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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford have unveiled changes to how students’ progress is reported. The government says the new reports will give families clearer information about their children. It says the reports will ensure all primary and intermediate schools describe children’s achievement in reading, writing and maths ... <a title="Watch: PM Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford on reporting students’ progress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/watch-pm-christopher-luxon-and-education-minister-erica-stanford-on-reporting-students-progress/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: PM Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford on reporting students’ progress">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s government has defended the use of force to evict residents of an informal settlement in the capital Port Moresby. Police used tear gas to move people out of the Two-Mile settlement last week, while heavy machinery was used to tear down homes and two people were killed in clashes. Acting ... <a title="PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers in capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/png-govt-defends-using-tear-gas-force-to-evict-illegal-settlers-in-capital/" aria-label="Read more about PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers in capital">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Jones, pictured in 2024, “does not want New Zealand to join the Declaration,” a Ministry for Foreign Affairs official informed his colleagues. RNZ / Tess Brunton Resources Minister Shane Jones shut down the possibility of New Zealand signing up to a ‘road map’ away from fossil fuels at the annual ... <a title="Shane Jones shut down NZ involvement in ‘road map’ away from fossil fuels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/shane-jones-shut-down-nz-involvement-in-road-map-away-from-fossil-fuels/" aria-label="Read more about Shane Jones shut down NZ involvement in ‘road map’ away from fossil fuels">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I don’t know what to say today. We are ruled by abusive monsters. The US is preparing for war with Iran. They’re going in for the kill shot on Cuba. The latest batch of Epstein emails looks horrifying. The US is full ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Our rulers are psychopaths and they’re making everything awful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/caitlin-johnstone-our-rulers-are-psychopaths-and-theyre-making-everything-awful/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Our rulers are psychopaths and they’re making everything awful">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Political leaders in a Papua New Guinea province plagued by gun violence are making a collective stand to stop it. There is a new sense of political will among Enga Province’s political leaders and police to come down hard on the use of illegal weapons. But they are ... <a title="Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/leaders-of-pngs-enga-province-plagued-by-violence-vow-to-weed-out-illegal-guns/" aria-label="Read more about Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Speaker and Labour MP Adrian Rurawhe gives his valedictory speech to MPs in Parliament. VNP / Phil Smith With the 2026 General Election looming, Parliament has begun the ritual of farewell speeches from MPs choosing not to contest another term. Known in parliamentary parlance as valedictory statements, the year’s first ... <a title="Adrian Rurawhe: From Rātana Pā to the Speakers Chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/adrian-rurawhe-from-ratana-pa-to-the-speakers-chair/" aria-label="Read more about Adrian Rurawhe: From Rātana Pā to the Speakers Chair">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
COMMENTARY: By John Menadue Western leaders defend the rules-based international order when it suits them, but remain largely silent as those same rules are breached by the United States and Israel. The result is a system that shields the powerful and abandons the vulnerable — most starkly in Palestine. The white men and a few ... <a title="Greenland and Western hypocrisy over the rules-based international order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/greenland-and-western-hypocrisy-over-the-rules-based-international-order/" aria-label="Read more about Greenland and Western hypocrisy over the rules-based international order">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand protesters in Tamaki Makaurau today heralded a global demand for the freedom of thousands of Palestinians who have been unlawfully imprisoned by Israel in its illegal occupation of Palestine. Today is the Red Ribbon Campaign’s global day of solidarity for Palestinian hostages or political prisoners. It is the culmination of ... <a title="Protesters demand freedom for 9000+ Palestinian ‘political prisoners’ held hostage by Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/protesters-demand-freedom-for-9000-palestinian-political-prisoners-held-hostage-by-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters demand freedom for 9000+ Palestinian ‘political prisoners’ held hostage by Israel">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2026
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal / RNZ Pacific correspondent The death earlier this month of a 26-year veteran of the US Army from the Micronesian island of Kosrae, who was an ardent advocate for healthcare benefits for island veterans, highlights the ongoing lack of promised US healthcare support for those who served in ... <a title="Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/31/micronesia-island-us-military-veterans-struggle-to-get-healthcare/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames Dear warmongers: You are sleepwalking towards a war in the Middle East that could set the whole world ablaze. Do not pretend you don’t know this. Your generals know it. Your intelligence agencies know it. Financial markets know it. Every citizen with a memory longer than a news cycle can ... <a title="Open letter: Seven warning signals to the global warmongers who are claiming to lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/open-letter-seven-warning-signals-to-the-global-warmongers-who-are-claiming-to-lead/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter: Seven warning signals to the global warmongers who are claiming to lead">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the scene. It is not built around dances or memes, but instead positions itself as a space promising fewer shadowbans and greater ... <a title="UpScrolled – the Australian pro-Palestine platform shaking up global social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/upscrolled-the-australian-pro-palestine-platform-shaking-up-global-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about UpScrolled – the Australian pro-Palestine platform shaking up global social media">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the scene. It is not built around dances or memes, but instead positions itself as a space promising fewer shadowbans and greater freedom of political expression, particularly for pro-Palestinian voices. So, ... <a title="UpScrolled – the pro-Palestine platform shaking up social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/upscrolled-the-pro-palestine-platform-shaking-up-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about UpScrolled – the pro-Palestine platform shaking up social media">Read more</a>
