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CPJ demands Facebook restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video

November 26, 2021

The Committee to Protect Journalists press freedom 2021 video removed by Facebook, but still available on YouTube and Twitter. Video: CPJ (Hongkong crackdown at 32m:05s) Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Facebook to restore a video honouring the winners of the International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA) at CPJ’s annual ... <a title="CPJ demands Facebook restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/26/cpj-demands-facebook-restore-censored-press-freedom-awards-video/" aria-label="Read more about CPJ demands Facebook restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video">Read more</a>

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PODCAST: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning

November 25, 2021

Bannonism-Trumpism, a cultural ideological export - Political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep-dive into how Aotearoa New Zealand is in the cross-hairs of two distinct political powers - one has been around for awhile and applies influence operations aimed at elites; and the other is new to this part of the world and uses cultural and ideological diffusion that is aimed at civil society. Can countries like New Zealand resist the slide into US-styled political chaos?

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 25 2021

November 25, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content National Party Jo Moir (Newsroom): Collins’ risky strike against Bridges could be her ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 25 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-25-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 25 2021">Read more</a>

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Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum

November 25, 2021

By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report A Filipina journalist who cut her teeth as a young reporter in the Marcos dictatorship years and now heads an investigative digital media outlet and a New Zealand journalist who was on board the bombed Rainbow Warrior environmental campaign ship are keynote speakers at an Asia-Pacific conference opening ... <a title="Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/rappler-chief-editor-and-asia-pacific-media-keynotes-at-pandemic-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum">Read more</a>

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Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest

November 25, 2021

RNZ Pacific A police station and several shops were set on fire by looters in Solomon Islands today after what started in the morning as a peaceful protest turned ugly around mid-afternoon. Videos on social media show police firing tear gas to disperse looters, and buildings on fire. RNZ Pacific’s correspondent in the capital Honiara, ... <a title="Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/buildings-burned-in-looting-after-solomon-islands-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest">Read more</a>

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NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher

November 25, 2021

RNZ Pacific New Zealand, Australia and other nations in the Pacific need to do more to combat rampant vaccine misinformation in Pacific Island countries, which poses a threat to the whole region, a researcher says. The Sydney-based Lowy Institute think tank has released projections for when Pacific countries are likely to have vaccinated most of ... <a title="NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/nz-must-help-pacific-fight-vaccine-misinformation-says-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher">Read more</a>

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How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 2

November 25, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala PART 2: WS storytelling in more detail In part one of my article on White Supremacy (WS), I articulated some of the features of the WS network in Aotearoa and positioned this framework along a spectrum. I attempted to introduce readers to a WS spectrum so people could better understand and ... <a title="How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 2" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/how-to-make-sense-of-white-supremacy-and-settler-colonialism-for-flax-roots-people-in-aotearoa-part-2/" aria-label="Read more about How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 2">Read more</a>

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LIVE@MIDDAY: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning

November 24, 2021

A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will deep-dive into how Aotearoa New Zealand is in the cross-hairs of two distinct political powers – one has been around for awhile and applies influence operations aimed at elites; and the other uses cultural and ideological diffusion that is ... <a title="LIVE@MIDDAY: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/livemidday-why-bannonism-trumpism-has-set-its-sights-on-aotearoa-new-zealand-buchanan-and-manning/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@MIDDAY: Why Bannonism-Trumpism Has Set Its Sights on Aotearoa New Zealand – Buchanan and Manning">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Today’s constitutional disgrace in Parliament

November 24, 2021

Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This Government has a problem with urgency. Critics from both left and right have long complained about their lack of urgency on issues such as climate change, housing, and inequality. Likewise, in terms of the Covid response, there’s been a chorus of criticism that Labour has been complacent and sluggish on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Today’s constitutional disgrace in Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-todays-constitutional-disgrace-in-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Today’s constitutional disgrace in Parliament">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 24 2021

November 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Govt management of Delta outbreak, move to traffic light system Michael Neilson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 24 2021">Read more</a>

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Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’

November 24, 2021

RNZ News Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says the global handling of the covid-19 pandemic is marred with failures, gaps and delays. Clark is a co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and is urging nations to spend less time debating commas in committees and instead get on with implementing ... <a title="Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/former-nz-prime-minister-helen-clark-chides-global-pandemic-failures/" aria-label="Read more about Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’">Read more</a>

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How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1

November 24, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala PART 1: Divide and rule with Māori and Pacific communities White Supremacy (WS) has proliferated during covid-19 lockdowns in Aotearoa from 17 August 2021. Supremacist activism, aspirations, attitudes, behaviours, beliefs, concepts, ideas, languages, media output, organising praxes, political slogans, political thought, and political party policies have all flourished as people protested ... <a title="How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/how-to-make-sense-of-white-supremacy-and-settler-colonialism-for-flax-roots-people-in-aotearoa-part-1/" aria-label="Read more about How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1">Read more</a>