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June 10, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm June 10, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:30pm (USEST). Today, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will examine: At a micro level, how ‘Post-Colonial Blowback’ has impacted on New Caledonia, Gaza, South Africa, India and even New Zealand. And ... <a title="LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Colonial Blowback and Global Conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/live-recording-a-view-from-afar-post-colonial-blowback-and-global-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Colonial Blowback and Global Conflict">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A “dialogue mission” set up by French President Emmanuel Macron when he visited New Caledonia last month has reportedly left the French Pacific territory. The “mediation and work” mission consists of three high-level public servants — Eric Thiers, Frédéric Potier and Rémi Bastille — who have ... <a title="Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/macrons-dialogue-mission-takes-a-break-from-unrest-ridden-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 20,000 protesters marched through the heart of New Zealand’s largest city Auckland today demonstrating against the unpopular Fast Track Approvals Bill that critics fear will ruin the country’s environment, undermine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi with indigenous Māori, and open the door to corruption. Holding placards declaring the coalition government is ... <a title="‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track draft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/greedy-lying-racists-kill-the-bill-say-thousands-of-nz-protesters-over-fast-track-draft/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track draft">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader James Nomane says Parliament needs to be recalled immediately as the gravity of Wednesday’s actions to adjourn Parliament to dodge no-confidence vote “is something that cannot be taken lightly and can’t be dismissed”. “This is not a dictatorship but a democratic country,” he said. ... <a title="PNG ‘no dictatorship’, says opposition leader Nomane over foiled vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/png-no-dictatorship-says-opposition-leader-nomane-over-foiled-vote/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘no dictatorship’, says opposition leader Nomane over foiled vote">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Kanak people in Aotearoa New Zealand are lamenting the loss of family and friends in Kanaky New Caledonia, following mass rioting and civil unrest since mid-May prompted by an electoral reform believed to threaten dilution of the indigenous voice. A fono (meeting) at Māngere East Community ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-people-of-palestine-and-kanaks-are-in-the-frontline/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist People in Kanaky New Caledonia are disappointed that the riots last month are now being overshadowed by the Parliament elections and the Olympic Games. New Caledonia High Commissioner Louis Le Franc said the European elections tomorrow will take place, despite some local municipalities indicating that they are experiencing difficulties. ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-nobody-talks-about-whats-happening-here-anymore/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand will make its annual payment of $1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as scheduled. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has confirmed the news in a tweet. “This follows careful consideration of the UN’s response — including through external and internal investigations — to serious allegations against ... <a title="NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/nz-to-make-unrwa-payment-after-gaza-controversy-says-peters/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A Pacific regional network has deplored what they call increasing brutality on Kanak youth in Kanaky New Caledonia and the deployment of thousands of troops. New Caledonia has experienced a wave of violence with Nouméa the scene of riots, blockades, looting and deadly clashes since mid-May. France has sent ... <a title="Force not the answer in Kanaky New Caledonia, says PANG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/07/force-not-the-answer-in-kanaky-new-caledonia-says-pang/" aria-label="Read more about Force not the answer in Kanaky New Caledonia, says PANG">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The president and board of the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia has appealed in an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron to scrap the constitutional procedure to “unfreeze” the electorate, and to complete the “decolonisation project” initiated by the Nouméa Accords. “If anyone can help us roll back the tombstone ... <a title="Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete decolonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/07/open-letter-to-president-macron-end-kanak-vote-unfreezing-and-complete-decolonisation/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete decolonisation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News reporter, in Niue Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants New Zealand to be a partner of choice in the Pacific, as other countries make moves in the region. Luxon is in Niue ahead of bilateral talks with Premier Dalton Tagalagi, and to celebrate 50 years of free association between ... <a title="NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/nzs-prime-minister-luxon-in-niue-this-is-the-pacific-family/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Jimmy Naouna in Nouméa The unrest that has gripped Kanaky New Caledonia is the direct result of French President Emmanuel Macron’s partisan and stubborn political manoeuvring to derail the process towards self-determination in my homeland. The deadly riots that erupted two weeks ago in the capital, Nouméa, were sparked by an electoral reform ... <a title="Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/jimmy-naouna-macrons-handling-of-kanaky-new-caledonia-isnt-working-we-need-a-new-way/" aria-label="Read more about Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Police in New Caledonia have a new weapon in their arsenal — state of the art armoured vehicles with machine guns, flown in from France to take control of the law and order situation following the violent unrest. The state of emergency was lifted in the territory last ... <a title="France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/france-sends-armoured-vehicles-with-machine-gun-capability-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia">Read more</a>