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December 20, 2022
Peacemonger, the new book published last month to celebrate the life and work of peace researcher and activist Owen Wilkes (1940-2005), is being launched in Auckland on Friday. Here a close friend from Sweden — not featured in the book — remembers his mentor in both New Zealand and Scandinavia. COMMENT: By Paul Claesson in ... <a title="Memories from Sweden of the dedicated peace researcher Owen Wilkes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/20/memories-from-sweden-of-the-dedicated-peace-researcher-owen-wilkes/" aria-label="Read more about Memories from Sweden of the dedicated peace researcher Owen Wilkes">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2022
RNZ Nine To Noon Postgraduate students are petitioning Auckland University of Technology over academic staff cuts — saying it is hugely disruptive and will impact on New Zealand’s research sector. AUT planned to cut 170 academic positions — those affected had until last Thursday to take voluntary redundancy or face a compulsory layoff. The petition ... <a title="‘Huge distress’: Postgrad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/11/huge-distress-postgrad-students-feel-impact-of-aut-academic-staff-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Huge distress’: Postgrad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
In 2006, Fiji’s current Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, seized power from a government that had been elected only seven months earlier. Named the “good governance coup”, the takeover was justified by concerns about corruption as well as racism. Sixteen years later, Fiji is about to go to the polls for the third time since Bainimarama ... <a title="An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/an-update-on-the-good-governance-coup-political-will-corruption-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption in Fiji">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Lee Duffield in Brisbane The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless” on the islands has highlighted the neglect of that field by Australia and New Zealand — and also problems in universities. The new development is the non-government, non-university Asia ... <a title="Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/fate-of-nz-research-centre-highlights-university-blindness-media-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
By Sri Krishnamurthi While some women at the University of the South Pacific’s 14 campuses found working from home enjoyable during the covid-19 pandemic, others felt isolated, had overwhelming mental challenges and some experienced domestic violence, a Pacific survey has found. Titled “University Women Remote Work Challenges”, the survey was funded by the Council of ... <a title="Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/domestic-violence-isolation-hit-pacific-women-during-pandemic-says-usp-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2022
RNZ Nine To Noon Post-graduate students are petitioning Auckland University of Technology over academic staff cuts — saying it is hugely disruptive and will impact on New Zealand’s research sector. AUT planned to cut 170 academic positions — those affected had until last Thursday to take voluntary redundancy or face a compulsory layoff. The petition states ... <a title="‘Huge distress’: Post-grad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/06/huge-distress-post-grad-students-feel-impact-of-aut-academic-staff-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Huge distress’: Post-grad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Raekaihau Press Owen Wilkes (1940–2005) was known throughout the Pacific and across the world as an outstanding researcher on peace and disarmament. His work: • exposed plans to build a US Navy satellite tracking station in the Southern Alps• identified a foreign spy base at Tangimoana (near Bulls)• led to job offers from leading peace ... <a title="Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/peacemonger-a-tribute-to-peace-researcher-owen-wilkes-out-soon/" aria-label="Read more about Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/david-robie-pacific-lessons-in-climate-crisis-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with social media. The study, released this month by the Reuters Institute at Oxford University, has exposed gaps between trust in news via conventional delivery and the same thing consumed via ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/gavin-ellis-news-media-face-distrust-by-association-with-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/pacific-lessons-in-climate-change-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French Polynesian territorial President Édouard Fritch. Fritch was responding to a renewed call by the pro-independence opposition Tavini Huiraatira party to follow up on reports dating back to 2016 that radiation ... <a title="France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/france-must-pay-for-study-on-genetic-impact-of-its-pacific-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr — the only son and namesake of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos — delivered an inaugural address that did not mention press freedom. Press freedom also went unmentioned when he delivered his first State of ... <a title="How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/how-philippine-press-freedom-has-been-abandoned-under-bongbong-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos">Read more</a>
