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February 6, 2026
RNZ Pacific The Green Party is celebrating the decision to decline plans to mine the Taranaki seabed. In a draft decision on Thursday, the fast-track approvals panel declined Trans-Tasman Resources’ (TTR) bid to mine 50 million tonnes of seabed a year for 30 years in the South Taranaki Bight. The panel found there would be ... <a title="Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/green-party-celebrates-decision-to-decline-dead-end-taranaki-seabed-mining/" aria-label="Read more about Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist “Political and ego manoeuvring” is happening behind the scenes at COP30 in Brazil, as Australia and Türkiye wrestle to host the United Nations climate event next year. Pacific Islands Forum’s climate adviser Karlos Lee Moresi, who is at the talks in Belém, said the negotiations for who would host ... <a title="COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific delegate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/cop30-ego-manoeuvring-behind-scenes-at-un-climate-talks-says-pacific-delegate/" aria-label="Read more about COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific delegate">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Palau’s leader says the world needs to be working toward reducing emissions and “not dropping targets”, in response to New Zealand slashing its methane reduction goals. Last month, the New Zealand government announced it would cut biogenic methane reduction targets to 14-24 percent below 2017 levels by 2050. The ... <a title="Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/palaus-leader-urges-stronger-climate-action-after-new-zealand-lowers-methane-targets/" aria-label="Read more about Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane targets">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor, and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific nations are at the world’s biggest climate talks making the familiar plea to keep global warming under 1.5C to stay alive, as scientists say the world will now certainly surpass the limit — at least temporarily. At the opening of the ... <a title="COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/cop30-pacific-nations-call-for-world-to-act-as-1-5c-threshold-nears/" aria-label="Read more about COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Asia Pacific Report In an open letter released at the Belém Climate Summit, special envoys for strategic regions have expressed their support for the COP30 presidency and for all leaders committed to advancing climate crisis action. Former New Zealand prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern, the “voice” for Oceania, was among the seven climate envoys signing ... <a title="Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in Brazil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/oceania-voice-jacinda-ardern-in-open-letter-climate-crisis-plea-in-brazil/" aria-label="Read more about Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in Brazil">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A feature story authored by a student journalist highlighting the harm plastic pollution poses to human health in Fiji — with risks expected to rise significantly if robust action is not taken soon — has won the Online category of the 2024 Vision Pasifika Media Awards — Cleaner Pacific. Riya Bhagwan, a ... <a title="USP student journalists win Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/09/usp-student-journalists-win-vision-pasifika-media-award-for-plastic-pollution-reports/" aria-label="Read more about USP student journalists win Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution reports">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A feature story authored by a student journalist highlighting the harm plastic pollution poses to human health in Fiji — with risks expected to rise significantly if robust action is not taken soon — has won the Online category of the 2024 Vision Pasifika Media Awards — Cleaner Pacific. Riya Bhagwan, a ... <a title="USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/01/usp-student-journalist-wins-vision-pasifika-media-award-for-plastic-pollution-report/" aria-label="Read more about USP student journalist wins Vision Pasifika media award for plastic pollution report">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent A Marshall Islands lawmaker has called on Pacific legislatures to establish and strengthen their national human rights commissions to help address the region’s nuclear testing legacy. “Our people in the Marshall Islands carry voices of our lives that are shaped by this nuclear legacy,” ... <a title="Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/pacific-lawmakers-call-for-creation-of-human-rights-commissions-to-fight-nuclear-testing-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Greenpeace Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the emerging threat of seabed mining. Four activists in kayaks paddled alongside the Nautilus, which has spent the last three weeks on a US-funded research expedition surveying mineral nodule fields around ... <a title="Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/pacific-protesters-against-deep-sea-mining-challenge-us-exploration-ship/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist People on Guam are “disappointed” and “heartbroken” that radiation exposure compensation is not being extended to them, says the president of the Pacific Association for Radiation Survivors (PARS), Robert Celestial. He said they were disappointed for many reasons. “Congress seems to not understand that we are no different than ... <a title="Guam nuclear radiation survivors ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from compensation bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/guam-nuclear-radiation-survivors-heartbroken-over-exclusion-from-compensation-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Guam nuclear radiation survivors ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from compensation bill">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Immediately after killing Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, several of the French agents went on a ski holiday in New Zealand’s South Island to celebrate. Such was the contempt the French had for the Kiwis and the abilities of our police to pursue ... <a title="The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/the-rainbow-warrior-saga-1-french-state-terrorism-and-nzs-end-of-innocence/" aria-label="Read more about The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important health concerns voiced by Marshallese for decades that make it impossible to have a clear understanding of the impacts of the 67 ... <a title="Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/marshall-islands-nuclear-legacy-report-highlights-lack-of-health-research/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research">Read more</a>
