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July 27, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An activist on board the Handala, a Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship carrying aid to the besieged enclave in a bid to break Israel’s blockade, says the crew are preparing themselves for the possibility of Israeli forces storming the vessel. Jacob Berger, an actor from the US, made the comments to Al Jazeera ... <a title="Handala freedom ship loaded with Gaza aid bracing for Israeli forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/27/handala-freedom-ship-loaded-with-gaza-aid-bracing-for-israeli-forces/" aria-label="Read more about Handala freedom ship loaded with Gaza aid bracing for Israeli forces">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Mick Hall A leaked document has revealed secretive plans to revise terror laws in New Zealand so that people can be charged over statements deemed to constitute material support for a proscribed organisation. It shows the government also wants to widen the criteria for proscribing organisations to include groups that are judged ... <a title="Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence of Zionist genocide threatens Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/leaked-document-reveals-proposed-law-revisions-in-nz-as-western-defence-of-zionist-genocide-threatens-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence of Zionist genocide threatens Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark warned activists and campaigners in a speech on the deck of the Greenpeace environmental flagship Rainbow Warrior III last night to be wary of global “storm clouds” and the renewed existential threat of nuclear weapons. Speaking on her reflections on four decades after the bombing ... <a title="Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over global storm clouds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/keep-fighting-for-a-nuclear-free-pacific-helen-clark-warns-greenpeace-over-global-storm-clouds/" aria-label="Read more about Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over global storm clouds">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
This is Democracy Now!. I’m Amy Goodman. More than 100 humanitarian groups are demanding action to end Israel’s siege of Gaza, warning mass starvation is spreading across the Palestinian territory. The NGOs, including Amnesty International, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, warn, “illnesses like acute watery diarrhea are spreading, markets are empty, waste is piling up, and ... <a title="Israel waging ‘horror show’ starvation campaign in Gaza, says UN chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/israel-waging-horror-show-starvation-campaign-in-gaza-says-un-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Israel waging ‘horror show’ starvation campaign in Gaza, says UN chief">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
By Julian Isaac The Indonesian Military (TNI) is committed to supporting the completion of the Trans-Papua Highway during President Prabowo Subianto’s term in office. While the military is not involved in construction, it plays a critical role in securing the project from threats posed by pro-independence Papuan resistance groups in “high-risk” regions. Spanning a total ... <a title="Indonesian military set to complete Trans-Papua Highway under Prabowo’s rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/indonesian-military-set-to-complete-trans-papua-highway-under-prabowos-rule/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military set to complete Trans-Papua Highway under Prabowo’s rule">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied West Bank Two young Palestinians were beaten to death on their land by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday. A funeral was held on Sunday for Sayfollah “Saif” Mussalet, 20, and Muhammad Shalabi, 23, who were brutally killed by a large group of settlers in ... <a title="Israeli settlers beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/israeli-settlers-beat-to-death-2-palestinians-in-latest-lynchings/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli settlers beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
RNZ News New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the inhumane killing of Palestinians. The countries — including Britain, France, Canada and Australia plus the European Union — also condemed the Israeli government’s aid delivery model in Gaza as “dangerous”. ... <a title="NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip feeding’ of aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/nz-and-allies-condemn-inhumane-horrifying-killings-in-gaza-and-drip-feeding-of-aid/" aria-label="Read more about NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip feeding’ of aid">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau While public attention has been focused on the domestic fast-track consenting process for infrastructure and mining, Associate Minister of Finance David Seymour has been pushing through another fast-track process — this time for foreign investment in New Zealand. But it has had almost no public ... <a title="Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/why-has-a-bill-to-relax-nz-foreign-investment-rules-had-so-little-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent United States immigration and deportation enforcement continues to ramp up, impacting on Marshallese and Micronesians in new and unprecedented ways. The Trump administration’s directive to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest and deport massive numbers of potentially illegal aliens, including those with convictions from decades ... <a title="ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/19/ice-deportation-action-lands-marshallese-micronesians-in-guantanamo-terror-base/" aria-label="Read more about ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonian politicians who inked their commitment to a deal with France last weekend will be offered special police protection following threats, especially made on social media networks. The group includes almost 20 members of New Caledonia’s parties — both pro-France and pro-independence — who took ... <a title="Police protection for New Caledonian politicians following death threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/police-protection-for-new-caledonian-politicians-following-death-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Police protection for New Caledonian politicians following death threats">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Mick Hall Collective measures to confront Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people have been agreed by 12 nations after an emergency summit of the Hague Group in Bogotá, Colombia. A joint statement today announced the six measures, which it said were geared to holding Israel to account for its crimes in Palestine and ... <a title="12 countries agree to confront Israel collectively over Gaza after Bogotá summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/12-countries-agree-to-confront-israel-collectively-over-gaza-after-bogota-summit/" aria-label="Read more about 12 countries agree to confront Israel collectively over Gaza after Bogotá summit">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Forty years ago today, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior in an attempt to stop the environmental organisation’s protest against nuclear testing at Moruroa Atoll in Mā’ohi Nui. People gathered on board Rainbow Warrior III to remember photographer Fernando Pereira, ... <a title="Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 40 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/rainbow-warrior-bombing-by-french-secret-agents-remembered-40-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 40 years on">Read more</a>
