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November 21, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A rift within New Caledonia’s pro-independence movement has further widened after the second component of the “moderates”, the UPM (Progressist Union in Melanesia), has officially announced it has now left the once united Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS). The UPM announcement, at a press ... <a title="New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/new-caledonias-pro-independence-split-widens-another-party-quits-flnks/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand From left to right: Police Minister Mark Mitchell, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The coalition says its tough on crime approach is working as a new survey reports 38,000 fewer victims of serious violent crime. The figure is close to double the government’s ... <a title="Coalition lauds 38,000 fewer victims of violent crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/coalition-lauds-38000-fewer-victims-of-violent-crime/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition lauds 38,000 fewer victims of violent crime">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Christopher Warren There’s been skillful work in journalism’s dark arts on display in the UK this past week, as the nasty British right-wing media pack tore down two senior BBC executives. The right-wing culture warriors will be celebrating big time. They reckon they’ve put a big dent in Britain’s most trusted and most ... <a title="Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It won’t save the ABC either" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/bending-over-backwards-for-the-right-isnt-saving-the-bbc-it-wont-save-the-abc-either/" aria-label="Read more about Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It won’t save the ABC either">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has called on the Samoan Prime Minister to lift the ban preventing the daily newspaper Samoa Observer from attending government press conferences. “The measure is totally unacceptable — it comes after one of its journalists filed a complaint over violence committed by the ... <a title="RSF calls on Samoan PM to lift ‘unacceptable’ ban on Samoa Observer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/rsf-calls-on-samoan-pm-to-lift-unacceptable-ban-on-samoa-observer/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls on Samoan PM to lift ‘unacceptable’ ban on Samoa Observer">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist in Tonga Two new noble representatives have been elected in Tonga, according to results announced today in Nuku’alofa. Lord Dalgety, chairman of the Tonga Electoral Commission, announced the results of the nobles election at the Palace Office in the Tongan capital shortly after midday. The two newly elected ... <a title="Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/tonga-election-two-new-lords-as-9-noble-seats-decided/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. Lillian Hanly Te Pāti Māori’s youngest MP has broken her silence, following the expulsion of her former colleagues, saying it has felt like “a divorce between two parents.” “My answer to both sides face to face has been that you are all in the wrong.” Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke says she’s ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/te-pati-maori-mp-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-breaks-silence-on-mps-expulsion/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ First leader Winston Peters told Radio Waatea his party will repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill if re-elected. RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has vowed to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) if re-elected next year. It’s prompted the bill’s key proponent, ACT leader David Seymour, ... <a title="Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/winston-peters-vows-to-repeal-regulatory-standards-bill-david-seymour-hits-back/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford A government bill will stop schools opting out of international maths and reading tests and speed up intervention in failing schools. It will also give a new property agency the power to force schools to spend money on building works. The Education and Training (System Reform) Bill ... <a title="Government bill prevents schools from opting out of international maths, reading tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/government-bill-prevents-schools-from-opting-out-of-international-maths-reading-tests/" aria-label="Read more about Government bill prevents schools from opting out of international maths, reading tests">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo Subianto’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship “breakfast” policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another “treaty” of little import. Duncan Graham reports. COMMENTARY: By Duncan Graham Under-reported in the Australian and New Zealand media, Indonesia has been gripped by protests this year, some of them violent. ... <a title="Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/canberra-pandering-to-prabowo-while-ignoring-unrest-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Pike River families say their meeting with the Workplace Safety Minister was “a complete waste of time”. Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse sat down with Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden at Parliament on the 15th anniversary of the Pike River disaster. ... <a title="Meeting with govt ‘complete waste of time’, Pike River families say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/meeting-with-govt-complete-waste-of-time-pike-river-families-say/" aria-label="Read more about Meeting with govt ‘complete waste of time’, Pike River families say">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
The UN Security Council passed a regime change resolution against Gaza on Monday, effectively issuing a mandate for an invasion force to enter the besieged coastal enclave and install a US-led ruling authority by force. ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh Passing with 13 votes in favour and none in defiance, the new UN Security Council (UNSC) ... <a title="A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means in practice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/a-shameful-mandate-for-force-what-the-unscs-gaza-resolution-means-in-practice/" aria-label="Read more about A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means in practice">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Regional student journalists at the University of the South Pacific have condemned the Samoan Prime Minister’s ban on the Samoa Observer newspaper, branding it as a “deliberate and systemic attempt to restrict public scrutiny”. The Journalism Students’ Association (JSA) at USP said in a statement today it was “deeplyconcerned” about Samoan Prime ... <a title="Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/regional-pacific-student-journalists-condemn-samoa-pms-ban-as-deeply-troubling/" aria-label="Read more about Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’">Read more</a>
