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May 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in blue “press” vests tonight staged a vigil calling on New Zealand journalists to show solidarity with the media of Gaza who have suffered the highest death toll in any war. They staged the vigil at the Viaduct venue of NZ’s annual Voyager Media Awards. Organised by Palestinian Youth ... <a title="Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/25/palestine-protesters-call-for-gaza-press-solidarity-at-nz-media-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron has ended a meeting-packed whirlwind day in New Caledonia with back-to-back sessions including opposing leaders in the French Pacific territory. Macron left New Caledonia this morning, leaving some members of his entourage to deal with details in the still-inflamed situation. After ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with both sides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-macron-ends-day-of-political-talks-with-both-sides/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with both sides">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of students across Aotearoa New Zealand protested in a nationwide rally at seven universities across the country in a global day of solidarity with Palestine, calling on their universities to divest all partnerships with Israel. A combined group of students and academic staff from the country’s two largest universities chanted “AUT ... <a title="NZ students stage Gaza protests in global ‘take a stand’ rallies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/nz-students-stage-gaza-protests-in-global-take-a-stand-rallies/" aria-label="Read more about NZ students stage Gaza protests in global ‘take a stand’ rallies">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell Is it just me or is it not more than a little odd that coverage of current events in New Caledonia/Kanaky is dominated by the inconvenience of tourists and rescue flights out of the Pacific paradise. That the events are described as “disruption” or “riots” without any real reference to the ... <a title="Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana or colonialist eyes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/rob-campbell-unrest-in-new-caledonia-as-seen-through-moana-or-colonialist-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana or colonialist eyes?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
By Adam Gifford of Waatea News A New Zealand Kanak woman, Jesse Ounei, says young people in New Caledonia feel a sense of anger and betrayal at the way France is attempting to “snuff out” any prospect of independence for its Pacific territory. France invaded New Caledonia in 1853 and pushed the Kanak people into ... <a title="French ‘betrayal’ triggered Kanak youth rebellion in Nouméa, says activist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/french-betrayal-triggered-kanak-youth-rebellion-in-noumea-says-activist/" aria-label="Read more about French ‘betrayal’ triggered Kanak youth rebellion in Nouméa, says activist">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist French president Emmanuel Macron has landed in Nouméa. The French Ambassador to the Pacific Véronique Roger-Lacan was on the flight. “The unrest in New Caledonia is absolutely unacceptable,” Roger-Lacan told RNZ Pacific in an interview. She had just arrived back from Caracas where she represented France at this week’s ... <a title="French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/french-president-emmanuel-macron-lands-in-noumea-amid-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
By Tensly Sumbe Vanuatu’s Elections Minister Johnny Koanapo is urging every Ni-Vanuatu person living in New Caledonia to take part in the upcoming vote for the national referendum next Wednesday. He highlighted that the current situation in New Caledonia presented exceptional circumstances that could impact on people’s participation on polling day — May 29 — ... <a title="Vanuatu minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/vanuatu-minister-calls-for-referendum-voters-in-spite-of-noumea-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Liberation “must come” for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently on stories across the French Pacific territories. Journalist David Robie was arrested at gunpoint by French police in January 1987, and is no stranger to civil unrest in New Caledonia. ... <a title="‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/france-lost-the-plot-journalist-david-robie-on-kanaky-new-caledonia-riots/" aria-label="Read more about ‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2024
By Maia Ingoe, RNZ News journalist A NZ Defence Force plane carrying 50 New Zealanders evacuated from New Caledonia landed at Auckland International Airport last night. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it would be working with France and Australia to ensure the safe departure of several evacuation flights amid civil unrest in ... <a title="NZ’s first New Caledonia evacuation flight lands in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/22/nzs-first-new-caledonia-evacuation-flight-lands-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s first New Caledonia evacuation flight lands in Auckland">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Pacific Media Watch A Māori supporter of Pacific independence movements claims the French government has “constructed the crisis” in New Caledonia by pushing the indigenous Kanak population to the edge, reports Atereano Mateariki of Waatea News. A NZ Defence Force Hercules is today evacuating about 50 New Zealanders stranded in the French Pacific island territory ... <a title="France to blame for ‘constructing’ Kanaky crisis, says Kia Mau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/france-to-blame-for-constructing-kanaky-crisis-says-kia-mau/" aria-label="Read more about France to blame for ‘constructing’ Kanaky crisis, says Kia Mau">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell The split opening up in Israel’s “War Cabinet” is not just between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his long-term rival Benny Gantz. It is actually a three-way split, set in motion by Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. It was Gallant’s open criticism of Netanyahu that finally flushed Gantz out into the open. ... <a title="Gordon Campbell: Israel’s political split, and the New Caledonia crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/gordon-campbell-israels-political-split-and-the-new-caledonia-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Gordon Campbell: Israel’s political split, and the New Caledonia crisis">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
RNZ Pacific A New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region since the 1970s says liberation “must come” for Kanaky/New Caledonia. Professor David Robie sailed on board Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior until it was bombed by French secret agents in New Zealand in July 1985 and wrote the book Eyes ... <a title="Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/liberation-for-new-caledonias-kanak-people-must-come-says-educator/" aria-label="Read more about Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator">Read more</a>
