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PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest

July 27, 2024

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland. He was holding a press conference yesterday after a walkabout with police to discuss concerns with businesses in the CBD. Luxon was talking with media when one of his security officers could be seen coming ... <a title="PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/27/pm-luxons-security-cut-short-visit-ahead-of-palestine-protest/" aria-label="Read more about PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest">Read more</a>

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New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third referendum

July 23, 2024

RNZ Pacific New Zealand should join others in calling New Caledonia’s third independence referendum invalid, one of the founders of the Kanaky Aotearoa Solidarity Network says. It follows the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10) in Tokyo last week, where New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters called for the Pacific Islands Forum to facilitate ... <a title="New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/new-zealand-urged-to-take-bolder-stand-over-new-caledonias-third-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third referendum">Read more</a>

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Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism

July 23, 2024

Pacific Media Watch An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG), has produced fresh insights into the legacy of Pacific nuclear-free and anti-colonialism activism. The community storytelling group Talanoa TV, an affiliate of the Whānau Community Centre and ... <a title="Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/former-fang-president-vijay-naidu-talks-pacific-anti-nuclear-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism">Read more</a>

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Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports UNICEF

July 21, 2024

By Sainimili Magimagi in Suva Family members keep silent on the issue of violence in Fiji and individuals continue to be the victims, according to Jonathan Veitch, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative to the South Pacific. While raising his concern on the issue at Nasinu Gospel Primary School on Friday, he said 83 percent ... <a title="Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports UNICEF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/breaking-the-silence-83-of-fijian-children-suffer-violence-reports-unicef/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports UNICEF">Read more</a>

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Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda

July 21, 2024

Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, claims the leader of an advocacy group. And United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Benny Wenda says the Melanesian region risks becoming “another East Timor”. The ... <a title="Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/latest-puncak-jaya-massacre-reveals-west-papua-is-a-time-bomb-claims-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda">Read more</a>

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PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues

July 19, 2024

PANG Media The PANG media team at this month’s Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji caught up with independent journalist, author and educator Dr David Robie and questioned him on his views about decolonisation in the Pacific. Dr Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN), a co-organiser ... <a title="PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/pang-talks-to-journalist-david-robie-on-pacific-decolonisation-issues/" aria-label="Read more about PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues">Read more</a>

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Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities

July 17, 2024

By Margot Staunton, RNZ senior journalist and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A Kanak political commentator in Aotearoa New Zealand says calls to separate New Caledonia into pro- and anti-independence provinces would worsen racial inequality in the Pacific territory. Unrest continues in the capital Nouméa, with the nephew of New Caledonia Congress pro-independence president shot ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/kanaky-new-caledonia-crisis-kanak-lawyer-warns-separatism-will-worsen-inequalities/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities">Read more</a>

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When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena

July 15, 2024

Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>

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‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought Bush Wara land

July 14, 2024

By Kelvin Joe and Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Two widows and their children were among other Papua New Guinean squatters who had to dismantle their homes as the eviction exercise started at portion 2157 at Nine-Mile’s Bush Wara this week. Agnes Kamak, 52, from Jiwaka’s South Waghi, and Jen Emeke, from Enga’s Wapenamanda, said ... <a title="‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought Bush Wara land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/14/we-slept-in-the-open-say-png-evicted-widows-who-bought-bush-wara-land/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought Bush Wara land">Read more</a>

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New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia

July 14, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk More armoured vehicles and firetrucks have been delivered for Kanaky New Caledonia’s security forces, including police and firemen. The France-freighted shipment consignment arrived aboard a cargo vessel, the Calao, the French High Commission announced on Thursday. It contained 10 more armoured vehicles for the security forces, ... <a title="New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/14/new-riot-vehicle-shipment-arrives-for-police-firemen-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia">Read more</a>

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A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties

July 13, 2024

ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But the result in the Pacific territory Kanaky New Caledonia was also in many ways historic. Of the two assembly representatives decided, a position fell on either side of the deep ... <a title="A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/a-surprising-litmus-test-for-kanaky-new-caledonias-independence-parties/" aria-label="Read more about A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties">Read more</a>

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Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10

July 11, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Riots in Kanaky New Caledonia claimed their 10th victim yesterday. The death took place as a result of an exchange of fire between a group of rioters in the village of Saint Louis (near the capital Nouméa) and French gendarmes, local news media reported. Nouméa Public ... <a title="Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/11/death-toll-in-kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-reaches-10/" aria-label="Read more about Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10">Read more</a>