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July 15, 2024
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women in the news. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh emphasised that such training would help avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes and promote diverse perspectives, ensuring media coverage reflects the ... <a title="Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/nalini-singh-calls-for-media-coverage-that-reflects-realities-of-all-genders/" aria-label="Read more about Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2024
OBITUARY: By Philip Cass of Kaniva Tonga A New Zealand politician and human rights activist with a strong connection to Tonga’s Democracy movement and other Pacific activism has been farewelled after dying last week aged 80. Keith Locke served as a former Green MP from 1999 to 2011. While in Parliament, he was a notable ... <a title="How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/27/how-former-greens-mp-keith-locke-often-became-a-voice-for-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2024
Public submissions have closed on a bill which would offer a pathway to New Zealand citizenship to a group of Samoans born between 1924 and 1949. Public hearings on the Restoring Citizenship Removed By Citizenship Act Bill start on Monday. In 1982, the Privy Council ruled that because those born in Western Samoa were treated ... <a title="NZ Samoa citizenship bill: Committee receives 24,000 plus public submissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/21/nz-samoa-citizenship-bill-committee-receives-24000-plus-public-submissions/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Samoa citizenship bill: Committee receives 24,000 plus public submissions">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
RNZ Pacific Tributes are pouring in for an acclaimed American Samoan poet and teacher who was murdered last Saturday in Apia allegedly by a fellow poet. According to local police Dr Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, a retired professor from the University of Hawai’i Manoa, was found dead at the Galu Moana Theatre in Vaivase-Uta. The Samoa Observer ... <a title="Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/outpouring-of-grief-following-death-of-acclaimed-samoan-poet-and-writer/" aria-label="Read more about Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2024
By Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Fiji’s ranking in a global press freedom index has jumped into the top tier of countries with free or mostly free media after its government last year repealed a draconian law that threatened journalists with prison for doing their jobs. Fiji’s improvement in the annual Reporters Without ... <a title="Fiji’s media freedom ranking jumps, Papua New Guinea’s plummets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/04/fijis-media-freedom-ranking-jumps-papua-new-guineas-plummets/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s media freedom ranking jumps, Papua New Guinea’s plummets">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2024
Council members voted 21 to 4 in favour of Ahluwalia returning to the Laucala campus following a much-awaited meeting in Vanuatu this week. It comes as USP and its two unions — the Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) and the Administration and Support Staff Union (USPSU) — remain locked in ... <a title="USP Council votes to bring controversial VC back to Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/04/usp-council-votes-to-bring-controversial-vc-back-to-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about USP Council votes to bring controversial VC back to Fiji">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2024
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand has slumped to an unprecedented 19th place in the annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index survey released today on World Press Freedom Day — May 3. This was a drop of six places from 13th last year when it slipped out of its usual place in the top ... <a title="NZ slumps to 19th as RSF says press freedom threatened by global decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/03/nz-slumps-to-19th-as-rsf-says-press-freedom-threatened-by-global-decline/" aria-label="Read more about NZ slumps to 19th as RSF says press freedom threatened by global decline">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalist South Auckland was a hub of indigenous pride as the Auckland Polyfest 2024 revealed a vibrant celebration of cultural diversity, youth empowerment, and the enduring legacy of Pasifika heritage. From the rhythmic beats of Cook Islands drums to the grace and elegance of Siva Samoa, the festival ... <a title="Auckland Polyfest 2024: Vibrant showcase of cultural diversity, youth empowerment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/27/auckland-polyfest-2024-vibrant-showcase-of-cultural-diversity-youth-empowerment/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Polyfest 2024: Vibrant showcase of cultural diversity, youth empowerment">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Indigenous support for Palestine around the world has been overwhelming — and Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception, says a leading Māori environmental and human rights advocate. Writing on her Kia Mau – Resisting Colonial Fictions website, Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) says that week after week, tangata whenua have been showing support ... <a title="Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/maori-advocate-tina-ngata-hails-overwhelming-indigenous-support-for-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Surveillance and better vaccine coverage is needed to prevent another measles outbreak in the Pacific, says the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Western Pacific regional director. Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala said many children missed out on routine vaccinations — including measles and rubella — during the covid-19 pandemic. According to ... <a title="Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/better-immunisation-coverage-needed-to-prevent-pacific-measles-says-who/" aria-label="Read more about Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is being held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Adam Wolfenden, who is there on behalf of Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), says the concerns of small Pacific nations centre on the subsidy ... <a title="Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/pacific-nations-and-civil-society-raise-concerns-at-wto-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2024
RNZ News The late Green Party MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins has been remembered by his widow as an “extraordinary man” at a service in South Auckland. The 49-year-old husband and father-of-two died on February 21 after collapsing during a charity event in Auckland’s central city. Fa’anānā’s unexpected death came as a shock to many, with ... <a title="Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – an ‘extraordinary man’, says widow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/29/faanana-efeso-collins-an-extraordinary-man-says-widow/" aria-label="Read more about Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – an ‘extraordinary man’, says widow">Read more</a>
