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June 20, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel in Tāmaki Makaurau This morning I did something I seldom do, I looked at the Twitter newsfeed. Normally I take the approach of something that I’m not sure is an American urban legend, or genuinely something kids do over there. The infamous bag of dog poo on the front porch, set ... <a title="Nick Rockel: RIMPAC 2024 training – NZ’s sabre dance with Israel ͏" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/nick-rockel-rimpac-2024-training-nzs-sabre-dance-with-israel-%cd%8f/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Rockel: RIMPAC 2024 training – NZ’s sabre dance with Israel ͏">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist All parties, including West Papuan pro-independence fighters who took Phillip Mehrtens hostage, want the New Zealand pilot released but freeing him is “complicated”. In February 2023, Mehrtens, a husband and father from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian airline, Susi Air, when he landed his small Pilatus plane on a ... <a title="No breakthrough in hostage Kiwi pilot talks held by West Papuan rebels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/no-breakthrough-in-hostage-kiwi-pilot-talks-held-by-west-papuan-rebels/" aria-label="Read more about No breakthrough in hostage Kiwi pilot talks held by West Papuan rebels">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Asia Pacific Report French police and gendarmes force were deployed around the political headquarters of the pro-independence Caledonian Union in Kanaky New Caledonia’s Nouméa suburb of Magenta in a crackdown today. The public prosecutor confirmed that eight protesters had been arrested, including the leader of the CCAT action groups, Christian Téin, as suspects in a ... <a title="French police raid pro-independence Kanak party HQ, arrest eight in crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/french-police-raid-pro-independence-kanak-party-hq-arrest-eight-in-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about French police raid pro-independence Kanak party HQ, arrest eight in crackdown">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory’s political deadlock, has called a snap election following the decisive victory of the rightwing bloc among French members of the European Parliament. Don Wiseman reports. By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A ... <a title="History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/history-replaying-itself-in-kanaky-but-pacific-solidarity-growing-says-tau/" aria-label="Read more about History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Centre for Climate Crime and Justice at Queen Mary University of London will host a Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on State and Environmental Violence in West Papua later this month. A panel of eight tribunal judges will hear evidence on June 27-29 from many international NGOs and local civil society organisations, as ... <a title="Queen Mary Uni to host tribunal on ‘environmental violence, profiteering’ in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/queen-mary-uni-to-host-tribunal-on-environmental-violence-profiteering-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Queen Mary Uni to host tribunal on ‘environmental violence, profiteering’ in West Papua">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
The director of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture Dr Aaron Sala says “it’s up to all Pacific nations and their ancestors to stay united”. The remarks come during the closing ceremony of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) happening at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. During the ceremony, delegations ... <a title="FestPAC 2024: Delegates wrap up with standing ovation for Kanaky, Vanuatu and West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/festpac-2024-delegates-wrap-up-with-standing-ovation-for-kanaky-vanuatu-and-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about FestPAC 2024: Delegates wrap up with standing ovation for Kanaky, Vanuatu and West Papua">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The national congress of New Caledonia’s pro-independence platform, the FLNKS, was postponed at the weekend due to major differences between its hard-line component and its more moderate parties. The FLNKS is the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front. It consists of several pro-independence parties, including the Kanak ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: FLNKS congress postponed due to splits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-flnks-congress-postponed-due-to-splits/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: FLNKS congress postponed due to splits">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk After the surprise announcement of the French National Assembly’s dissolution last Sunday, French Pacific territories are already busy preparing for the forthcoming snap election with varying expectations. Following the decision by President Emmanuel Macron, the snap general election will be held on June 30 (first round) ... <a title="French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/french-pacific-prepares-for-snap-elections-with-mixed-expectations/" aria-label="Read more about French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
BenarNews staff Fiji and Papua New Guinea have urged the UN’s Decolonisation Committee to expedite a visit to the French-controlled Pacific territory of Kanaky New Caledonia following its pro-independence riots last month. Nine people have died, dozens were injured and businesses were torched during unrest in the capital Noumea triggered by the French government’s move ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-fiji-png-call-for-un-decolonisation-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai’i “One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific” was Samoa’s powerful statement during the parade of nations at the official opening of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC). It was a sentiment echoed loudly and proudly by all other parading nations. Rapa Nui’s delegation ... <a title="FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/festpac-2024-one-body-one-people-one-ocean-one-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called on France to drop the “limbo” proposed law on electoral changes in Kanaky New Caledonia opposed by the indigenous pro-independence movement and restore the path to peace and self-determination. General secretary Reverend James Bhagwan made the call at the UN Committee of 24 meeting ... <a title="Pacific churches call at UN for France to drop ‘limbo law’ to restore peace in Kanaky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/11/pacific-churches-call-at-un-for-france-to-drop-limbo-law-to-restore-peace-in-kanaky/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific churches call at UN for France to drop ‘limbo law’ to restore peace in Kanaky">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron’s surprise dissolution of the National Assembly and call for snap general elections on June 30 and July 7 has implications for New Caledonia. Grave civil unrest and rioting broke out on May 13 in reaction to a controversial constitutional amendment, directly ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: What happens to limbo law change with French snap election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/11/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-what-happens-to-limbo-law-change-with-french-snap-election/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: What happens to limbo law change with French snap election?">Read more</a>
