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May 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month — just hours before the nomination deadline. The three are Pascale Haiti, Jonathan Tariha’a and Sylviane Terooatea. Haiti, a former member of the French Polynesian Assembly, is the partner of party founder and leader Gaston Flosse, ... <a title="Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/flosses-amuitahiraa-party-names-candidates-for-french-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2022
By Mara Cepeda in Manila Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo will not allow the massive, volunteer-led movement she inspired in the 2022 presidential elections to just fade away following her loss to the late dictator’s son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Facing tens of thousands of her supporters during her thanksgiving event at the Ateneo de Manila ... <a title="After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine history’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/16/after-election-defeat-robredo-to-lead-biggest-volunteer-movement-in-philippine-history/" aria-label="Read more about After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine history’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2022
The world reacts over the assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the desecration of her funeral by Israeli security forces. Video: Al Jazeera OPEN LETTER to the Foreign Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand, Nanaia Mahuta: Kia ora Nanaia, We have been informed that the Wellington City Council has been advised by the Ministry ... <a title="Open letter to Nanaia Mahuta: Do the right thing over Palestine protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/15/open-letter-to-nanaia-mahuta-do-the-right-thing-over-palestine-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Nanaia Mahuta: Do the right thing over Palestine protest">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2022
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that she has tested positive for covid-19. Her daughter Neve tested positive on Wednesday, she added in the post. Her partner Clarke Gayford tested positive on Sunday. “Despite best efforts, unfortunately I’ve joined the rest of my family and tested positive for covid-19,” Ardern wrote on social ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for covid-19 – NZ cases rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/14/pm-jacinda-ardern-tests-positive-for-covid-19-nz-cases-rising/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for covid-19 – NZ cases rising">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Aotearoa New Zealand’s chair of the Māori Council, Matthew Tūkākī, has revealed the degree of “horrific abuse” he has been facing in a Today FM radio discussion about the forthcoming Tauranga byelection in the city claimed to be a hotspot of white supremacy and racism. He joined Lloyd Burr on Today’s ... <a title="Tūkākī reveals ‘horrific abuse’ he receives over NZ’s hotspot of racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/14/tukaki-reveals-horrific-abuse-he-receives-over-nzs-hotspot-of-racism/" aria-label="Read more about Tūkākī reveals ‘horrific abuse’ he receives over NZ’s hotspot of racism">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Activists have condemned alleged terror and intimidation against Papuan human rights activists and called the police to thoroughly investigate an alleged arson attack at Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) on Monday. The Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) and Papua Humanitarian Coalition, condemned the alleged attack of burning ... <a title="Activists demand full probe into terror attack on Papuan legal aid office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/14/activists-demand-full-probe-into-terror-attack-on-papuan-legal-aid-office/" aria-label="Read more about Activists demand full probe into terror attack on Papuan legal aid office">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup is entirely subscriber-funded. The ethos behind this public service is to help foster a robust and informed public debate, with a great diversity of perspectives. If you appreciate what we are doing in providing non-partisan analysis and information about politics, economy, and society, please consider helping us keep ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What happened to the big “immigration reset”?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-what-happened-to-the-big-immigration-reset/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What happened to the big “immigration reset”?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby On the eve of Papua New Guinea heading into its 2022 national general elections, the bearer of one of the highest offices in the country has tragically died. Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil died in a head-on vehicle collision along the Bulolo Highway in Morobe Province on Wednesday night. ... <a title="Driver in deputy PM’s fatal accident in hospital, PNG police call for calm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/driver-in-deputy-pms-fatal-accident-in-hospital-png-police-call-for-calm/" aria-label="Read more about Driver in deputy PM’s fatal accident in hospital, PNG police call for calm">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu’s outgoing president, Obed Moses Tallis, has urged the government not to abolish the Ministry of Justice, warning against a “dictatorial system”. His opening speech to Parliament’s first “ordinary” session of 2022 is his final duty of his mandate which will end in July. “In my observation during my five-year term as a ... <a title="Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/vanuatu-president-warns-against-dictatorship-if-justice-ministry-is-abolished/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s policemen and women around the country have been ordered to arrest and charge anyone in possession of illegal firearms — which carries life imprisonment under the amended law — from the May 19 deadline. Police Commissioner David Manning, who is also the Registrar of Firearms, said ... <a title="PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/png-police-order-crackdown-on-illegal-firearms-as-deadline-looms/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) director Emanuel Gobay says a participant of a demonstration in Jayapura opposing the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) in Papua is in a critical condition after being shot by a rubber bullet allegedly fired by a police officer. Earlier, police forcibly broke up a demonstration ... <a title="Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over West Papua carve up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/protester-critically-injured-by-rubber-bullet-7-arrested-in-protest-over-west-papua-carve-up/" aria-label="Read more about Protester critically injured by rubber bullet, 7 arrested in protest over West Papua carve up">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Modern ‘western’ governments are known as ‘liberal democracies’. While each political party in a liberal democracy has a ‘policy agenda’ which it would like to implement, only single-party governments have a realistic opportunity to fully implement their agenda; and they typically need multiple terms of single party (or near single party) ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Liberal Democracy in the new neonationalist era: The Three ‘O’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/13/keith-rankin-essay-liberal-democracy-in-the-new-neonationalist-era-the-three-os/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Liberal Democracy in the new neonationalist era: The Three ‘O’s">Read more</a>
