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Caledonian Union vows to end French ‘neo-colonial putsch’ in Pacific

April 6, 2022

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party says it will not give up on the gains made in terms of decolonisation from France under the 1998 Noumea Accord. Party president Daniel Goa made the statement in an address at the party congress in the north of the main island Grande Terre at the weekend, outlining ... <a title="Caledonian Union vows to end French ‘neo-colonial putsch’ in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/caledonian-union-vows-to-end-french-neo-colonial-putsch-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Caledonian Union vows to end French ‘neo-colonial putsch’ in Pacific">Read more</a>

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Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’

April 6, 2022

RNZ News Deeper and and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit the worst effects of global warming, a climate scientist has warned. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in a report that global emissions of CO2 would need to peak within three years to stave off the ... <a title="Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/climate-change-ipcc-scientist-warns-world-pretty-much-out-of-time/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’">Read more</a>

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Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable

April 6, 2022

ANALYSIS: By Transform Aqorau in Honiara It has been an interesting couple of weeks for Solomon Islands, with stories of policing, weapons, replica weapons and a security agreement with China dominating the local and regional media. Let’s start with the issue of arming the police. After the tensions, for a long time Solomon police did ... <a title="Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/transform-aqorau-rethinking-solomon-islands-security-focus-on-arms-unsustainable/" aria-label="Read more about Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable">Read more</a>

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Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler

April 6, 2022

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Ahead of national elections in the Philippines next month, the state has stepped up its attacks on Nobel Peave laureate Maria Ressa and the news outlet she leads, Rappler, reports the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders global media watchdog. “This dramatic escalation in the legal harassment of Maria Ressa and Rappler highlights ... <a title="Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/media-watchdogs-slam-16-new-legal-complaints-against-ressa-rappler/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler">Read more</a>

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New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid pandemic

April 6, 2022

RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand will remain at the red covid-19 traffic light setting, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Ardern made the announcement at today’s post-cabinet media briefing. She said the rolling average of cases had declined 36 percent in the two weeks since the government refined the traffic light system. There had been early ... <a title="New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/new-zealand-to-remain-at-red-covid-19-traffic-light-setting-amid-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand to remain at red covid-19 traffic light setting amid pandemic">Read more</a>

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First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid funds

April 6, 2022

RNZ Pacific The first female premier of a Solomon Islands province is appealing to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to help her country manage covid-19 in the community. People travelling between Honiara and Isabel Province were being tested for the virus at four testing centres, and if they test positive they were isolated at ... <a title="First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid funds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/first-female-premier-of-a-solomons-province-pleads-for-nz-covid-funds/" aria-label="Read more about First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid funds">Read more</a>

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Newsletter – NZ Politics: Items of Interest and Importance Today

April 6, 2022

Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Items of interest and importance today FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT Amelia Wade (Newshub): Fair Pay Agreements ... <a title="Newsletter – NZ Politics: Items of Interest and Importance Today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/newsletter-nz-politics-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – NZ Politics: Items of Interest and Importance Today">Read more</a>

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Newsletter – Political Roundup: Questions of corruption & integrity surround the Govt’s tourism “slush fund”

April 5, 2022

Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Political Roundup: Questions of corruption & integrity surround the Govt’s tourism “slush fund” Was political corruption involved ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: Questions of corruption & integrity surround the Govt’s tourism “slush fund”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/05/newsletter-political-roundup-questions-of-corruption-integrity-surround-the-govts-tourism-slush-fund/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: Questions of corruption & integrity surround the Govt’s tourism “slush fund”">Read more</a>

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Newsletter – Political Roundup: Wouldn’t it be great if political parties opened their books

April 4, 2022

Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Political Roundup: Wouldn’t it be great if political parties opened their books An unusual thing happened on ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: Wouldn’t it be great if political parties opened their books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/04/newsletter-political-roundup-wouldnt-it-be-great-if-political-parties-opened-their-books/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: Wouldn’t it be great if political parties opened their books">Read more</a>

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Newsletter – Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none”

April 1, 2022

Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none” The Solomon Islands has ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none”" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/newsletter-political-roundup-new-zealand-should-be-friends-to-all-and-enemies-to-none/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: New Zealand should be “friends to all and enemies to none”">Read more</a>

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Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’

April 1, 2022

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Post-Courier newspaper today compared Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape to the infamous emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned over his controversial one-day Indonesian visit while facing an election in June. “And [he] was clearly despised by his people,” the paper said in a scathing editorial headlined “Tari ... <a title="Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/01/post-courier-blasts-marape-for-sudden-jakarta-junket-while-tari-burns/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier blasts Marape for sudden Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’">Read more</a>

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Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua

March 31, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Jakarta this week. On the table, an invitation for President Vladimir Putin to visit Papua later this year. The governor also had his small team ... <a title="Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/why-governor-lukas-enembe-is-inviting-russias-putin-to-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua">Read more</a>