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August 1, 2023
Pacific Journalism Review Research on climate crisis as the new target for disinformation peddlers, governance and the media, China’s growing communication influence, and journalism training strategies feature strongly in the latest Pacific Journalism Review. Byron C. Clark, author of the recent controversial book Fear: New Zealand’s Hostile Underworld of Extremists, and Canterbury University postgraduate researcher ... <a title="Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/disinformation-and-climate-crisis-governance-training-feature-in-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Cabinet Minister David Parker recently told the Spinoff he’s reading “The Triumph of Injustice – how the wealthy avoid paying tax and how to fix it”, by Berkeley economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez. The book complains that leftwing politicians throughout the world have forsaken their historic duty to innovate ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-can-david-parker-push-labour-back-onto-a-more-progressive-path/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Ben McKay (Australian Associated Press): National on track to govern in latest New Zealand poll Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Boom: Roy Morgan Poll: MMP Spectrum Splintering: ... <a title="Newsletter: August 1 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/newsletter-august-1-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 1 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Janet Wilson (Stuff): Hipkins risks getting lost in the fog of war Vernon Small (Stuff): The signs we’ve reached the point of no political return Farah ... <a title="Newsletter: July 14 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/newsletter-july-14-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: July 14 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
By Bernadette Carreon and Aubrey Belford A major daily newspaper in Solomon Islands received nearly US$140,000 in funding from the Chinese government in return for pledges to “promote the truth about China’s generosity and its true intentions to help develop” the Pacific Islands country, according to a leaked document and interviews. The revelation comes amid ... <a title="Solomon Star promised to ‘promote China’ in return for funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/solomon-star-promised-to-promote-china-in-return-for-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Star promised to ‘promote China’ in return for funding">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva The Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) has warned that the nation needs to prepare itself to face more children being in conflict with the law. Chief executive officer Vani Catanasiga highlighted this while responding to Attorney-General Siromi Turaga’s revelation at the Lomaiviti Provincial Council meeting last week that schoolchildren ... <a title="Fiji faces more children being in trouble over ‘ice’, warns FCOSS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/fiji-faces-more-children-being-in-trouble-over-ice-warns-fcoss/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji faces more children being in trouble over ‘ice’, warns FCOSS">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesia has stepped up its campaign of repression against West Papuans peacefully rallying for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), says a Papuan advocacy leader. Benny Wenda, interim president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), said a “massive military and police presence” greeted Papuans who had taken ... <a title="Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/wenda-accuses-jakarta-of-crackdown-in-response-to-papuan-msg-rallies/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Jakarta of crackdown in response to Papuan MSG rallies">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2023
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter A board member at RNZ appointed less than a month ago quit this week after making public comments on former Justice Minister Kiri Allan’s downfall and criticising media coverage of it. RNZ had asked Jason Ake to stop and the government said he breached official obligations of neutrality, but ... <a title="Mediawatch: Kiri Allan’s resignation sparks another ‘on principle’ at RNZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/31/mediawatch-kiri-allans-resignation-sparks-another-on-principle-at-rnz/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Kiri Allan’s resignation sparks another ‘on principle’ at RNZ">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2023
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva “The people of Fiji don’t deserve to go through another coup.” This was the view shared by Fiji Navy commander Captain Humphrey Tawake while speaking to The Fiji Times during the Fiji Navy Day celebrations at Stanley Brown Naval Base in Walu Bay, Suva, this week. “Fiji, as a nation ... <a title="‘No more coups’, Fiji’s navy commander tells nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/30/no-more-coups-fijis-navy-commander-tells-nation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No more coups’, Fiji’s navy commander tells nation">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2023
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific An international relations professor says that if New Zealand joins AUKUS it could impact on its relations with Pacific countries. AUKUS is a security agreement between Australia, the UK and the US, which will see Australia supplied with nuclear-powered submarines. That has raised concern in the Pacific, which is under ... <a title="Potential AUKUS deal could divide NZ and Pacific, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/29/potential-aukus-deal-could-divide-nz-and-pacific-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Potential AUKUS deal could divide NZ and Pacific, says academic">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. New Zealand First aren’t being given the attention they warrant by political commentators in the lead-up to this year’s election, with most rubbishing or downplaying the chances of Winston Peters and his party making it back into Parliament. This is despite the fact that the party is bubbling just below the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How NZ First might “take back our country”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-nz-first-might-take-back-our-country/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How NZ First might “take back our country”">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2023
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila French President Emmanuel Macron and Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau have reached an agreement to settle the “land problem” in the southern region of Vanuatu before the end of this year. Prime Minister Kalsakau made this declaration during his speech at the 7th Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival (MACFEST) ... <a title="France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/28/france-vanuatu-agree-to-sort-out-southern-land-border-dispute/" aria-label="Read more about France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute">Read more</a>
