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March 20, 2025
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the need for Aotearoa New Zealand to impose sanctions against Israel has grown more urgent after airstrikes on Gaza resumed, killing more than 400 people. Swarbrick lodged a member’s bill in December and said that with all opposition parties backing it, the ... <a title="Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/swarbrick-pleads-for-nz-cross-party-support-for-sanctions-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2025
RNZ News New Zealand opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins is accusing the prime minister of reversing a long-held foreign policy during his current trip to India to help secure a free trade agreement between the two countries. “It seems our foreign policy is up for grabs at the moment,” he said, citing Prime Minister Christopher ... <a title="Hipkins accuses PM of undermining NZ’s nuclear-free stance in India memo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/hipkins-accuses-pm-of-undermining-nzs-nuclear-free-stance-in-india-memo/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins accuses PM of undermining NZ’s nuclear-free stance in India memo">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea being declared a Christian nation may offer the impression that the country will improve, but it is only “an illusion”, according to a Catholic priest in the country. Last week, the PNG Parliament amended the nation’s constitution, introducing a declaration in its preamble: “(We) acknowledge and ... <a title="Catholic priest calls PNG’s Christian state declaration ‘cosmetic’ change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/catholic-priest-calls-pngs-christian-state-declaration-cosmetic-change/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic priest calls PNG’s Christian state declaration ‘cosmetic’ change">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A Fijian academic believes Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s failed attempt to garner enough parliamentary support to change the country’s 2013 Constitution “is only the beginning”. Last week, Rabuka fell short in his efforts to secure the support of three-quarters of the members of Parliament to amend sections 159 and ... <a title="Fijian academic says PM’s plans to change constitution ‘might take a while’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/17/fijian-academic-says-pms-plans-to-change-constitution-might-take-a-while/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian academic says PM’s plans to change constitution ‘might take a while’">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2025
By Emma Andrews, RNZ Henare te Ua Māori journalism intern Māori contributions to the Aotearoa New Zealand economy have far surpassed the projected goal of “$100 billion by 2030”, a new report has revealed. The report conducted by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) and Te Puni Kōkiri, Te Ōhanga Māori 2023, shows ... <a title="Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/15/dramatic-growth-of-nzs-maori-economy-highlights-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The late Member of Parliament Jeton Anjain and the people of the nuclear test-affected Rongelap Atoll changed the course of the history of the Marshall Islands by using Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship to evacuate their radioactive home islands ... <a title="Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/15/marshall-islands-how-the-rongelap-evacuation-changed-the-course-of-history/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A series of violent incidents and confrontations over the weekend in New Caledonia’s capital Nouméa and its surroundings, causing clashes with law enforcement agencies and several injuries. On Saturday night, in a bar and night-club in downtown Nouméa, a “Ladies Night” event dedicated to International Women’s ... <a title="Violent weekend brawl, clashes rock Greater Nouméa area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/11/violent-weekend-brawl-clashes-rock-greater-noumea-area/" aria-label="Read more about Violent weekend brawl, clashes rock Greater Nouméa area">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer Marshall Islands defence provisions could “fairly easily” be considered to run against the nuclear-free treaty that they are now a signatory to, says a veteran Pacific journalist and editor. The South Pacific’s nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament treaty, known as the Treaty of ... <a title="Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/10/concern-us-presence-could-run-against-marshall-islands-nuclear-free-treaty/" aria-label="Read more about Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2025
International Women’s Day, March 8, is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. Closer to home, here in Aotearoa New Zealand, we can take a moment to acknowledge Pasifika women, and in particular the contributions of Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban. For her, “International Women’s day is an opportunity to acknowledge Pasifika ... <a title="Luamanuvao reflects on International Women’s Day and ‘Pacific dreams’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/10/luamanuvao-reflects-on-international-womens-day-and-pacific-dreams/" aria-label="Read more about Luamanuvao reflects on International Women’s Day and ‘Pacific dreams’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
By Susan Edmunds, RNZ News money correspondent The Aotearoa New Zealand union representing many of NZME’s journalists says it is “deeply worried” by a billionaire’s plans to take over its board. Auckland-based Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon is leading a move to dump the board of media company NZME, owners of The New Zealand Herald and ... <a title="Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/union-wary-of-canadian-billionaire-jim-grenons-nz-media-influence/" aria-label="Read more about Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed over the weekend. The Micronesian nation experienced 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, resulting in an ongoing legacy of death, illness, and contamination. The country’s President Hilda Heine ... <a title="Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/seven-decades-on-marshall-islands-still-reeling-from-nuclear-testing-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls left New Caledonia at the weekend after a one-week stay which was marked by the resumption of inclusive political talks on the French territory’s future. He has now submitted a “synthetical” working document to be discussed further and promised he ... <a title="French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/french-minister-wraps-up-key-talks-in-new-caledonia-returning-late-march/" aria-label="Read more about French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late March">Read more</a>
