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June 20, 2021
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter A counter-terrorism hui intended to help heal the wounds inflicted in Christchurch two years ago sparked a walk-out which hit the headlines. The news media were also there to be questioned about their rights and responsibilities after 15 March 2019. When police National Security Adviser Cameron Bayly revealed ... <a title="Mediawatch: Hui over Christchurch terror attacks puts media under the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/20/mediawatch-hui-over-christchurch-terror-attacks-puts-media-under-the-spotlight/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Hui over Christchurch terror attacks puts media under the spotlight">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s Health Secretary Dr James Fong confirms that the country has recorded 150 new cases in the 24-hour period ending at 8am June 19 as authorities prepare for deployment of a medical team with specialists from Australia and New Zealand. One hundred and seventeen cases are from ... <a title="150 new covid cases as NZ and Australia medics prepare for Fiji deployment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/20/150-new-covid-cases-as-nz-and-australia-medics-prepare-for-fiji-deployment/" aria-label="Read more about 150 new covid cases as NZ and Australia medics prepare for Fiji deployment">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
RNZ Pacific Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has upheld a decision by the former Speaker of Parliament to expel 19 government MPs from Parliament. The court ruling could trigger the collapse of Vanuatu’s government but a subsequent appeal is likely to grant a stay of execution for the administration of Bob Loughman. Gracia ... <a title="Vanuatu Supreme Court confirms 19 government MPs lose seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/vanuatu-supreme-court-confirms-19-government-mps-lose-seats/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu Supreme Court confirms 19 government MPs lose seats">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2021
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Anti-vax misinformation is throwing a spanner in the works for covid-19 vaccination programmes in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, with the prime ministers of both countries firing warnings at those spreading it. PNG Prime Minister James Marape issued a blunt statement this week, saying his government had done ... <a title="Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/18/warnings-to-anti-vaxxers-slowing-rollout-in-solomons-and-png/" aria-label="Read more about Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing rollout in Solomons and PNG">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller, RNZ Pacific Journalist In New Zealand, youth climate change movement School Strike 4 Climate Auckland has declared itself as racist, and disbanded, but young activists say going silent is not the answer. The group had organised large protests in centres throughout the country, becoming the biggest climate protest movement in ... <a title="Problem of racism towards Pasifika in climate change: ‘We want to be valued’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/problem-of-racism-towards-pasifika-in-climate-change-we-want-to-be-valued/" aria-label="Read more about Problem of racism towards Pasifika in climate change: ‘We want to be valued’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2021
The Polynesian Panther Party will hold a three-day fonotaga commemoration event this weekend at the University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika. Whakaako kia Whakaora – Educate to Liberate. Image: RNZ/Polynesian Panthers Dawn Raid apology The Panthers’ golden jubilee couldn’t be more forthcoming, given an announcement made this week of a formal government apology for the 1970s ... <a title="50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/17/50-years-of-the-polynesian-panthers-it-was-a-time-of-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers: ‘It was a time of revolution’">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2021
RNZ News A co-founder of the Polynesian Panthers says the government should allow overstayers to remain in New Zealand after it formally apologises for the Dawn Raids later this month. An emotional Minister for Pacific Peoples, ‘Aupito William Sio, also revealed today harrowing details of his own family’s subjection to the notorious police raids of ... <a title="‘Terror in our society that money can’t pay for’, Polynesian Panthers founder tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/15/terror-in-our-society-that-money-cant-pay-for-polynesian-panthers-founder-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror in our society that money can’t pay for’, Polynesian Panthers founder tells NZ">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make a formal government apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders on June 26 at a commemoration event in the Auckland Town Hall. She made the announcement today alongside Pacific Peoples Minister ‘Aupito William Sio. Ardern said there was strict criteria cabinet needed to ... <a title="NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/nz-to-formally-apologise-for-dawn-raids-against-pacific-islanders/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to formally apologise for Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
By Katie Doyle, RNZ News reporter A Christchurch woman is furious a flyer from the New Zealand disinformation group Voices For Freedom ended up in her letterbox. It contains nine false or misleading claims about covid-19 and the vaccine, and asks readers “are you fed up with covid yet?” The woman, who RNZ News has ... <a title="‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/deeply-misleading-nz-covid-19-leaflets-cause-distress-to-at-risk-resident/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Deeply misleading’ NZ covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific A prominent Australian lawyer, Greg Sheppard, has been arrested by Papua New Guinean police and is facing a range of fraud charges. Sheppard, a principal of Young & Williams Lawyers, was arrested on Tuesday in Port Moresby. He was charged with two counts of misappropriation and another two counts of money laundering. Police ... <a title="High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/high-profile-lawyer-faces-fresh-fraud-money-laundering-charges-in-png/" aria-label="Read more about High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2021
COMMENT: By Saziah Bashir It was announced yesterday that Australian actress Rose Byrne will star as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in an upcoming movie about the response to the Christchurch mosque terror attacks of 15 March 2019, titled They Are Us. The movie will be directed by New Zealand’s Andrew Niccol. The movie’s ... <a title="They are (using) us: ‘How is it okay for others to profit off our pain?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/they-are-using-us-how-is-it-okay-for-others-to-profit-off-our-pain/" aria-label="Read more about They are (using) us: ‘How is it okay for others to profit off our pain?’">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fifty-one cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Fiji tonight, with 35 of them from the fastest-growing cluster at Nadi. This takes the total number of infections since the outbreak started in April to 900, with 684 active cases currently in isolation. The Health Ministry said two cases were from the Lami-Nausori containment ... <a title="51 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji with fast-growing Nadi cluster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/11/51-new-covid-cases-confirmed-in-fiji-with-fast-growing-nadi-cluster/" aria-label="Read more about 51 new covid cases confirmed in Fiji with fast-growing Nadi cluster">Read more</a>
