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May 19, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition National Party leader Judith Collins has suffered a sharp dip in support in the preferred prime minister stakes, in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll. The new poll has Labour on 52.7 percent while National has improved slightly to 27 percent support – an increase of 1.4 percentage points on ... <a title="NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-support-for-opposition-leader-judith-collins-dives-in-new-poll/" aria-label="Read more about NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The foreign spokesperson for New Zealand’s Green Party, Golriz Ghahraman, is “disappointed” by the government’s response to escalating attacks by Israel on the Gaza enclave, reports TVNZ News. It comes amid the destruction at the weekend on a Gaza building which was headquarters of international media organisations, including the Qatar-based Al ... <a title="Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/ghahraman-condemns-disappointing-nz-response-over-attacks-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Ghahraman condemns ‘disappointing’ NZ response over attacks on Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 18, 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 Immigration reset Tess McClure (The Guardian): New Zealand to cut ‘low-skill’ immigration and refocus on wealthy Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): ‘Scene setting’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2021">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This week’s Budget is a chance for the Labour Government to take the crisis of poverty and inequality seriously. They can do this by delivering something serious or even transformational for those suffering at the bottom of the heap in New Zealand. In particular, a big increase in core benefit rates ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-take-the-poverty-crisis-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk About 4000 protesters took part in demonstrations across New Zealand at the weekend calling on the government to take action over the Israel-Palestine conflict, and close the Israeli embassy. The rallies marked what Palestinians call Nakba Day, or “Catastrophe” – recalling the loss of their homeland in 1948, when Israel was ... <a title="Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/palestinians-in-nz-stage-rallies-protesting-against-israeli-brutality/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The report was made by the UK based human rights organisation TAPOL with Koman as Yeimo’s lawyer. “An urgent call in the ... <a title="Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/arrest-of-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo-reported-to-un-rights-commission/" aria-label="Read more about Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission">Read more</a>
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May 17, 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 Newshub poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins’ allegations of Māori separatism not working for National in Newshub-Reid Research Poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Newshub-Reid ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 17 2021">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Indonesia is pressuring Papua New Guinea over an illegal group East Sepik claiming to form an army unit to help West Papuan pro-independence rebels fighting against Indonesian forces across the border. Calling such armed groups as “terrorists”, Indonesia’s Ambassador to PNG, Andriana Supandy, said his country respected the sovereignty ... <a title="Indonesia pressures PNG over militant video by West Papuan supporters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/indonesia-pressures-png-over-militant-video-by-west-papuan-supporters/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia pressures PNG over militant video by West Papuan supporters">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
RNZ News Samoa is to hear on Monday whether fresh elections will go ahead next week. The Supreme Court heard challenges yesterday to the new ballot called last week by the Head of State, Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II. Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese said the hearing would test the extent of the powers held by ... <a title="Samoa court test case ruling on fresh elections due Monday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/samoa-court-test-case-ruling-on-fresh-elections-due-monday/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa court test case ruling on fresh elections due Monday">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was arrested for calling for an independence referendum for Papua which he expressed in 2019 during the anti-racism protests and riots in Papua and West ... <a title="HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/hrw-demands-police-drop-treason-charges-against-papuan-activist-yeimo/" aria-label="Read more about HRW demands police drop treason charges against Papuan activist Yeimo">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating violence in Gaza, reports the International Federation of Journalists. The IFJ has declared in a statement that it stands in solidarity with the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and all Palestinian and foreign media workers that have ... <a title="Palestine: Hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists, says IFJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/palestine-hold-israel-accountable-for-crimes-against-journalists-says-ifj/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine: Hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists, says IFJ">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage With congressman Guillermo Bermejo, member of Pedro Castillo’s Presidential Campaign Join the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) to analyze the decisive presidential election taking place this June 6 in Perú. COHA Director Patricio Zamorano, COHA Senior Research Fellow Alina Duarte and COHA Senior Analyst William Camacaro will interview ... <a title="COHA Webinar | Pedro Castillo Advances A New Progressive Agenda to Win the Presidency in Peru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/15/coha-webinar-pedro-castillo-advances-a-new-progressive-agenda-to-win-the-presidency-in-peru/" aria-label="Read more about COHA Webinar | Pedro Castillo Advances A New Progressive Agenda to Win the Presidency in Peru">Read more</a>
