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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A one metre-deep hole in the ground is all there is to show of an almost K2.7 million state contract project in Papua New Guinea’s Northern Province, reports PNG Post-Courier. The project was for the design, pre-fabrication and construction of a community health post building with support facilities for Kiorata in ... <a title="K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/k2-7-million-hole-other-failed-png-projects-land-contractors-in-court/" aria-label="Read more about K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour’s act this week undermining an indigenous response to New Zealand’s covid-19 pandemic as “unbelievably irresponsible and cruel”. Seymour publicly shared a priority vaccine code for Māori so that Pākehā, or non-Māori, could jump the queue for vaccinations against the ... <a title="Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/seymours-sabotage-of-maori-priority-vaccine-code-unbelievably-cruel/" aria-label="Read more about Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Mall terror attack Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Why Not Just Send The Auckland Terrorist Back? Paul Buchanan (Kiwipolitico): The supermarket stabbing ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 09 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-09-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 09 2021">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders from terror-styled attacks; legal measures designed to protect communities from danger and even protect individuals from themselves and why they failed.
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September 8, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. What exactly is plaguing the National Party? And would another leadership change help? These are the big and enduring questions that have surrounded the opposition party since they lost power in 2017. For the best answers to these questions, it’s well worth reading the latest piece by Matthew Hooton in the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s going on in the National Party?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whats-going-on-in-the-national-party/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s going on in the National Party?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian authorities have been accused of adopting a strategy of deploying military force to drive thousands of Papuans from their homes to make way for powerful business interests. The accusation comes from the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) in a statement responding to news that about 2400 internal refugees ... <a title="Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/indonesia-accused-of-forcing-mass-flights-of-papuans-for-business/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In a seven-minute social media broadcast, President Duwa Lashi La has declared it is time to stop the military regime’s ongoing torture, detention, jailing and murder of civilians opposed to the military coup seven months ago. And he added that it is vital to halt the regime’s dismantling of the country’s ... <a title="Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/burmas-national-unity-government-declares-war-on-military-regime/" aria-label="Read more about Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji celebrated Constitution Day today virtually due to the ongoing civid-19 pandemic crisis, but many see the day as a hollow event not worth celebrating. The national holiday marks the eighth year that the adoption of the controversial and contested 2013 Constitution by the Bainimarama government has been observed. Among the ... <a title="Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/fijis-constitution-day-nothing-but-a-national-joke-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Mall terror attack Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup – Could government agencies have averted the development of a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 08 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-08-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 08 2021">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The tragic terrorist attack at an Auckland shopping mall on Friday has led to a lot of debate about how it could have been prevented. It turns out authorities were well aware of Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen’s severe mental health problems and his capacity for violent extremism if not dealt with ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could government agencies have averted the development of a terrorist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-could-government-agencies-have-averted-the-development-of-a-terrorist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could government agencies have averted the development of a terrorist?">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has detected three cases of Covid-19 in the community and ordered a two-week lockdown from midday today. The three cases are not connected and involve people who have not travelled, suggesting the virus is circulating in the community. Territorial President Louis Mapou said investigations had been launched immediately to identify contacts ... <a title="New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/new-caledonia-begins-two-week-lockdown-in-new-covid-19-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News reporter New Zealand’s Department of Corrections has revealed more details about the LynnMall terrorist’s violent behaviour while he was remanded in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police after stabbing six people inside Countdown LynnMall in West Auckland. He had spent almost three years on remand ... <a title="NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/nz-corrections-found-attacker-increasingly-hostile-and-abusive/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’">Read more</a>
