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March 30, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is “very little” reason for China to station military forces on Solomon Islands, describing developments as “gravely concerning”. A draft agreement — leaked online — indicated Solomon Islands would allow Beijing to send military forces there and make regular ship visits. The New Zealand and ... <a title="PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/pm-says-honiaras-growing-china-relationship-is-gravely-concerning/" aria-label="Read more about PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist A covid-19 modeller says hundreds more people could die in Aotearoa New Zealand’s first wave of the omicron outbreak. Health officials reported today that 11 more people with covid-19 had died in New Zealand, with 12,882 new community cases reported and 861 people in hospital with the coronavirus ... <a title="Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/hundreds-more-may-die-in-nzs-first-omicron-wave-covid-modeller-says/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller says">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager A draft security cooperation agreement between China and Solomon Islands has been leaked on social media. The unverified document includes seven articles, which discuss the scope of cooperation between both nations. Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security senior lecturer Dr Anna Powles has seen the agreement on social ... <a title="Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/leaked-draft-china-solomon-islands-security-pact-causes-pacific-stir/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Samoa government has extended its alert level three lockdown for another two weeks, due to the rapid spread of the covid-19 in the community. There are 467 confirmed covid-19 cases, 15 of which are imported cases of passengers on the repatriation flight from New Zealand in early March. As case numbers climb ... <a title="Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/samoa-extends-lockdown-as-spread-of-covid-19-cases-jumps-to-467/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, says covid-19 case numbers have passed their peak in Auckland, the country’s largest city, but that people should remain vigilant. Dr Bloomfield said there were 20,907 new community cases of covid-19, a further 15 deaths and 1016 people in hospital in today. He said the ... <a title="NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/23/nzs-covid-19-case-numbers-past-their-peak-in-auckland-says-bloomfield/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor The Green Party says New Zealand has put its relationship with the NATO security alliance ahead of saving lives in Ukraine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday announced $5 million would go to a NATO fund for the purchase of “non-lethal military assistance” such as fuel, rations and ... <a title="Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/ukraine-war-green-party-says-nzs-5m-funding-better-for-saving-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
Students from West Papua have been facing a stressful time in New Zealand since the beginning of the year after Indonesia said it would no longer fund their autonomous Papuan scholarships and wanted them repatriated home. One student from the Central Highlands in West Papua that RNZ Pacific has spoken to says he has had ... <a title="West Papuan students in dire straits in NZ after Indonesia cuts funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/west-papuan-students-in-dire-straits-in-nz-after-indonesia-cuts-funding/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan students in dire straits in NZ after Indonesia cuts funding">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2022
RNZ News The clamour in New Zealand to ditch vaccine passes and change the traffic light setting is poorly timed, an epidemiologist says. The number of covid-19 deaths is on the rise, with nine reported today. One thousand people are now in hospital, including 26 in ICU, the highest number yet in intensive care. University ... <a title="Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/omicron-peak-not-right-time-to-relax-public-health-measures-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says professor">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
RNZ News An Auckland nurse says a lucrative incentive payment has not fixed the city’s dire hospital staffing shortage in Aotearoa New Zealand’s current covid-19 outbreak. Nurses, midwives and others employed by the region’s district health boards (DHBs) have been entitled to an extra $500 on top of their normal pay for extra shifts overnight. ... <a title="Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix covid crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/auckland-hospitals-put-most-care-on-hold-incentives-fail-to-fix-covid-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix covid crisis">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has reported 19,542 new cases of covid-19 in the community and 24 more deaths today. The ministry said eight people had died with covid-19 yesterday, while a further 16 people had died in the past three weeks. “Local public health authorities have notified these deaths to the ministry ... <a title="NZ reports 24 more covid deaths, 19,542 new cases – minister positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/nz-reports-24-more-covid-deaths-19542-new-cases-minister-positive/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 24 more covid deaths, 19,542 new cases – minister positive">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2022
OPEN LETTER: By Mahvash Ikram Three years on from the Christchurch terror attacks on 15 March 2019, Mahvash Ikram writes an open letter to her young son telling him one day he will learn how the Muslim community was targeted, but that shouldn’t scare him from going to a mosque. Dear son, You’re not yet ... <a title="NZ terror attacks anniversary: A letter to my son – ‘Never be ashamed of your beliefs’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/17/nz-terror-attacks-anniversary-a-letter-to-my-son-never-be-ashamed-of-your-beliefs/" aria-label="Read more about NZ terror attacks anniversary: A letter to my son – ‘Never be ashamed of your beliefs’">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter Police will not give details about finances and their investigation into the New Zealand protest against covid-19 public health measures which occupied Parliament’s grounds and surrounding streets. Large sums of money traded hands during and leading up to the 23-day occupation, but it is unclear how it ... <a title="Parliament protest: Questions remain on funding sources and where it went" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/14/parliament-protest-questions-remain-on-funding-sources-and-where-it-went/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament protest: Questions remain on funding sources and where it went">Read more</a>
