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February 8, 2026
By Wendy Bacon On the eve of his Australian tour, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog faces huge opposition to his visit. In a “National Day of Protest”, hundreds of thousands are expected to march in 30 cities around Australia, including every state capital city tomorrow evening. Herzog’s visit has been opposed by Green Party and several ... <a title="Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/08/herzogs-visit-to-australia-builds-conflict-not-social-cohesion/" aria-label="Read more about Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Speakers contrasted and condemned settler colonialism strategies in Aotearoa New Zealand and Israel’s illegal occupation and genocide in Palestine at a feisty solidarity rally in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau today — a day after Waitangi Day, the national holiday marking the 1840 signing of Te Tititi o Waitangi between 46 chiefs and the ... <a title="Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza injustices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/08/lessons-in-decolonisation-minto-draws-parallels-between-nz-and-gaza-injustices/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza injustices">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2026
Writing in The Guardian on Thursday, UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Israeli President Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia, and urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to correct his terrible mistake in inviting him. COMMENTARY: By Chris Sidoti It’s not too late for Anthony Albanese to withdraw the invitation to the ... <a title="Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/07/isaac-herzog-is-accused-of-inciting-genocide-in-gaza-he-shouldnt-be-welcomed-to-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jason Brown Fast-paced electronic music pumps in the background as a rapid montage of moving images flash across the screen. In a 20 second video, French sailors hunker down in an inflatable speeding over swells. Another sailor, in bright red shorts, is lowered from a helicopter onto the vessel’s back deck. Captured ... <a title="French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/french-shrug-off-cocaine-case-costs-with-new-smugglers-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The New Zealand government says it hopes an electrification aid project that was halted in Papua New Guinea can still be completed if security improves. Work on the Enga Electrification Project in PNG’s Enga province has stopped due to ongoing violence around the project area in Tsak Valley. ... <a title="New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/new-zealand-holds-out-hope-for-halted-png-electrification-aid-project/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A court ruling in favour of Fiji’s dismissed anti-corruption chief has “embarrassed” Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, a New Zealand-based Fiji politics academic says. University of Canterbury distinguished professor Steven Ratuva told RNZ Pacific Waves that while the Fiji High Court decision on Barbara Malimali offered “clarity” on the separation ... <a title="High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/high-court-defeat-piles-pressure-on-embarrassed-fiji-pm-rabukas-leadership-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Andrew Brown Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, is due to arrive in Australia next Sunday. Why is a foreign Head of State asked to help heal an Australian community after an Australian tragedy? Australia is being asked to accept something extraordinary as if it were normal. Who invited Isaac Herzog in the first place, ... <a title="What is Israel’s Herzog doing in Australia – who invited him, and why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/what-is-israels-herzog-doing-in-australia-who-invited-him-and-why/" aria-label="Read more about What is Israel’s Herzog doing in Australia – who invited him, and why?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s government has defended the use of force to evict residents of an informal settlement in the capital Port Moresby. Police used tear gas to move people out of the Two-Mile settlement last week, while heavy machinery was used to tear down homes and two people were killed in clashes. Acting ... <a title="PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers in capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/png-govt-defends-using-tear-gas-force-to-evict-illegal-settlers-in-capital/" aria-label="Read more about PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers in capital">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Political leaders in a Papua New Guinea province plagued by gun violence are making a collective stand to stop it. There is a new sense of political will among Enga Province’s political leaders and police to come down hard on the use of illegal weapons. But they are ... <a title="Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/leaders-of-pngs-enga-province-plagued-by-violence-vow-to-weed-out-illegal-guns/" aria-label="Read more about Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand protesters in Tamaki Makaurau today heralded a global demand for the freedom of thousands of Palestinians who have been unlawfully imprisoned by Israel in its illegal occupation of Palestine. Today is the Red Ribbon Campaign’s global day of solidarity for Palestinian hostages or political prisoners. It is the culmination of ... <a title="Protesters demand freedom for 9000+ Palestinian ‘political prisoners’ held hostage by Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/protesters-demand-freedom-for-9000-palestinian-political-prisoners-held-hostage-by-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters demand freedom for 9000+ Palestinian ‘political prisoners’ held hostage by Israel">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2026
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal / RNZ Pacific correspondent The death earlier this month of a 26-year veteran of the US Army from the Micronesian island of Kosrae, who was an ardent advocate for healthcare benefits for island veterans, highlights the ongoing lack of promised US healthcare support for those who served in ... <a title="Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/31/micronesia-island-us-military-veterans-struggle-to-get-healthcare/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook Here is another example of utterly irresponsible journalism from the BBC on News at Ten. Diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley starts the Thursday edition by credulously amplifying a fantastical death toll of “tens of thousands of dead” from recent protests in Iran — figures provided by regime opponents. Contrast that with the ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/31/jonathan-cook-bbc-pushes-the-case-for-an-illegal-war-on-iran-with-even-bigger-lies-than-trumps/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on Iran with even bigger lies than Trump’s">Read more</a>
