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September 24, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Back in the day, Economics 101 students learned that trying to recover from a depressed economy using monetary policy alone was like ‘pushing on a string’. Easy monetary policy is supposed to work by getting people – households, businesses, and governments – to incur more debt; in a phrase, to borrow ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Pushing a String: Ineffective Monetary Policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/24/keith-rankin-analysis-pushing-a-string-ineffective-monetary-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Pushing a String: Ineffective Monetary Policy">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2025
Essay by Keith Rankin. Today’s geopolitics is already coming very close to a war (mainly of words, so far) between Asia and Europe (both entities broadly and loosely defined). For geopolitical purposes we may call this a war of hubris and cant between East and West. Conveniently for the West, the words East and Evil ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Geopolitical rugby: Bad plays Evil, for the final World Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/16/keith-rankin-essay-geopolitical-rugby-bad-plays-evil-for-the-final-world-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Geopolitical rugby: Bad plays Evil, for the final World Cup">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2025
Earlier today, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said his cabinet would not decide on whether to formally recognise Palestine as a state for some weeks to come. Luxon’s announcement drew criticism from advocacy groups, labelling his position as weak and cowardly. Luxon claimed the issue was ‘complex’ and New Zealanders should not expect a ... <a title="New Zealand PM Luxon Labelled as Weak and Cowardly After Delaying Decision on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/new-zealand-pm-luxon-labelled-as-weak-and-cowardly-after-delaying-decision-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand PM Luxon Labelled as Weak and Cowardly After Delaying Decision on Palestine">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2025
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Bougainvilleans went to the polls today, keen to elect a leader who will continue their fight for independence. “There’s a mood of excitement among the people here,” said Electoral Commissioner Desmond Tsianai. “It is important that this election is successful and credible, because we want legitimate leaders in ... <a title="‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push for independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/05/we-want-legitimate-leaders-bougainvilleans-head-to-the-polls-amid-push-for-independence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push for independence">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2025
Essay by Keith Rankin. The failing nation-states of Western Europe are not peacemakers. They are warmongers, the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ – the Coalition of Sanctimony and Hypocrisy. They are trying to frame the current geopolitical struggle between a unipolar versus a multipolar world order as a struggle of the ‘Democratic’ Axis of Good against ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – The Coalition of Sanctimony and Hypocrisy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/05/keith-rankin-essay-the-coalition-of-sanctimony-and-hypocrisy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – The Coalition of Sanctimony and Hypocrisy">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
By Antony Loewenstein in Sydney The grim facts should speak for themselves. Since 7 October 2023, Israel has deliberately killed an unprecedented number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those brave individuals are smeared as Hamas operatives and terrorists by Israel and its supporters. But the real story behind this, beyond just Western racism and dehumanisation ... <a title="Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/antony-loewenstein-israels-murderous-killing-spree-against-palestinian-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer A West Papuan activist says the transfer of four political prisoners by Indonesian authorities is a breach of human rights. In April, the men were arrested on charges of treason after requesting peace talks in the city of Sorong in southwest Papua. They were then transferred to Makassar ... <a title="Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/prisoner-transfer-sparks-new-human-rights-concerns-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
RNZ Pacific The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address Papua New Guinea’s national Parliament today. The UN chief is in Papua New Guinea on a four-day official state visit September 2-5. Prime Minister James Marape has held bilateral discussions with Guterres at his Melanesian House Office in Port Moresby yesterday. “We remain fully committed ... <a title="UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/un-chief-to-address-png-parliament-today-during-historic-visit/" aria-label="Read more about UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Israel is boosting its Zionist influence in the Pacific. Australia has exposed such media influence. The media in the Philippines is now under scrutiny. And Aotearoa New Zealand? COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello When the Flores and Velasco articles and posts whitewashing Israel’s genocidal policies in Gaza first came out a few days ago, I was ... <a title="Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists. It is far worse’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/walden-bello-on-gaza-and-the-media-silence-it-isnt-fear-of-the-zionists-it-is-far-worse/" aria-label="Read more about Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists. It is far worse’">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Reporters Without Borders In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets from over 70 countries simultaneously blacked out their front pages and website homepages, and interrupt their broadcasting to condemn the murder of journalists by the Israeli army in the Gaza ... <a title="250+ media ‘black out’ front pages and broadcasts to protest Israeli killing of journalists in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/250-media-black-out-front-pages-and-broadcasts-to-protest-israeli-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about 250+ media ‘black out’ front pages and broadcasts to protest Israeli killing of journalists in Gaza">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted that the country may “hold its first-ever referendum” following a landmark Supreme Court opinion aimed at amending the 2013 Constitution. On Friday, the nation’s highest court ruled that thresholds for constitutional amendments should be lowered — requiring only a two-thirds majority ... <a title="Fijian PM Rabuka hints at ‘historic’ referendum after landmark court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/fijian-pm-rabuka-hints-at-historic-referendum-after-landmark-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian PM Rabuka hints at ‘historic’ referendum after landmark court ruling">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
RNZ News New Zealand police say planning is well underway ahead of a pro-Palestinian march that will shut the Auckland Harbour bridge later this month. The organisers are expecting thousands to turn out for the “March for Humanity” which is due to be held on September 13. Police told RNZ they were working with partner ... <a title="Police plan for march which will shut Auckland Harbour Bridge this month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/police-plan-for-march-which-will-shut-auckland-harbour-bridge-this-month/" aria-label="Read more about Police plan for march which will shut Auckland Harbour Bridge this month">Read more</a>
