugs attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2018
An unnamed Papuan student beaten during the December 1 West Papuan flag demonstration in Surabaya, Indonesia. Human rights sources report more than 300 arrests by Indonesian authorities. Image: Humam rights sources Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Hundreds of Papuan students faced off with counterprotesters in Indonesia’s second largest city of Surabaya today in a rally calling ... <a title="Surabaya counterprotest, 300 arrested in West Papua flag demonstrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/02/surabaya-counterprotest-300-arrested-in-west-papua-flag-demonstrations/" aria-label="Read more about Surabaya counterprotest, 300 arrested in West Papua flag demonstrations">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2018
Keynote speakers Associate Professor Kabini Sanga from Victoria University and Dr Alisi Holani (right), deputy CEO of the Ministry of Commerce, Consumer, Trade, Innovation and Labour (MCCTIL) in Tonga. They spoke about a “rich gap” and other issues affecting Pacific media reportage. Image: Tom Blessen/PMC By Sri KrishnamurthiThe NZ Institute for Pacific Research will cease ... <a title="Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/01/pioneering-nz-pacific-research-initiative-to-make-reset-change/" aria-label="Read more about Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2018
EMTV journalist Scott Waide … “Papua New Guinea is a democracy and the media is free to hold those in authority to account.” Image: PMC By Blessen Tom Pacific media freedom and ignorance of Pacific issues by mainstream media in New Zealand are growing challenges for the region, says a journalism academic “There are so ... <a title="Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/01/media-freedom-in-pacific-a-growing-challenge-says-journalism-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2018
By Blessen Tom In a bold and innovative move for researchers, the two-day inaugural Oceans and Islands conference today brought together the brightest minds of the Pacific to demonstrate what they do. Oceans and Islands – a showcase for the region hosted by the NZ Institute for Pacific Research (NZIPR) – was opened by the ... <a title="Pacific’s brightest minds gather for Oceans and Islands research summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/30/pacifics-brightest-minds-gather-for-oceans-and-islands-research-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific’s brightest minds gather for Oceans and Islands research summit">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2018
T-shirts worn by family and supporters of the 19 Nauruans who were prosecuted by government for staging a protest outside of Parliament in 2015. Image: RNZP/Nauru 19/ Facebook By RNZ Pacific The group known as the Nauru 19 will go back to court next week in what will be the first sitting of the Nauru ... <a title="Nauru 19 to appear in first sitting of nation’s new Court of Appeal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/30/nauru-19-to-appear-in-first-sitting-of-nations-new-court-of-appeal/" aria-label="Read more about Nauru 19 to appear in first sitting of nation’s new Court of Appeal">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
An AirCalin promotion poster at Tontouta International Airport, New Caledonia. Image: David Robie/PMC By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s international airline, AirCalin, has been given tax rebates by France to buy two new Airbus airliners. The French High Commission in Noumea announced the Economics and Finance Ministry had approved the concession for the purchase of two ... <a title="France tax rebate to boost New Caledonia’s AirCalin airliner fleet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/france-tax-rebate-to-boost-new-caledonias-aircalin-airliner-fleet/" aria-label="Read more about France tax rebate to boost New Caledonia’s AirCalin airliner fleet">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2018
By Sri Krishnamurthi A new Pacific aid mapping tool developed by the Lowy Institute think tank is set to immeasurably improve transparency in aid in the region. In an Auckland first, the aid mapping tool was put on show last night by the NZ Institute for Pacific Research as a curtainraiser to the two-day inaugural ... <a title="Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/29/pacific-aid-mapping-tool-aimed-at-improving-transparency-in-region/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region">Read more</a>
