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November 11, 2024
RNZ News From the misty peaks of Cape Reinga to the rain-soaked streets of Kawakawa, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national hīkoi mō Te Tiriti rolled through the north and arrived in Whangārei. Since setting off this morning numbers have swelled from a couple of hundred to well over 1000 people, demonstrating their opposition to the coalition ... <a title="Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build a nation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-day-one-lets-make-this-hikoi-build-a-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build a nation’">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2024
The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle for 30 hours. Despite the court ruling, Wendy Bacon reports that the protest will still go ahead next week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon In a decision delivered last Thursday, Justice ... <a title="Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/11/rising-tide-climate-crisis-protestival-to-go-ahead-despite-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2024
RNZ News A national hīkoi across Aotearoa New Zealand began today in the small Far North town of Te Kāo. Supporters gathered at Pōtahi Marae, before setting out tomorrow on the first leg of the long journey south. Travellers from Bluff at the far end of the South Island are also travelling toward Wellington to ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill protest hīkoi begins in Far North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/10/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-protest-hikoi-begins-in-far-north/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill protest hīkoi begins in Far North">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2024
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila The Philippine Supreme Court has granted temporary protection to an environmental activist abducted in Pangasinan earlier this year. In its resolution dated September 9 — but only made public this week — the court granted Francisco “Eco” Dangla III’s petition for temporary protection, and prohibited the respondents, including high-ranking soldiers ... <a title="Philippine Supreme Court orders ‘temporary protection’ for abducted environmental activist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/01/philippine-supreme-court-orders-temporary-protection-for-abducted-environmental-activist/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine Supreme Court orders ‘temporary protection’ for abducted environmental activist">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain As CHOGM came to a close, Samoa rightfully basked in the resounding success for the country and people as hosts of the Commonwealth leaders’ meeting. Footage of Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa swaying along to the siva dance as she sat beside Britain’s King Charles III encapsulated a palpable national ... <a title="‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/29/climate-chogm-success-for-samoa-but-whats-in-it-for-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews France has been criticised for the “alarming” death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its “cold shower” approach to decolonisation by experts of the UN Human Rights Committee. The UN committee met this week in Geneva for France’s five-yearly human rights review with a focus on its Pacific ... <a title="UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/un-experts-alarmed-by-kanaky-new-caledonia-deaths-as-pacific-fact-finding-mission-readies/" aria-label="Read more about UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea police say 10 people have been tragically killed after a series of violent “revenge killings” along the Laiagam-Sirunki Highway in the Highlands province of Enga. The attacks, which occured last Friday and Monday, are believed to be connected to an unresolved death that took place in ... <a title="PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/png-bus-shooting-this-sort-of-revenge-killing-is-unheard-of/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
The National, PNG Indonesia will offer amnesty to West Papuans who have contested Jakarta’s sovereignty over the Melanesian region resulting in conflicts and clashes with law enforcement agencies, says Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape. He arrived in Port Moresby on Monday night from Indonesia where he attended the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto ... <a title="Indonesia to offer ‘amnesty’ for West Papuans contesting Jakarta’s rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/indonesia-to-offer-amnesty-for-west-papuans-contesting-jakartas-rule/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia to offer ‘amnesty’ for West Papuans contesting Jakarta’s rule">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report France’s Supreme Court has overturned a judgment imprisoning pretrial in mainland France Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Tein, who is widely regarded as a political prisoner, reports Libération. Tein, who is head of the CCAT (Field Action Coordination Unit) in New Caledonia was in August elected president of the main pro-independence umbrella group ... <a title="Kanak leader Christian Tein’s jailing in France overturned in new legal twist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/kanak-leader-christian-teins-jailing-in-france-overturned-in-new-legal-twist/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak leader Christian Tein’s jailing in France overturned in new legal twist">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A deadly ambush unfolded in Enga province between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. last night, leaving multiple people dead after a bus was attacked by armed men. Police confirmed to the Post-Courier that bodies were found both inside the bus and scattered in nearby bushland. Men and women attempting ... <a title="Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/deadly-bus-ambush-in-pngs-enga-province-kills-wounds-many/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 years from Indonesia, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report, If It’s Not Racism, What Is It? Discrimination and other abuses against Papuans in Indonesia, said ... <a title="Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/discrimination-faced-by-indigenous-papuans-isnt-something-new-says-disturbing-new-rights-report/" aria-label="Read more about Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days ahead of a public holiday marking France’s annexation of the Pacific archipelago. The pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) decried the deaths yesterday as “barbaric and humiliating methods” ... <a title="French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/20/french-police-shoot-dead-two-kanaks-in-new-caledonian-assassinations/" aria-label="Read more about French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’">Read more</a>
