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May 21, 2021
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist In the New Zealand 2021 Budget, a big investment of NZ$108 million has been signalled to support the wellbeing of the Pacific population through the rebuild and recovery from the covid-19 pandemic. Pacific Peoples Minister ‘Aupito William Sio said this was a significant investment for Pacific communities who ... <a title="NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/nz-budget-2021-what-does-108m-mean-for-pasifika-wellbeing/" aria-label="Read more about NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
RNZ Pacific The chair of the board of French Polynesia’s social security agency CPS has called on the French state to pay for the medical costs caused by its nuclear weapons tests. Patrick Galenon, who is also a leading trade unionist, has written to the French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu as France plans a high-level ... <a title="France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/france-asked-to-pay-for-tahiti-nuke-victims-ahead-of-paris-summit/" aria-label="Read more about France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris summit">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Head of State has agreed to convene Parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April’s general election after weeks of political deadlock. Leaders of the majority FAST party – which won 26 of 51 seats – met with Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aleto’a Sualauvi II today to request that Parliament be called ... <a title="Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/samoas-head-of-state-will-convene-fono-parliament-to-swear-in-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in MPs">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Green Party motion asking New Zealand MPs to recognise Palestine as a state has failed in the House, with opposition National and ACT MPs objecting to the effort. Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman, who arrived in New Zealand at an early age with her family as an Iranian-born refugee, today ... <a title="Green Party’s bid for NZ declaration of Palestine as a state fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/green-partys-bid-for-nz-declaration-of-palestine-as-a-state-fails/" aria-label="Read more about Green Party’s bid for NZ declaration of Palestine as a state fails">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific The struggle to decide Samoa’s government is headed back to court, as both main political parties continue to stand firm on their beliefs following a Supreme Court ruling dismissing a call for a second election. The Supreme Court yesterday threw out the Head of State’s move toward a second election to break a ... <a title="FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/fast-leader-delighted-but-struggle-for-political-control-in-samoa-drags-on/" aria-label="Read more about FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags on">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller So far, the New Zealand government has been remarkably silent about the Gaza-Israel conflict. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta could be helping meditate for peace, Geoffrey Miller writes. The growing Gaza crisis is testing Nanaia Mahuta’s recent assertion that New Zealand has an independent foreign policy. The conflict between Israel and Hamas-controlled ... <a title="NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-could-play-mediating-role-in-gaza-conflict-but-does-it-want-to/" aria-label="Read more about NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ News Samoa’s Supreme Court has thrown out the Head of State’s decision to call a second election, clearing the path for the newcomer FAST party to form a government. Announcing the second election earlier this month, Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II told Samoans it was the best way to break the political deadlock that emerged ... <a title="Samoa’s Supreme Court dismisses Head of State’s call for fresh election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/samoas-supreme-court-dismisses-head-of-states-call-for-fresh-election/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Supreme Court dismisses Head of State’s call for fresh election">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition National Party leader Judith Collins has suffered a sharp dip in support in the preferred prime minister stakes, in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll. The new poll has Labour on 52.7 percent while National has improved slightly to 27 percent support – an increase of 1.4 percentage points on ... <a title="NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-support-for-opposition-leader-judith-collins-dives-in-new-poll/" aria-label="Read more about NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
RNZ News Samoa is to hear on Monday whether fresh elections will go ahead next week. The Supreme Court heard challenges yesterday to the new ballot called last week by the Head of State, Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II. Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese said the hearing would test the extent of the powers held by ... <a title="Samoa court test case ruling on fresh elections due Monday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/samoa-court-test-case-ruling-on-fresh-elections-due-monday/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa court test case ruling on fresh elections due Monday">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
RNZ News Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been ejected from New Zealand’s Parliament for doing a haka in protest against questions by the Opposition about race-based policy. Opposition conservative National Party leader Judith Collins was asking Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about her views of the He Puapua report, which provides recommendations to the government ... <a title="NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/nz-parliament-ejects-maori-party-co-leader-rawiri-waititi-over-haka/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist A deadly explosion in the Solomon Islands capital has caused fear and confusion about the ongoing threat posed by hidden munitions left over from World War II. A central Honiara residential area was rocked on Sunday by the detonation of a buried howitzer shell which left one person dead ... <a title="Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with bombs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/fatal-solomon-is-blast-highlights-key-threat-in-country-littered-with-bombs/" aria-label="Read more about Fatal Solomon Is blast highlights key threat in country littered with bombs">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
RNZ News A man who was at the Countdown supermarket in New Zealand’s South Island city of Dunedin when four people were stabbed has described the incident as terrifying. The attack happened at the Cumberland Street supermarket just before 2.30pm yesterday. Police said three of the people injured in the stabbing were in a serious ... <a title="‘We were really terrified,’ says Dunedin supermarket stabbing witness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/we-were-really-terrified-says-dunedin-supermarket-stabbing-witness/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We were really terrified,’ says Dunedin supermarket stabbing witness">Read more</a>
