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March 31, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter A man whose personal bank account was used to receive donations for New Zealand’s Parliament protest is bankrupt and has been declared insolvent three times. The protest lasted for 23 days before ending in a riot on March 2 when police cracked down on the protesters. Jamie ... <a title="Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history of unpaid debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/parliament-protest-donations-went-to-bank-account-of-man-with-history-of-unpaid-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history of unpaid debt">Read more</a>
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March 31, 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: Why Louisa Wall was a problem for Labour (and democracy) Since announcing her retirement on ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: Why Louisa Wall was a problem for Labour (and democracy)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/31/newsletter-political-roundup-why-louisa-wall-was-a-problem-for-labour-and-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: Why Louisa Wall was a problem for Labour (and democracy)">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first public order management (POM) training conducted by Chinese instructors. During the two week course, the Police Response Team (PRT) and Operational Safety Training (OST) officers were trained in unarmed combat skills, advanced use of long sticks, ... <a title="Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/solomon-islands-police-complete-combat-drill-with-chinese-trainers/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is “very little” reason for China to station military forces on Solomon Islands, describing developments as “gravely concerning”. A draft agreement — leaked online — indicated Solomon Islands would allow Beijing to send military forces there and make regular ship visits. The New Zealand and ... <a title="PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/pm-says-honiaras-growing-china-relationship-is-gravely-concerning/" aria-label="Read more about PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist A covid-19 modeller says hundreds more people could die in Aotearoa New Zealand’s first wave of the omicron outbreak. Health officials reported today that 11 more people with covid-19 had died in New Zealand, with 12,882 new community cases reported and 861 people in hospital with the coronavirus ... <a title="Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/hundreds-more-may-die-in-nzs-first-omicron-wave-covid-modeller-says/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller says">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom Time is running out for a group of West Papuan students in New Zealand whose scholarships were cut — out of the blue — by the Indonesian government The sudden removal of government funding for the Papuan students has left many of them in financial dire straits on visas that ... <a title="Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/ukraine-example-cited-in-call-to-extend-visas-for-abandoned-papuan-students/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students">Read more</a>
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March 29, 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: Divisions are opening up, and left and right are making them worse An important opinion ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: Divisions are opening up, and left and right are making them worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/29/newsletter-political-roundup-divisions-are-opening-up-and-left-and-right-are-making-them-worse/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: Divisions are opening up, and left and right are making them worse">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager A draft security cooperation agreement between China and Solomon Islands has been leaked on social media. The unverified document includes seven articles, which discuss the scope of cooperation between both nations. Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security senior lecturer Dr Anna Powles has seen the agreement on social ... <a title="Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/leaked-draft-china-solomon-islands-security-pact-causes-pacific-stir/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
By Moana Ellis of Local Democracy Reporting A Whanganui iwi leader says the Aotearoa New Zealand government’s decision to ease covid-19 measures at this time is a disgrace and shocking. He is warning Māori to stay vigilant against omicron and prepare for more to come. Tūpoho chair Ken Mair says Māori must continue to be extremely ... <a title="Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new covid-19 strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/iwi-leader-warns-maori-to-take-extreme-care-under-dangerous-new-covid-19-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new covid-19 strategy">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Carving up the Papuan provincial cake. Graphic: Image: Lugas/tirto.id On Thursday, 10 March 2022, thousands of Papuan people in the Lapago Wamena Cultural Area took to the streets to paralyse Wamena city. They occupied Wamena City. They rejected the Indonesian colonial plan to expand Papua province.Remember: The voice of the people is the voice of ... <a title="How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/how-colonial-puppeteer-indonesia-uses-autonomy-to-disempower-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning raise the question: If escalation of the Russian war against Ukraine will occur should NATO or European Union nations intervene to protect Ukraine, who or what can assist in bringing this war to a close?
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March 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Samoa government has extended its alert level three lockdown for another two weeks, due to the rapid spread of the covid-19 in the community. There are 467 confirmed covid-19 cases, 15 of which are imported cases of passengers on the repatriation flight from New Zealand in early March. As case numbers climb ... <a title="Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/samoa-extends-lockdown-as-spread-of-covid-19-cases-jumps-to-467/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467">Read more</a>
