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September 12, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has successfully thwarted a vote of no confidence after 75 MPs backed him and 32 voted for the opposition. But the session was not without drama. Just after 10am, after the opposition leader moved a motion for a vote of no ... <a title="PNG’s Marape remains PM after no confidence vote against him fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/12/pngs-marape-remains-pm-after-no-confidence-vote-against-him-fails/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape remains PM after no confidence vote against him fails">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s domestic carrier Air Calédonie is set to launch a biweekly international connection to neighbouring Vanuatu. The new link is set to start operating from October 3 with two return flights, one on Mondays and the other on Thursdays. The company said this followed a ... <a title="New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/new-caledonia-crisis-unrest-hit-air-caledonie-in-search-of-new-markets/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Another church has been set alight in New Caledonia, confirming a trend of arson which has already destroyed five Catholic churches and missions over the past two months. The latest fire took place on Sunday evening at the iconic Saint Denis Church of Balade, in ... <a title="New Caledonia crisis: Another church burns, spate of attacks continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/new-caledonia-crisis-another-church-burns-spate-of-attacks-continues/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia crisis: Another church burns, spate of attacks continues">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fiji government is backing the appointment of the country’s new anti-corruption chief who was under investigation by the office she now heads, which has left Fijians asking questions. Barbara Malimali — who was also the Electoral Commission chairperson — was revealed as the new Fiji Independent Commission Against ... <a title="‘Numerous questions’, but Fiji govt sticks with new anti-corruption chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/09/numerous-questions-but-fiji-govt-sticks-with-new-anti-corruption-chief/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Numerous questions’, but Fiji govt sticks with new anti-corruption chief">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2024
“Anticipation is growing. The warriors are ready. They’re preparing themselves. The paddlers are already on their waka,” Scotty Morrison, alongside veteran journalist Tini Molyneux, told viewers from the banks of the Waikato River. It was Thursday, and the body of Kiingi Tuheitia was being escorted to the barge to take him to his resting place ... <a title="Mediawatch: Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga – epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/08/mediawatch-kiingi-tuheitias-tangihanga-epic-broadcast-marks-new-epoch-for-te-ao-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga – epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The I-Kiribati people will go to the polls for the first round of voting today. Ballots are expected to open at 7am NZ time. The Kiribati Electoral Commission is responsible to conduct the election with the support of the Ministry for Culture and Internal Affairs. There is minimal ... <a title="Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in today’s vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/kiribati-elections-2024-whats-at-stake-in-todays-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in today’s vote">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The I-Kiribati people will go to the polls for the first round of voting tomorrow. Ballots are expected to open at 7am NZ time. The Kiribati Electoral Commission is responsible to conduct the election with the support of the Ministry for Culture and Internal Affairs. There is minimal ... <a title="Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in Wednesday’s vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/kiribati-elections-2024-whats-at-stake-in-wednesdays-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in Wednesday’s vote">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific foreign ministers have given their nod of approval for United States territories Guam and American Samoa to be associate members of main regional decision-making body, but a political analyst says it is geopolitics at play. The news was delivered by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair and Cook Islands ... <a title="Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/greenlight-given-to-guam-american-samoa-for-pif-associate-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Vanuatu is leaning on Aotearoa’s medicinal cannabis production expertise in an effort to prop up its own market. While the Melanesian nation has topped the Happy Planet Index list twice, as the happiest place in the world, it remains one of the most climate vulnerable states in the ... <a title="Vanuatu leader in NZ talks marijuana, seasonal workers and cyclones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/vanuatu-leader-in-nz-talks-marijuana-seasonal-workers-and-cyclones/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu leader in NZ talks marijuana, seasonal workers and cyclones">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Suva The high-level Pacific mission to New Caledonia will be a three person-led delegation and it is still expected to happen prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders (PIF) Meeting in Tonga on August 26, says PIF chair Mark Brown. Brown, who is also the Cook Islands Prime ... <a title="Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/11/brown-rabuka-and-manele-to-lead-pacific-mission-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor France has approved a high-level Pacific “fact-finding mission” to New Caledonia to gather information from all sides involved in the ongoing crisis. “We are welcoming a mission of the troika for a fact-finding mission in New Caledonia before the [Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting],” the French Ambassador to ... <a title="Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says diplomat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/macron-gives-pacific-mission-to-kanaky-new-caledonia-green-light-says-diplomat/" aria-label="Read more about Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says diplomat">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist France is “checking” whether a high-level mission to New Caledonia will be possible prior to or after the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Summit in Tonga at the end of the month. Forum leaders have written to French President Emmanuel Macron requesting to send a Forum Ministerial Committee to Nouméa ... <a title="France ‘decides who enters’ New Caledonia: French diplomat on Pacific leaders request" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/france-decides-who-enters-new-caledonia-french-diplomat-on-pacific-leaders-request/" aria-label="Read more about France ‘decides who enters’ New Caledonia: French diplomat on Pacific leaders request">Read more</a>
