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September 11, 2024
With similar Israel divestment motions having been passed at City of Sydney and Canterbury/Bankstown Councils, many had expected the motion to pass in what is supposed to be one of the most progressive areas of Sydney. Wendy Bacon reports on what went wrong. INVESTIGATION: By Wendy Bacon Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and the West ... <a title="Rightwing astroturfers infiltrate Australian local councils, fire up unrest over Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/11/rightwing-astroturfers-infiltrate-australian-local-councils-fire-up-unrest-over-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Rightwing astroturfers infiltrate Australian local councils, fire up unrest over Israel">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Another church has been set alight in New Caledonia, confirming a trend of arson which has already destroyed five Catholic churches and missions over the past two months. The latest fire took place on Sunday evening at the iconic Saint Denis Church of Balade, in ... <a title="New Caledonia crisis: Another church burns, spate of attacks continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/10/new-caledonia-crisis-another-church-burns-spate-of-attacks-continues/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia crisis: Another church burns, spate of attacks continues">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2024
OPEN LETTER: Our Action Station Dear TVNZ, We are deeply concerned with the misleading nature of the journalism presented in your recent coverage of the escalating crisis in Gaza and the West Bank. By focusing on specific language and framing, while leaving out the necessary context of international law, the broadcast misrepresents the reality of ... <a title="Open letter to TVNZ – stop the bias, report fairly on the Israeli war on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/08/open-letter-to-tvnz-stop-the-bias-report-fairly-on-the-israeli-war-on-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to TVNZ – stop the bias, report fairly on the Israeli war on Palestine">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2024
By Matilda Yates, Queensland University of Technology “From a white perspective it is journalism but for us, it is actually storytelling,” says Fiji student journalist Viliame Tawanakoro. “In the Pacific, we call it talanoa, it hasn’t changed the gist of journalism, but it has actually helped journalism as a whole because we have a way ... <a title="Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/fijian-journalists-use-talanoa-and-tradition-to-find-their-voice/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A global media watchdog has expressed concern for the safety of an Al Jazeera reporter after false claims by the Israeli military. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was concerned for Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in northern Gaza, after an Israel military spokesperson accused him of “presenting a ... <a title="Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/media-watchdog-says-al-jazeera-paying-devastating-price-in-warning-on-gaza-reporter/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2024
By Lice Movono and Stephen Dziedzic of ABC Pacific Beat Fiji’s Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, says he will “apologise” to fellow Melanesian leaders later this month after failing to secure agreement from Indonesia to visit its restive West Papua province. At last year’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Cook Islands, the Melanesian Spearhead ... <a title="Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/fijis-rabuka-will-apologise-to-melanesian-leaders-over-failure-to-visit-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has told supporters that the “Break the Siege” aid project for besieged Gaza from Turkey has been put on hold — indefinitely — due to rising tensions in the wake of the assassinations of key resistance leaders in the capitals of Lebanon and Iran. “We will continue to ... <a title="Turkey-based Freedom Flotilla aid ships put ‘on hold’ but Handala still heads towards Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/turkey-based-freedom-flotilla-aid-ships-put-on-hold-but-handala-still-heads-towards-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Turkey-based Freedom Flotilla aid ships put ‘on hold’ but Handala still heads towards Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific foreign ministers have given their nod of approval for United States territories Guam and American Samoa to be associate members of main regional decision-making body, but a political analyst says it is geopolitics at play. The news was delivered by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair and Cook Islands ... <a title="Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/greenlight-given-to-guam-american-samoa-for-pif-associate-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Suva The high-level Pacific mission to New Caledonia will be a three person-led delegation and it is still expected to happen prior to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders (PIF) Meeting in Tonga on August 26, says PIF chair Mark Brown. Brown, who is also the Cook Islands Prime ... <a title="Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/11/brown-rabuka-and-manele-to-lead-pacific-mission-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura and Pizaro Gozali Idrus in Jakarta Indonesian human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of Papua province earlier this week. The pilot, identified as Glen Malcolm Conning, was reportedly killed by an armed group shortly ... <a title="Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/indonesian-human-rights-groups-seek-independent-probe-of-nz-pilots-death-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor France has approved a high-level Pacific “fact-finding mission” to New Caledonia to gather information from all sides involved in the ongoing crisis. “We are welcoming a mission of the troika for a fact-finding mission in New Caledonia before the [Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting],” the French Ambassador to ... <a title="Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says diplomat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/macron-gives-pacific-mission-to-kanaky-new-caledonia-green-light-says-diplomat/" aria-label="Read more about Macron gives Pacific mission to Kanaky New Caledonia green light, says diplomat">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel. It was born in sin, and it continues to live in sin, writes Jonathan Cook. COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook The headline above, about yet another Israeli operation to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians in the tiny, besieged and utterly destroyed enclave of Gaza, was ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/jonathan-cook-nothings-changed-since-1948-except-now-israels-excuses-dont-work/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work">Read more</a>
