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October 25, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainville’s future as an independent sovereign nation is inevitable and nothing can change the resolve of the government and people from achieving sovereignty. And he warned in the Autonomous Bougainville Parliament that no foreign government or foreign leader would dictate to Bougainville the outcome ... <a title="Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/bougainvilles-toroama-blasts-australia-no-foreigner-will-dictate-outcome/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific The results of Vanuatu’s snap election have been released, but it is not clear who has come out on top. The official results have revealed a fractured Parliament with seven being the highest number of MPs won by a single party. The caretaker prime minister and leader of Vanua’aku Pati, Bob Loughman, has ... <a title="Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/independents-minor-parties-needed-to-form-vanuatu-government/" aria-label="Read more about Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Simon Potter, University of Bristol The BBC celebrated its 100th birthday last Tuesday. It came as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences from global entertainment providers, anxieties about the sustainability of its funding and a highly competitive global news market. Its international broadcasting operation, the BBC World Service, is only a little ... <a title="BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing the World Service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/bbc-at-100-the-future-for-global-news-and-challenges-facing-the-world-service/" aria-label="Read more about BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing the World Service">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
Asia Pacific Report Louis Kotra Uregei, an emblematic and radical figure in the independence struggle in New Caledonia, has died aged 71, announced the Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers (USTKE) in a statement. Nicknamed LKU or “Loulou”, this representative of New Caledonian militancy died on Thursday night after a long illness. Originally from the ... <a title="Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/kanak-trade-union-ustke-pioneer-and-militant-leader-loulou-uregei-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd — not political parties — in the lead up to the 2022 general election. He said this while taking a swipe at The Times during a news conference this week at the FijiFirst ... <a title="Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/sayed-khaiyum-blasts-fiji-times-cfl-media-editor-replies-doing-our-job/" aria-label="Read more about Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
By Andrew Anton Mako in Port Moresby “When we don’t have any of these copper and gold mines anymore, where are we headed?” This quote is by Jerry Garry, managing director of PNG’s Mineral Resources Authority (MRA). According to Garry, mineral resources from large mines (both current and pipeline) will be exhausted in 40 years. ... <a title="After PNG’s mines run out – what then? An ominous warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/after-pngs-mines-run-out-what-then-an-ominous-warning/" aria-label="Read more about After PNG’s mines run out – what then? An ominous warning">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
RNZ Pacific A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results from last week’s snap election. Julie King, a member of the Union of Moderate Parties, is reported to have won one of the seats in the Efate constituency. She is ... <a title="Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/vanuatu-may-have-first-woman-mp-in-decade-say-poll-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/pacific-lessons-in-climate-change-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today HAMILTON WEST BY-ELECTION Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Who is pulling Sharma’s strings? Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Wealthy businessman Roshan Nauhria willing to financially back ... <a title="Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – October 20, 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-20-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – New Zealand Politics Daily – October 20, 2022">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
By Akansha Narayan in Suva Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be amplified for big nations to notice and be accountable for their actions. The final-year student recently won the top prize in the tertiary level journalism students category at the 2022 ... <a title="Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/pacific-climate-stories-need-to-be-heard-and-told-says-usp-award-winner/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific The new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has heard calls for support and compensation for atolls close to the test sites of France’s nuclear weapons tests. High Commissioner Eric Spitz has been on his first tour of the outer islands since arriving from France last month to discuss France’s efforts to overcome ... <a title="French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/french-polynesian-atolls-still-wary-decades-after-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Here comes an unpredictable and intense by-election Get ready for a hard-fought and intense by-election in Hamilton West, triggered by the resignation from Parliament of former Labour MP Gaurav Sharma. Both Labour and National are going to throw everything at winning this by-election. Complicating matters, there will be a ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Here comes an unpredictable and intense by-election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-here-comes-an-unpredictable-and-intense-by-election/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Here comes an unpredictable and intense by-election">Read more</a>
