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Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’

November 28, 2024

Despite Australia’s draconian anti-protest laws, the world’s biggest coal port was closed for four hours at the weekend with 170 protesters being charged — but climate demonstrations will continue. Twenty further arrests were made at a protest at the Federal Parliament yesterday. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon Newcastle port, the world’s biggest coal port, was ... <a title="Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/climate-protests-to-continue-despite-170-charged-in-newcastle-protestival/" aria-label="Read more about Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’">Read more</a>

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Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation

November 27, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis “Flashpoint” in a foreign news story usually brings to mind the Middle East or the border between North and South Korea. It is not a term usually associated with New Zealand but last week it was there in headline type. News outlets around the world carried reports of the Hīkoi and ... <a title="Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/cynical-politics-reported-on-world-stage-damage-nzs-reputation/" aria-label="Read more about Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation">Read more</a>

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Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for New Caledonia

November 27, 2024

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters has used a speech in Paris to urge France to keep an open mind about a new path forward for New Caledonia. He also wants to deepen New Zealand’s relationship with France, and wants a stronger focus from the European country on ... <a title="Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/peters-urges-france-to-keep-open-mind-on-new-path-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for New Caledonia">Read more</a>

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Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party

November 26, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The election of Emmanuel Tjibaou as the new president of New Caledonia’s main pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has triggered a whole range of political reactions — mostly favourable, some more cautious. Within the pro-independence camp, the two main moderate parties UPM (Progressist Union in ... <a title="Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/26/mixed-reactions-to-tjibaous-election-to-key-kanak-pro-independence-party/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party">Read more</a>

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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

November 25, 2024

RNZ Pacific The United Nations climate change summit COP29 has “once again ignored” the Pacific Islands, a group of regional climate advocacy organisations say. The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) said today that “the richest nations turned their backs on their legal and moral obligations” as the UN meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, fell short ... <a title="COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-pacific-climate-advocates-decry-outcome-as-a-catastrophic-failure/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’">Read more</a>

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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’

November 25, 2024

By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter A new carbon credit trading deal reached in the final hours of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been criticised as a free pass for countries to slack off on efforts to reduce emissions at home. The deal, sealed at the annual UN climate talks nearly a decade after ... <a title="COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/25/cop29-carbon-credit-trading-scheme-criticised-as-get-out-of-jail-free-card/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail free card’">Read more</a>

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Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens 

November 24, 2024

RNZ News For almost six decades photographer John Miller (Ngāpuhi) has been a protest photographer in Aotearoa New Zealand. From his first photographs of an anti-Vietnam War protest on Auckland’s Albert Street as a high school student in 1967, to Hīkoi mō te Tiriti last week, Miller has focused much of his work on the ... <a title="Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/24/protest-photographer-john-miller-records-hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-with-his-historic-lens/" aria-label="Read more about Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens ">Read more</a>

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Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult members

November 23, 2024

RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua has ordered an inquiry into the “possible unauthorised issuance of passports” by immigration staff and “offered to step aside temporarily from role”. In a statement on Thursday night, Tikoduadua said the passports in question were issued to the children of the South Korean Christian doomsday ... <a title="Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult members" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/23/fijis-immigration-minister-steps-down-temporarily-over-unauthorised-passports-for-cult-members/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult members">Read more</a>

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‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC arrest warrants

November 22, 2024

Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: In The Hague, the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during Israel’s assault on Gaza. In a statement, the ICC said the Israeli leaders had, “intentionally and knowingly deprived the ... <a title="‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC arrest warrants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/22/wanted-for-war-crimes-over-gaza-israels-netanyahu-gallant-face-icc-arrest-warrants/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC arrest warrants">Read more</a>

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Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle

November 21, 2024

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution — for the fourth time — in Israel’s war on Gaza, while Hezbollah demands a complete ceasefire and “protection of Lebanon’s sovereignty” in any deal with Israel. Amid the death and devastation, Joe Hendren reflects on his time in Lebanon and examines what the ... <a title="Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/kia-kaha-lebanon-nz-media-only-tell-half-your-story-of-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle">Read more</a>

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Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective

November 20, 2024

An overview for our international readers of Asia Pacific Report. BACKGROUNDER: By Sarah Shamim A fight for Māori indigenous rights drew more than 50,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington yesterday. A nine-day-long Hīkoi, or peaceful march — a Māori tradition — was undertaken in protest against a bill that seeks ... <a title="Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/why-nz-is-protesting-over-colonial-era-treaty-bill-a-global-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective">Read more</a>

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Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national Hīkoi

November 20, 2024

RNZ News International media coverage of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national Hīkoi to Parliament has largely focused on the historic size of the turnout in Wellington yesterday and the wider contention between Māori and the Crown. Some, including The New York Times, have also pointed out the recent swing right with the election of the coalition ... <a title="Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national Hīkoi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/20/bill-would-render-the-treaty-worthless-world-reacts-to-national-hikoi/" aria-label="Read more about Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national Hīkoi">Read more</a>