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May 29, 2019
The problem with scandals involving so much mystery is they naturally lead to plenty of speculation, some of which might be useful and some which might be completely wrong, or even highly-damaging. And while we are still in the midst of it all, it’s extremely difficult to sort out the useful from the damaging. For ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-intense-speculation-on-budget-leaking-and-hacking/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2019
Vanuatu-based journalist Ben Bohane raises West Papuan questions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Vanuatu. Video: Ben Bohane/Ginny Stein By Dan McGarry in Port Vila During his visit to Port Vila last weekend, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was confronted with questions about West Papua – but he waffled in his responses. ... <a title="UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/un-chief-waffles-over-west-papuan-human-rights-violations/" aria-label="Read more about UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2019
Protests to challenge the presidential election results have escalated in the capital of Jakarta for two nights running. Video: Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan says six people have been killed during the worst riots to hit Indonesia’s capital city since 1998, when a student rally demanding the ouster of then-president ... <a title="6 killed as post-election student protest turns into Jakarta riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/6-killed-as-post-election-student-protest-turns-into-jakarta-riots/" aria-label="Read more about 6 killed as post-election student protest turns into Jakarta riots">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2019
The world is changing fast, with digital technological innovation that is both liberating and disturbing. The threats and opportunities this presents requires a massive debate, and intervention, to ensure such changes are as healthy as possible for humanity. The online dimension of the Christchurch terrorist attacks is now provoking a sea change in attitudes towards ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-christchurch-calling-the-clampdown-on-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Headline: Paul Buchanan – Radio NZ Dispatch: Beware the false narrative linking Christchurch to Sri Lanka bombings – 36th Parallel Assessments A woman grieves for the loss of a family member in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Planning for the Easter Sunday bombings would have started well before last month’s terrorism attacks in Christchurch, Paul Buchanan believes. Photo: RNZ. ... <a title="Paul Buchanan – Radio NZ Dispatch: Beware the false narrative linking Christchurch to Sri Lanka bombings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/paul-buchanan-radio-nz-dispatch-beware-the-false-narrative-linking-christchurch-to-sri-lanka-bombings/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Buchanan – Radio NZ Dispatch: Beware the false narrative linking Christchurch to Sri Lanka bombings">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Headline: Was Sri Lanka attack retaliation? – Analysis – 36th Parallel Assessments 36th Parallel’s principal, Dr Paul Buchanan. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made a statement responding to the suggestion that the Sri Lanka bombings were retaliation for the Christchurch attacks. “We have seen reports of the statement from the Sri Lankan Minister of state ... <a title="Was Sri Lanka attack retaliation? – Analysis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/was-sri-lanka-attack-retaliation-analysis/" aria-label="Read more about Was Sri Lanka attack retaliation? – Analysis">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2019
A member of the Police Response Team in Solomon Islands on patrol during the election of the prime minister in Honiara. Image: Gino Oti/RNZ Pacific By Koroi Hawkins in Honiara Police in Solomon Islands remain on high alert after Wednesday’s riots which broke out across the capital Honiara shortly after Manasseh Sogavare was announced the ... <a title="Solomon Islands police remain on high alert in the wake of political unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/26/solomon-islands-police-remain-on-high-alert-in-the-wake-of-political-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands police remain on high alert in the wake of political unrest">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day by Dr Bryce Edwards It’s a very different Anzac Day this year. In recent years this remembrance day has been steadily transforming. Most notably, becoming more popular, with attendance at ceremonies up, and an apparently more interested population in general. Last year’s centenary also bolstered the importance ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-different-sort-of-anzac-day/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A different sort of Anzac Day">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
By Rosalie Nongebatu, editor of Wansolwara A Solomon Islands academic says the only body that can find a legitimate solution to his country’s current crisis is the National Parliament. Senior politics lecturer at the Suva-based University of the South Pacific, Dr Gordon Nanau, said this following the unrest and rioting in Honiara yesterday by a ... <a title="‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of Honiara riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/leave-it-up-to-parliament-says-usp-academic-in-wake-of-honiara-riots/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Leave it up to Parliament,’ says USP academic in wake of Honiara riots">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2019
Police say some people decided to take the law into their own hands and marched through some streets of the capital, fighting, causing public disturbances and property damage, reports the Solomon Star. RNZ Pacific reports that an uneasy calm has returned to the capital while Sogavare rejected accusations his past governments have “failed” Malaita over ... <a title="30 arrested in Honiara post-election riots as calm returns to capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/25/30-arrested-in-honiara-post-election-riots-as-calm-returns-to-capital/" aria-label="Read more about 30 arrested in Honiara post-election riots as calm returns to capital">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Rioting in Honiara today after the parliamentary election of Manasseh Sogavare as Prime Minister. Image: Screenshot from Dan Dãñzõ Kakadi video By RNZ Pacific Police in Solomon Islands called for calm today after rioting broke out in the capital of Honiara over the election of Manasseh Sogavare as the new prime minister. Sogavare’s win – ... <a title="Solomons police call for calm to counter riots after PM elected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/solomons-police-call-for-calm-to-counter-riots-after-pm-elected/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons police call for calm to counter riots after PM elected">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2019
The great wait … A TV cameraman and a reporter work in front of a large screen showing the ongoing results of the 2019 election vote count at the General Elections Commission (KPU) headquarters in Jakarta on Sunday. The vote count is being carried out between April 25 to May 23. Image: Seto Wardhana/The Jakarta ... <a title="Jokowi’s camp ups ante against Prabowo’s ‘real count’ vote claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/23/jokowis-camp-ups-ante-against-prabowos-real-count-vote-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi’s camp ups ante against Prabowo’s ‘real count’ vote claim">Read more</a>
