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July 21, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia’s veteran politician, 93-year-old Gaston Flosse, announced last week he is stepping down from his position as president of his Amuitahiraa o te Nunaa Maohi party. Flosse, known locally as “the old lion”, has been President of French Polynesia on several occasions over a span ... <a title="Tahiti’s ‘old lion’ Gaston Flosse, 93, steps down after 52 years in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/tahitis-old-lion-gaston-flosse-93-steps-down-after-52-years-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti’s ‘old lion’ Gaston Flosse, 93, steps down after 52 years in politics">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, claims the leader of an advocacy group. And United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Benny Wenda says the Melanesian region risks becoming “another East Timor”. The ... <a title="Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/latest-puncak-jaya-massacre-reveals-west-papua-is-a-time-bomb-claims-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
By Pita Ligaiula in Tokyo The Pacific Islands Forum hopes to send a high-level delegation to Kanaky New Caledonia to investigate the current political crisis in the French territory before the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga in August. According to Pacnews, Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown confirmed this during ... <a title="PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/pif-hopes-to-send-delegation-to-new-caledonia-says-forum-chair/" aria-label="Read more about PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a “constructive force” to find a “path forward” in Kanaky New Caledonia, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “The situation has reached an impasse, and one not easily navigated given the violence that broke out — the democratic injuries that have reopened old wounds and created ... <a title="NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/nzs-winston-peters-calls-for-more-diplomacy-engagement-compromise-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
PANG Media The PANG media team at this month’s Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji caught up with independent journalist, author and educator Dr David Robie and questioned him on his views about decolonisation in the Pacific. Dr Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN), a co-organiser ... <a title="PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/pang-talks-to-journalist-david-robie-on-pacific-decolonisation-issues/" aria-label="Read more about PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
By Margot Staunton, RNZ senior journalist and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A Kanak political commentator in Aotearoa New Zealand says calls to separate New Caledonia into pro- and anti-independence provinces would worsen racial inequality in the Pacific territory. Unrest continues in the capital Nouméa, with the nephew of New Caledonia Congress pro-independence president shot ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/kanaky-new-caledonia-crisis-kanak-lawyer-warns-separatism-will-worsen-inequalities/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2024
By Justin Latif in Suva Despite the many challenges faced by Pacific journalists in recent years, the recent Pacific International Media Conference highlighted the incredible strength and courage of the region’s reporters. The three-day event in Suva, Fiji, earlier this month co-hosted by the University of South Pacific, Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the ... <a title="Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/16/pacific-journalists-resilience-shines-through-at-historic-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists’ resilience shines through at historic conference">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Indonesia’s commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua, reports a Kompas correspondent who attended the Pacific International Media Conference in Suva earlier this month. By Laraswati Ariadne Anwar in Suva The Pacific Island countries are Indonesia’s neighbours. However, ... <a title="Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/fiji-anchor-of-indonesian-diplomacy-in-the-pacific-a-view-from-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk More armoured vehicles and firetrucks have been delivered for Kanaky New Caledonia’s security forces, including police and firemen. The France-freighted shipment consignment arrived aboard a cargo vessel, the Calao, the French High Commission announced on Thursday. It contained 10 more armoured vehicles for the security forces, ... <a title="New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/14/new-riot-vehicle-shipment-arrives-for-police-firemen-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2024
Fijivillage News As an economy, Fiji has paid a “very high price for being unable to protect freedom” but people can speak and criticise the government freely now, says Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad. He highlighted the “high price” while launching the new book titled Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the ... <a title="‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says Fiji’s Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/weve-paid-high-price-for-being-unable-to-protect-freedom-says-fijis-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve paid high price for being unable to protect freedom,’ says Fiji’s Prasad">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But the result in the Pacific territory Kanaky New Caledonia was also in many ways historic. Of the two assembly representatives decided, a position fell on either side of the deep ... <a title="A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/a-surprising-litmus-test-for-kanaky-new-caledonias-independence-parties/" aria-label="Read more about A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties">Read more</a>
