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Muzhgan Samarqandi: MIQ debate trivialises the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan

February 3, 2022

OPEN LETTER: A reply to New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis from Afghanistani mother and former broadcaster Muzhgan Samarqandi My name is Muzhgan Samarqandi and I am from Baghlan, Afghanistan, but living in New Zealand with my Kiwi husband and our son. Like Charlotte Bellis, I too was a broadcaster in Afghanistan, back when this was ... <a title="Muzhgan Samarqandi: MIQ debate trivialises the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/muzhgan-samarqandi-miq-debate-trivialises-the-plight-of-women-and-girls-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about Muzhgan Samarqandi: MIQ debate trivialises the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 2 2022

February 2, 2022

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 Border, MIQ, Charlotte Bellis RNZ: Cabinet ministers to finalise dates for reopening borders ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 2 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-2-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 2 2022">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 1 2022

February 1, 2022

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 Housing Benedict Collins (1 News): Three quarters of Kiwis want house prices to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 1 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-1-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 1 2022">Read more</a>

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PNG interim restraining order over eviction of homeless Morata settlers

February 1, 2022

PNG Post-Courier Papua’s Guinea’s National Court has issued an interim restraining order stopping the planned eviction of thousands of Morata settlers on portion 2733 in the capital of Port Moresby. MSaka Lawyers, engaged by National Capital District (NCD) Governor Powes Parkop, went to court last Friday in light of the looming eviction by First Estate ... <a title="PNG interim restraining order over eviction of homeless Morata settlers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/01/png-interim-restraining-order-over-eviction-of-homeless-morata-settlers/" aria-label="Read more about PNG interim restraining order over eviction of homeless Morata settlers">Read more</a>

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Pacific health provider faces covid-19 fatigue within community

January 31, 2022

By Sri Krishnamurthi, RNZ Pacific digital journalist South Seas Healthcare Trust chief executive Lemalu Silao Vaisola says people are tired of covid-19 rather than complacent after two years of the pandemic. He said he had seen fatigue set in which could explain the low uptake of the booster shot in the Pacific community. “People are ... <a title="Pacific health provider faces covid-19 fatigue within community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/pacific-health-provider-faces-covid-19-fatigue-within-community/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific health provider faces covid-19 fatigue within community">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2022

January 31, 2022

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 1News Kantar Public Poll, parliament 1 News: Jacinda Ardern, Christopher Luxon approval ratings ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-31-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 31 2022">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2022

January 28, 2022

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 1News Kantar Public Poll 1 News: Poll: National rises, Ardern’s preferred PM result ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-28-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2022">Read more</a>

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Global Papuan student body condemns Jakarta’s disruption of study funds

January 28, 2022

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A global Papuan student welfare advocacy group has condemned the Indonesian government’s disruption of autonomous local education grants supporting studies abroad, branding the move as “assassinating” indigenous human resource development. The International Alliance of Papuan Student Associations Overseas (IAPSAO) issued an open letter today headed “Do not disturb and hinder [us] ... <a title="Global Papuan student body condemns Jakarta’s disruption of study funds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/28/global-papuan-student-body-condemns-jakartas-disruption-of-study-funds/" aria-label="Read more about Global Papuan student body condemns Jakarta’s disruption of study funds">Read more</a>

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Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules

January 27, 2022

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed that the atoll island nation has surpassed 100 covid-19 cases after it recorded 37 new positive infections yesterday. There are 116 people infected on Tarawa – 36 imported and 80 local cases. Nine new cases have been found in Butaritari Island, prompting ... <a title="Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/kiribati-confirms-more-than-100-covid-19-cases-new-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2022

January 27, 2022

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 Omicron strategy Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government off to slow start with Omicron, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-27-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2022">Read more</a>

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Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections

January 27, 2022

By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor New Zealand could be facing 50,000 daily omicron infections by Waitangi weekend, according to modelling by US-based health research organisation, peaking at about 80,000 each day just a few weeks later. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) projections, updated last Thursday, predicts an outbreak in New ... <a title="Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/omicron-modelling-suggests-nz-could-face-peak-of-80000-daily-infections/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections">Read more</a>

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Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to us, not the Commonwealth

January 27, 2022

ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University We woke to the news yesterday that the Australian government has negotiated with the designer of the Aboriginal flag Harold Thomas, and copyright for the flag will be transferred to the Commonwealth. The government has now stated the flag is freely available for public use. Prime Minister Scott Morrison ... <a title="Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to us, not the Commonwealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/dont-say-the-aboriginal-flag-was-freed-it-belongs-to-us-not-the-commonwealth/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t say the Aboriginal flag was ‘freed’ – it belongs to us, not the Commonwealth">Read more</a>