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January 29, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ro Naulu Mataitini An invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel’s endorsement, has asked Fiji to send troops to join a proposed International Stabilisation Force in Gaza. For a nation proud of its United Nations peacekeeping legacy, this whispers of global recognition. Yet, it ... <a title="Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/pacific-at-risky-crossroads-gaza-vs-the-urgent-drug-crisis-at-our-door/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – BookHero Review Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, by David Robie, isn’t only a gripping tale of adventure and tragedy but also a testament to the enduring spirit of environmental activism. It serves as an important reminder of the power ... <a title="Eyes of Fire: Gripping tale of adventure, tragedy and testament to environmental activism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/eyes-of-fire-gripping-tale-of-adventure-tragedy-and-testament-to-environmental-activism/" aria-label="Read more about Eyes of Fire: Gripping tale of adventure, tragedy and testament to environmental activism">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Feckless European leaders like Starmer let Israel and the US tear up international law in Gaza. Now, faced with Greenland and Ukraine, they are suffering from a severe case of buyer’s regret. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook US President Donald Trump has declared the three-month “ceasefire” in ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is the nail in Gaza’s coffin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/28/jonathan-cook-trumps-board-of-peace-is-the-nail-in-gazas-coffin/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is the nail in Gaza’s coffin">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans in Helmand province. They were terrorised by heavily armed American execution squads for decades. It would not come as ... <a title="Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the whirlwind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/chris-hedges-we-sowed-the-wind-now-we-will-reap-the-whirlwind/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the whirlwind">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at Davos this week that signals there may still be a leader in the West worth following. “Middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu,” he warned. The Canadian PM was brutally honest about Western ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Mark Carney’s moment – a new non-aligned movement?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/eugene-doyle-mark-carneys-moment-a-new-non-aligned-movement/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Mark Carney’s moment – a new non-aligned movement?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations as “hate groups”. Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about the new laws, saying their extremely vague wording, lack of procedural fairness and low thresholds for implementation mean groups ... <a title="Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/australias-frightening-new-hate-speech-laws-are-clearly-aimed-at-pro-palestine-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the tattered cloth of ‘the rules-based international order’ — the self-serving system that touted international law as long as it didn’t apply to the US and its allies. The Canadians, the ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/eugene-doyle-look-where-appeasing-a-bully-has-led-the-west-greenland-and-then/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark things about the type of civilization we are living in. In this dystopia, Americans are never ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/caitlin-johnstone-in-this-dystopia-you-cant-vote-against-wars-but-you-can-gamble-on-when-theyll-start/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its” image in Aotearoa New Zealand, condemning a “shameful” visa programme enabling soldiers to holiday in this country. Leeann Wahanui-Peters branded the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) “more accurately as the Israeli Offence Force (IOF) because it is ... <a title="Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/israel-accused-over-shameful-whitewashing-bid-to-sanitise-soldier-holidays-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Is there anything more undignified than “leftists” and “anarchists” who cheer on the fall of empire-targeted governments even as the empire moves war machinery into place? Ooh look at me, I’m sticking it to the man by supporting the same agendas as ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: On ‘leftists’ and ‘anarchists’ who cheer for regime change in Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/caitlin-johnstone-on-leftists-and-anarchists-who-cheer-for-regime-change-in-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: On ‘leftists’ and ‘anarchists’ who cheer for regime change in Iran">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2026
The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), one of the main components in New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak movement, has confirmed it will not take part in a new round of talks in Paris this week called by French President Emmanuel Macron. In mid-December 2025, Macron invited New Caledonia’s politicians back to the negotiating table ... <a title="FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/14/flnks-boycotts-macron-convened-paris-talks-over-future-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2026
The Australian government remains silent on Israel banning 37 international aid organisations in Gaza, despite warnings from humanitarian groups. Stephanie Tran reports. By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media Under new registration requirements introduced by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, NGOs have been required to submit lists of their Palestinian employees for ... <a title="NGOs warn of catastrophic impact in Gaza – Penny Wong doesn’t care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/10/ngos-warn-of-catastrophic-impact-in-gaza-penny-wong-doesnt-care/" aria-label="Read more about NGOs warn of catastrophic impact in Gaza – Penny Wong doesn’t care">Read more</a>
