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New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle

March 21, 2024

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk An “organic law” to postpone New Caledonia’s provincial elections has passed the final hurdle and been endorsed by the French National Assembly. During a session on Monday marked by poor attendance (only 104 MPs out of 577) and sometimes heated debates, 71 French MPs voted ... <a title="New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/new-caledonias-provincial-elections-delay-passes-final-voting-hurdle/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle">Read more</a>

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Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza

March 20, 2024

By Wendy Bacon in Sydney Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have taken pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war on Gaza to an unprecedented level. In a new development, hundreds of protesters joined in a street theatre performance outside Albanese’s electorate office on ... <a title="Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/hundreds-stage-sydney-die-in-to-protest-massacres-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza">Read more</a>

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Earthwise talks to David Robie on Pacific issues and news media

March 19, 2024

Pacific Media Watch Earthwise hosts Lois and Martin Griffiths. Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths on Plains FM 96.9 community radio talk to Dr David Robie, a New Zealand author, independent journalist and media educator with a passion for the Asia-Pacific region. David talks about the struggle to raise awareness of critical Pacific issues such ... <a title="Earthwise talks to David Robie on Pacific issues and news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/earthwise-talks-to-david-robie-on-pacific-issues-and-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Earthwise talks to David Robie on Pacific issues and news media">Read more</a>

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A tribute to a Pacific visionary – remembering Epeli Hau’ofa

March 18, 2024

By Aisha Azeemah in Suva With the lights on one of his sneakers blinking as he ran through the gallery, a little boy looked up at several works of art. One of them was a sculpture of his grandfather: the man who changed how we see the Pacific — Epeli Hau’ofa, a name renowned across ... <a title="A tribute to a Pacific visionary – remembering Epeli Hau’ofa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/18/a-tribute-to-a-pacific-visionary-remembering-epeli-hauofa/" aria-label="Read more about A tribute to a Pacific visionary – remembering Epeli Hau’ofa">Read more</a>

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Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel

March 16, 2024

By Jessica Corbett The Elders chair Mary Robinson has highlighted the unique leverage that the United States has with Israel and called on the Biden administration to stop giving it military assistance for its assault on the Gaza Strip. Robinson, the former president of Ireland, conducted an on-camera interview with Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís ... <a title="Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/elders-chair-mary-robinson-calls-for-biden-to-stop-arming-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel">Read more</a>

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Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media

March 16, 2024

Democracy Now! Acclaimed journalist Mehdi Hasan joins Democracy Now! to discuss US media coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza and how the war is a genocide being abetted by the United States. Hasan says US media is overwhelmingly pro-Israel and fails to convey the truth to audiences. “Palestinian voices not being on American television ... <a title="Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/mehdi-hasan-on-genocide-in-gaza-and-the-silencing-of-palestinian-voices-in-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media">Read more</a>

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‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland

March 15, 2024

Asia Pacific Report About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office in Auckland today, demanding a stronger stance by the government against the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire. They carried placards, posters and banners declaring “Food not bombs for the tamariki [children] of ... <a title="‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/food-not-bombs-gaza-protesters-picket-mfat-offices-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland">Read more</a>

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Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine

March 14, 2024

Asia Pacific Report Indigenous support for Palestine around the world has been overwhelming — and Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception, says a leading Māori environmental and human rights advocate. Writing on her Kia Mau – Resisting Colonial Fictions website, Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) says that week after week, tangata whenua have been showing support ... <a title="Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/maori-advocate-tina-ngata-hails-overwhelming-indigenous-support-for-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine">Read more</a>

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Bougainville has first draft of new home grown constitution

March 14, 2024

RNZ Pacific Two years after beginning consultations, the Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission has released its first draft of a home grown constitution. Bougainville expects to become independent of Papua New Guinea within three years and writing a constitution is a key part of that process. The draft constitution is the result of 40 commissioners travelling ... <a title="Bougainville has first draft of new home grown constitution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/bougainville-has-first-draft-of-new-home-grown-constitution/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville has first draft of new home grown constitution">Read more</a>

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‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on the absurdity of airdrops in Gaza

March 14, 2024

Pacific Media Watch The United States’ airdrops of aid into Gaza are a textbook case of cognitive dissonance on the part of the US administration — dropping food while continuing to send Israel bombs with which to pulverise Gaza, reports Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post. And, says the media watch programme presenter Richard Gizbert, the ... <a title="‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on the absurdity of airdrops in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/who-is-the-superpower-the-us-or-israel-al-jazeera-on-the-absurdity-of-airdrops-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on the absurdity of airdrops in Gaza">Read more</a>

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Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored

March 13, 2024

By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea Ten days into 2024, Port Moresby descended into chaos as opportunists looted and burned shops in Waigani, Gerehu and other suburbs. That morning, police, military and correctional service personnel gathered at the Unagi Oval in protest over deductions made to their pays that fortnight. Unsatisfied with the ... <a title="Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/warning-signs-have-been-flashing-png-police-housing-needs-ignored/" aria-label="Read more about Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored">Read more</a>

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Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women

March 13, 2024

Jana Fayyad, a Palestinian activist, had some sharp words about “the silence of Western feminists” at International Women’s Day, asking in her address to the Palestine rally in Sydney last Saturday: “Are you only progressive until Palestine?” No Palestinian speaker had been asked to address the annual protest the previous day and Fayyad did not mince her ... <a title="Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/13/activist-criticises-western-feminist-silence-on-palestines-brave-women/" aria-label="Read more about Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women">Read more</a>