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September 7, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”. This means a generation growing up under under fears and moral panics about Muslims and unparalleled security measures around their bodies and lives. In my new book, Coming of Age in the War on Terror, ... <a title="‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’ – growing up Muslim after 9/11" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/im-not-afraid-of-terrorism-im-afraid-of-being-accused-of-being-a-terrorist-growing-up-muslim-after-9-11/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’ – growing up Muslim after 9/11">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva The University of Canterbury and the University of the South Pacific are partnering in a unique research project that will explore the impact of climate change in the Pacific, and the role indigenous ecological knowledge can play to help communities to adapt. A statement from the USP said the project ... <a title="USP and Canterbury University partner for Pacific climate research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/usp-and-canterbury-university-partner-for-pacific-climate-research/" aria-label="Read more about USP and Canterbury University partner for Pacific climate research">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
By Andrew McRae, RNZ News reporter The umbrella term Pacific Islander or Polynesian has been criticised as degrading and insensitive. Researcher Dr Seini Taufa, who is a New Zealand-born Tongan, said the names were not indigenous terms and were insulting. Dr Taufa is research lead for Moana Research and Senior Pacific Advisor for the Growing ... <a title="‘Pacific Islander’ an insulting umbrella term, researcher tells Royal Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/pacific-islander-an-insulting-umbrella-term-researcher-tells-royal-commission/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific Islander’ an insulting umbrella term, researcher tells Royal Commission">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in fact driving waves of covid infections all around the world. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) warning Delta will rapidly become the dominant strain, let’s take a look at this ... <a title="Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/06/why-is-delta-such-a-worry-its-more-infectious-probably-causes-more-severe-disease-and-challenges-our-vaccines/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings, co-editors of Newsroom Less than half the New Zealand public now professes “overall trust” in news media outlets, despite big rises in audience numbers during the covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis. The 2021 Trust in News in New Zealand survey released yesterday found the level of overall trust ... <a title="Digital news check: In media, we don’t trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/01/digital-news-check-in-media-we-dont-trust/" aria-label="Read more about Digital news check: In media, we don’t trust">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues that members believe the New Zealand government should be pursuing with Indonesia. Leary has a strong track record on Pacific human rights issues having worked in Fiji as a television ... <a title="West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/west-papua-action-group-raises-human-rights-issues-with-taieri-mp/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific A new report has found that tuna fishing companies in the Pacific are doing little to stop slavery on their boats. The canned tuna industry is rife with allegations of modern slavery in its Pacific supply chains, with little protection for workers from forced labour. The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre report, ... <a title="Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/tuna-brands-largely-failing-to-combat-slavery-in-pacific-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute and Leanne Robinson, Burnet Institute The covid epidemic in Papua New Guinea has significantly accelerated, judging by the available reports of case numbers. Since its first case was diagnosed 12 months ago, PNG has avoided a large number of reported cases and corresponding deaths. That situation has changed dramatically over ... <a title="A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/a-catastrophe-looms-with-pngs-covid-crisis-australia-needs-to-respond-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Murray Horton in Christchurch Owen Wilkes, an internationally renowned peace researcher and Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) founder, died in 2005, aged 65 (see my obituary in Watchdog 109, August 2005). And yet, 16 years later, I’m still learning more about him and gaining insights into his life and character. In ... <a title="Murray Horton: Reflections on Owen Wilkes, iconic peace researcher, adventurer and ‘bird watcher’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/08/murray-horton-reflections-on-owen-wilkes-iconic-peace-researcher-adventurer-and-bird-watcher/" aria-label="Read more about Murray Horton: Reflections on Owen Wilkes, iconic peace researcher, adventurer and ‘bird watcher’">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Report by, and courtesy of, Café Pacific. [embedded content] The Pacific Media Centre on 18 December 2020 … everything removed in early February 2021 without consultation with the stakeholders – VIDEO: Cafe Pacific. PACIFIC journalists, media researchers, students and other stakeholders have expressed concern about the future of New Zealand’s Pacific Media Centre after more ... <a title="Concern grows over PMC after shock office ‘closure’ and no director" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/concern-grows-over-pmc-after-shock-office-closure-and-no-director/" aria-label="Read more about Concern grows over PMC after shock office ‘closure’ and no director">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Pryke in Sydney After a divisive marathon meeting into the early hours of Thursday, Pacific leaders have emerged with a new Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum. Cook Islands’ former Prime Minister Henry Puna was elected 9–8, with one abstention. A break from the consensus tradition of the Forum, the appointment leaves ... <a title="A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific – three key questions about regionalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/06/a-bruising-24-hours-in-the-pacific-three-key-questions-about-regionalism/" aria-label="Read more about A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific – three key questions about regionalism">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2021
By Priestley Habru in Honiara Solomon Islands’ environmental authorities have highlighted the need to protect the forests from logging following a recent report on new distributional sightings of the blue-faced parrotfinch, or Erythrura trichroa. The bird revealed its existence on Malaita and Makira islands and the report, published in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology on ... <a title="New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/30/new-sighting-of-endemic-bird-signals-need-to-stop-logging-in-the-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about New sighting of endemic bird signals need to stop logging in the Solomons">Read more</a>
