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February 24, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls’ first two days in New Caledonia have been marred by several clashes with local pro-France, anti-independence movements, who feared he would side with their pro-independence opponents. However, he remained confident that all stakeholders would eventually come and sit together at ... <a title="Valls faces Kanak ‘first people’ clash with loyalists over independence talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/24/valls-faces-kanak-first-people-clash-with-loyalists-over-independence-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Valls faces Kanak ‘first people’ clash with loyalists over independence talks">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2025
By Gizem Nisa Cebi The BBC has removed its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone from iPlayer after it was revealed that its teenage narrator is the son of a Hamas official. The broadcaster stated that it was conducting “further due diligence” following mounting scrutiny. The film, which aired on BBC Two last Monday, ... <a title="Critics condemn ‘cowardly’ BBC for pulling Gaza warzone youth survival documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/22/critics-condemn-cowardly-bbc-for-pulling-gaza-warzone-youth-survival-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Critics condemn ‘cowardly’ BBC for pulling Gaza warzone youth survival documentary">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2025
Pacific Media Watch One of the leading Middle East’s leading political and media analysts, Marwan Bishara, has accused President Donald Trump of applying a doctrine of ‘strategic coercion” and “economic blackmail” in his approach to the Gaza ceasefire. Bishara, senior political analyst of the Doha-based Al Jazeera global television network, was responding to the news ... <a title="Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/22/media-analyst-criticises-trump-for-applying-strategic-coercion-economic-blackmail-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls lands in New Caledonia tomorrow to pursue talks on its political future, the situation on the ground has again gained tension over the past few days. The local political spectrum is deeply divided between the two main opposing camps, ... <a title="France’s Minister Valls faces tough talks in New Caledonia over future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/21/frances-minister-valls-faces-tough-talks-in-new-caledonia-over-future/" aria-label="Read more about France’s Minister Valls faces tough talks in New Caledonia over future">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
Pacific Media Watch A New Zealand-based community education provider, Dark Times Academy, has had a US Embassy grant to deliver a course teaching Pacific Islands journalists about disinformation terminated after the new Trump administration took office. The new US administration requested a list of course participants and to review the programme material amid controversy over ... <a title="US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid ‘freeze’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/us-backing-for-pacific-disinformation-media-course-casualty-of-trump-aid-freeze/" aria-label="Read more about US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid ‘freeze’">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva Palestine has strongly condemned Fiji’s decision to open a Fiji embassy in Jerusalem, calling it a violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry and the Hamas resistance group that governs the besieged enclave of Gaza issued separate statements, urging the Fiji government to reverse ... <a title="Palestine and Gaza’s Hamas resistance condemn Fiji over embassy plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/20/palestine-and-gazas-hamas-resistance-condemn-fiji-over-embassy-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine and Gaza’s Hamas resistance condemn Fiji over embassy plan">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, in Avarua, Rarotonga More than 400 people have taken to the streets to protest against Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown’s recent decisions, which have led to a diplomatic spat with New Zealand. The protest, led by Opposition MP and Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather, has taken ... <a title="Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/cook-islanders-march-in-avarua-against-mark-brown-government/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Two Palestinian resistance groups have condemned “the brutal assault” on prisoners at Ofer Prison, saying it was “barbaric criminal behaviour that reflects the fascist and terrorist nature of” Israel. In the joint statement, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) called the attack a “miserable attempt” by Israel “to restore its shattered prestige”, ... <a title="Hamas, PIJ slam Israel’s ‘barbaric’ raid on Palestinians at Ofer Prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/18/hamas-pij-slam-israels-barbaric-raid-on-palestinians-at-ofer-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas, PIJ slam Israel’s ‘barbaric’ raid on Palestinians at Ofer Prison">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown hopes to have “an opportunity to talk” with the New Zealand government to “heal some of the rift”. Brown returned to Avarua on Sunday afternoon (Cook Islands Time) following his week-long state visit to China, where he signed a “comprehensive ... <a title="‘No areas of concern’, says Cook Islands PM on NZ’s China deal fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/no-areas-of-concern-says-cook-islands-pm-on-nzs-china-deal-fears/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No areas of concern’, says Cook Islands PM on NZ’s China deal fears">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Two independent Jewish Voices groups in Aotearoa New Zealand have written an open letter to the government condemning the Zionist “colonisation” project leading to genocide and criticising the role of the NZ Jewish Council for its “unelected” and “uncritical support” for Israel. The groups, Alternative Jewish Voices and Dayenu: New Zealand Jews ... <a title="Open letter from local Jewish Voices condemns Zionist ‘colonisation’ project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/open-letter-from-local-jewish-voices-condemns-zionist-colonisation-project/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from local Jewish Voices condemns Zionist ‘colonisation’ project">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2025
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have consulted Wellington before signing a “partnership” deal with China. “[Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown] seems to have signed behind the backs of his own people as well as of ... <a title="‘Clandestine’ Cook Islands-China deal ‘damaged’ NZ relationship, says Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/16/clandestine-cook-islands-china-deal-damaged-nz-relationship-says-clark/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Clandestine’ Cook Islands-China deal ‘damaged’ NZ relationship, says Clark">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an embassy in Israel, with plans to open the embassy in Jerusalem, despite global condemnation of Tel Aviv over the war in Gaza. This announcement came as the Coalition Cabinet prepared to discuss the matter in Suva next week, reports Fiji One News. Prime Minister ... <a title="Fiji and Israel strengthen bilateral relations, plan embassy opening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/15/fiji-and-israel-strengthen-bilateral-relations-plan-embassy-opening/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji and Israel strengthen bilateral relations, plan embassy opening">Read more</a>
