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March 18, 2019
“You are in our prayers” … spontaneous messages pasted on the wall of the AUT Masjid at Auckland University of Technology today. Image: David Robie/PMC By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s Fijian community is reeling after three people from Fiji were killed in Friday’s mosque attacks in Christchurch. The terrorist attacks, which killed ... <a title="Fiji community shaken with loss of three in Christchurch mosque attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/fiji-community-shaken-with-loss-of-three-in-christchurch-mosque-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji community shaken with loss of three in Christchurch mosque attacks">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2019
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the nation after yesterday’s tragic mosque massacres in Christchurch. Video: RNZ By RNZ New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she was advised that the primary perpetrator of the terror attacks in Christchurch yesterday had used five guns Forty-nine people died at Al Noor Mosque next to Hagley Park and ... <a title="Christchurch mosque terror attacks: ‘Our gun laws will change’, says PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/16/christchurch-mosque-terror-attacks-our-gun-laws-will-change-says-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque terror attacks: ‘Our gun laws will change’, says PM">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Armed police in action during the Christchurch lockdown after the attack on two mosques today. Image: RNZ Twitter By RNZ Armed police have been deployed after shots were fired at two mosques where hundreds of people were praying near Hagley Park in Christchurch today. READ MORE: ‘This is horrible – unthinkable in New Zealand’ Key ... <a title="Breaking: ‘Blood everywhere’ as shots fired at mosques in NZ city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/breaking-blood-everywhere-as-shots-fired-at-mosques-in-nz-city/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking: ‘Blood everywhere’ as shots fired at mosques in NZ city">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
NASA representatives, including Dr Linus Digim’Rina, talking to journalists at the University of Papua New Guinea. Image: Alan Robson/PMC By RNZ Pacific A new council at the university of Papua New Guinea could soon be appointed, says an academic who led last week’s staff boycott at the country’s main national university. Dr Linus Digim’Rina, head ... <a title="UPNG may get new council, says staff boycott academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/upng-may-get-new-council-says-staff-boycott-academic/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG may get new council, says staff boycott academic">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific As the numbers of casualties and displaced people in Papua’s Highlands pile up, prospects for an end to armed conflict in the Indonesian-ruled region appear dim. Humanitarian concern is growing for villagers who have been displaced by conflict in the Highlands between Indonesia’s military and the West Papua Liberation ... <a title="Humanitarian concerns grow as violent conflict worsens in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/13/humanitarian-concerns-grow-as-violent-conflict-worsens-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Humanitarian concerns grow as violent conflict worsens in West Papua">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2019
Helen Hakena … call for a total ban on alcohol. Image: RNZ Pacific/Wikipedia By RNZ Pacific When the women of Bougainville march today to mark International Women’s Day, the recent violence in Buka will be at the front of their minds. Fighting, which claimed two lives and resulted in the torching of 34 houses on ... <a title="Bougainville women march for unity after recent violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/bougainville-women-march-for-unity-after-recent-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville women march for unity after recent violence">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2019
A scene from the break-in at parliament in Waigani, Port Moresby, last November. Image: Bryan Kramer/Kramer Report By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner says investigations are ongoing into officers who took part in a rampage through Parliament last year. Last November, dozens of police and corrections officers went on the rampage over their ... <a title="PNG probe into parliament rampage still ongoing, says police chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/21/png-probe-into-parliament-rampage-still-ongoing-says-police-chief/" aria-label="Read more about PNG probe into parliament rampage still ongoing, says police chief">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A short documentary which highlights the risks of being a journalist in Indonesian-ruled Papua region (West Papua) has won an international film award. Aprila, directed by Rohan Radheya, took out the best short film award at the 16th Pacific FIFO Documentary Film Festival in French Polynesia. The Dutch journalist and film-maker’s documentary ... <a title="West Papua film exposes plight of ‘ignored’ local journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/west-papua-film-exposes-plight-of-ignored-local-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua film exposes plight of ‘ignored’ local journalists">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
“King Faipopo”, as he appeared in a video sent to the Samoa Observer last year. Image: Samoa Observer Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Samoan anti-government blogger Malele Paulo has been arrested, reports RNZ Pacific. Malele, who uses the pseudonym “King Faipopo”, is being held in police custody. RNZ reported Malele had been charged with making threatening ... <a title="Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/samoan-police-arrest-anti-government-blogger-king-faipopo/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Anote’s Ark trailer By RNZ Pacific A Canadian film about climate change in Kiribati and the Pacific has won the top prize at the 16th Pacific Documentary Film Festival in French Polynesia. The film, Anote’s Ark by Matthieu Rytz, looked at the plight of Kiribati and former President Anote Tong who championed the Pacific human ... <a title="Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-documentary-about-kiribati-wins-top-fifo-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
An angry mob torches the courthouse on Rapa Nui. Image: Latercera Online/RNZ Pacific By RNZ Pacific Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media. The news site Ahora Noticias reports that police were assaulted and injured, and a court building and a ... <a title="Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/courthouse-torched-police-assaulted-during-rapa-nui-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Hundreds of Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) in march in Surabaya to commemorate December 1, a day they consider to be West Papua liberation day, on Saturday. Image: Wahyoe Boediwardhana/jakarta Post By Arnold Belau in Jayapura and Wahyoe Boediwardhana in Surabaya More than 500 Papuans in several cities across Indonesia and West Papua were arrested following ... <a title="Indonesian police arrest more than 500 over West Papua flag demos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/indonesian-police-arrest-more-than-500-over-west-papua-flag-demos/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police arrest more than 500 over West Papua flag demos">Read more</a>
