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March 13, 2022
RNZ News A New Zealand protest flotilla has arrived outside the luxury Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov. The eight vessels sailed to Helena Bay, north of Whangārei, early today to protest over the two-week-old Russian invasion of Ukraine facing the private estate owned by Abramov. Locals on kayaks and boats were expected to ... <a title="NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/13/nz-war-protest-flotilla-faces-russian-oligarchs-luxury-northland-estate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2022
RNZ News The number of people with covid-19 who have died in New Zealand has now reached 105, with 14 deaths reported in the past two days. There are more than 206,000 active cases of covid-19 in the community, with another 18,699 new community cases reported today. The Ministry of Health announced seven further deaths ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/13/nzs-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-105-but-it-could-have-been-thousands/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been thousands’">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific Sincha Dimara, the news and current affairs manager at EMTV and one of Papua New Guinea’s most experienced journalists, has been sacked after weeks of being suspended. Dimara, who was one of the longest serving journalists in PNG and at EMTV for 30 years, was accused of “insubordination” after political pressure from a ... <a title="PNG’s EMTV sacks top journalist, recruits novices as elections loom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/13/pngs-emtv-sacks-top-journalist-recruits-novices-as-elections-loom/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s EMTV sacks top journalist, recruits novices as elections loom">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a non-profit “public media entity” was long anticipated but, coming in the second year of Labour’s second term, underwhelming in its lack of detail. Cabinet had discussed the proposal back in ... <a title="Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won’t be easy – and time is running out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/12/merging-commercial-tvnz-and-non-commercial-rnz-wont-be-easy-and-time-is-running-out/" aria-label="Read more about Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won’t be easy – and time is running out">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2022
RNZ News Auckland health authorities remain cautiously optimistic that the omicron outbreak may have peaked in the country’s biggest city, even though 601 of the 856 people in hospital with covid-19 are in Auckland. Clinical leads Dr Andrew Old, Dr Anthony Jordan and Dr Christine McIntosh at the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre gave details ... <a title="‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid deaths reported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/12/remain-vigilant-warning-from-auckland-health-leaders-as-record-7-covid-deaths-reported/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid deaths reported">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2022
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s police commissioner, David Manning, addressing the International Women’s Day celebrations this week, let it be known that violence against women is becoming a serious disease. Yes, we agree. It is a growing threat to women and children, family unity and community harmony. On the same token Sir, ... <a title="Post-Courier: Violence in any form is a serious disease – target ‘rotten cops’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/12/post-courier-violence-in-any-form-is-a-serious-disease-target-rotten-cops/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Violence in any form is a serious disease – target ‘rotten cops’">Read more</a>
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March 11, 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 Autumn of discontent reflected in 1News earthquake poll Suddenly the prospect of Labour being ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup Autumn of discontent reflected in 1News earthquake poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/11/newsletter-political-roundup-autumn-of-discontent-reflected-in-1news-earthquake-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup Autumn of discontent reflected in 1News earthquake poll">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Scores of Papuan activists have held a protest in front of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) headquarters in Central Jakarta, demanding that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo withdraw military troops from Papua, reports CNN Indonesia. The protesters, who came from the Pro-Democracy Alliance and the Greater Jakarta Papua Student Alliance ... <a title="Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/11/papuan-activists-protest-in-jakarta-demand-jokowi-pull-troops-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Royal NZ College of General Practitioners president Dr Samantha Murton gave a briefing today on the government’s response to the omicron outbreak as hospital cases continue to climb. The daily number of new community cases has dropped slightly today to 21,015 community cases, but ... <a title="‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid cases climb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/10/its-still-going-to-be-messy-warning-as-nz-hospital-covid-cases-climb/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid cases climb">Read more</a>
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March 10, 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. The Government’s Three Waters reform programme is still in crisis, despite the supposed fix coming in ... <a title="Newsletter: Political Roundup: Can Three Waters be salvaged, or will Nanaia Mahuta have to go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/10/newsletter-political-roundup-can-three-waters-be-salvaged-or-will-nanaia-mahuta-have-to-go/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: Political Roundup: Can Three Waters be salvaged, or will Nanaia Mahuta have to go?">Read more</a>
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March 9, 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: Supermarkets win in the end Labour went into the 2020 election promising to break ... <a title="Newsletter: Political Roundup: Supermarkets win in the end – March 09 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/09/newsletter-political-roundup-supermarkets-win-in-the-end-march-09-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: Political Roundup: Supermarkets win in the end – March 09 2022">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2022
RNZ News The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel advisory warning on travel to New Zealand. The CDC updated its travel warning to “level four: very high” for travel to New Zealand due to covid-19 cases, of which today alone there was 23,894 new cases recorded. According to the ... <a title="US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of covid-19 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/09/us-warns-against-travel-to-nz-due-to-rising-level-of-covid-19-cases/" aria-label="Read more about US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of covid-19 cases">Read more</a>
