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January 23, 2024
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he is confident he can retain power in the wake of the recent riots. Prime Minister James Marape claims he has the direct support of more than 50 MPs from his own party as well as coalition partners in the 111-seat Parliament. The Black Wednesday riot claimed ... <a title="PNG Prime Minister Marape confident his coalition will stay intact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/png-prime-minister-marape-confident-his-coalition-will-stay-intact/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Prime Minister Marape confident his coalition will stay intact">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Powerful waves, driven by offshore storm surges, hit an important United States military installation in the Marshall Islands on Saturday night, causing damage and resulting in the evacuation of all “non-mission personnel” from the island. Flooding caused by the waves also hit ... <a title="Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut airports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/freak-waves-cause-damage-at-us-army-base-at-roi-namur-shut-airports/" aria-label="Read more about Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut airports">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By Temalesi Vono in Suva Fiji’s fired Education Minister Aseri Radrodro rebuffed three letters from the Prime Minister and legal advice from the Solicitor-General that led to his sacking as a cabinet minister, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka revealed yesterday. Rabuka also said he wrote twice to the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Viliame Gavoka ... <a title="Rabuka stands firm on sacking decision – coalition at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/rabuka-stands-firm-on-sacking-decision-coalition-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka stands firm on sacking decision – coalition at risk">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
RNZ Pacific East Sepik Governor Allan Bird says Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape must take responsibility for the Port Moresby riots two weeks ago. The National reports Governor Bird saying the police cannot be punished for the looting and burning, the government is totally responsible for what happened. “You can’t just pass the ... <a title="Marape ‘can’t pass the buck’ for PNG riots, says East Sepik governor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/marape-cant-pass-the-buck-for-png-riots-says-east-sepik-governor/" aria-label="Read more about Marape ‘can’t pass the buck’ for PNG riots, says East Sepik governor">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2024
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition parties have seized on a leaked ministerial memo about the coalition government’s proposed Treaty Principles bill, saying the prime minister should put a stop to it. ACT is defending the bill, while National has repeated its position of supporting it no further than select committee. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri ... <a title="NZ opposition parties urge PM Luxon to shut down ‘erase treaty’ bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/21/nz-opposition-parties-urge-pm-luxon-to-shut-down-erase-treaty-bill/" aria-label="Read more about NZ opposition parties urge PM Luxon to shut down ‘erase treaty’ bill">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2024
RNZ Pacific Waikato Tainui estimate at least 10,000 people have been welcomed onto Tūrangawaewae marae to participate in an Aotearoa New Zealand national hui called by Kiingi Tuuheitia. Kiingi Tuuheitia extended the invite last month after iwi leaders highlighted the need for a unified response to coalition government policy impacting Māori and the 1840 Te ... <a title="More than 10,000 turn out for NZ’s national Hui-ā-Iwi at Tūrangawaewae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/more-than-10000-turn-out-for-nzs-national-hui-a-iwi-at-turangawaewae/" aria-label="Read more about More than 10,000 turn out for NZ’s national Hui-ā-Iwi at Tūrangawaewae">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2024
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Marshall Islands officials quickly moved this week to reaffirm this nation’s ties with Taipei in the wake of Nauru shifting diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China. “The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) values the strong relationship with Republic of China (Taiwan) ... <a title="Marshall Islands reaffirms ties with Taiwan in wake of Nauru shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/19/marshall-islands-reaffirms-ties-with-taiwan-in-wake-of-nauru-shift/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands reaffirms ties with Taiwan in wake of Nauru shift">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2024
In the wake of last week’s riots and looting across Papua New Guinea’s cities, the government has announced plans to get the country’s youth working. Prime Minister James Marape said efforts would be made to mobilise people aged 16 to 30, who were not in work or education. Some of the blame for the rioting ... <a title="Marape tells PNG youth ‘I’m your father’ in bid to mobilise them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/19/marape-tells-png-youth-im-your-father-in-bid-to-mobilise-them/" aria-label="Read more about Marape tells PNG youth ‘I’m your father’ in bid to mobilise them">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2024
The latest victim of last week’s rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby is the city’s top police commander. National Capital District commander Assistant Commissioner Anthony Wagambie Jr has been suspended for 21 days. Wagambie’s suspension comes after an internal investigation by the PNG police Internal Affairs Directorate. Acting Police Commissioner Donald ... <a title="Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/18/port-moresby-police-chief-suspended-in-latest-fallout-from-png-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
RNZ News Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman — a leading voice in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament for human rights, an independent foreign policy, and justice for Occupied Palestine — was subject to “pretty much continuous” death threats and threats of violence, says party co-leader James Shaw. She has resigned as a Green Party MP ... <a title="Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/former-green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-faced-continuous-death-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
A security studies professor says China has been applying pressure to countries to switch diplomatic ties over from Taiwan, but Beijing says its “ready to work” with the Pacific island nation “to open new chapters” in the relations between the two countries. The Nauru government said that “in the best interests” of the country and ... <a title="China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/china-has-whittled-down-key-taiwan-support-with-nauru-move-says-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says scholar">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister James Marape. Seven MPs in Marape’s government have resigned following last week’s riots in Port Moresby and Lae — dubbed “Black Wednesday” — and the ... <a title="PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/png-political-fallout-from-deadly-riots-stirs-call-for-vote-over-marape/" aria-label="Read more about PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over Marape">Read more</a>
