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‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist

December 8, 2022

SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon in Sydney NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna “Violet” Coco on Friday. But he is out of step with international and Australian human rights and climate change groups and activists, who have quickly mobilised to show solidarity. On Monday, protests were held in ... <a title="‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/its-time-to-be-the-crowd-knitting-nannas-tell-protest-against-jailing-of-climate-activist/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist">Read more</a>

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NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’

December 4, 2022

By Lucy Xia, RNZ News journalist More than 200 people from Aotearoa New Zealand’s Chinese community gathered for a vigil at Auckland’s Aotea Square last night to mourn the lives lost under China’s stringent covid-19 lockdowns and to call for an end to the country’s “Zero Covid” policy. The unprecedented display of defiance by a ... <a title="NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/04/nz-chinese-local-community-protests-against-china-lockdowns-dictatorship/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’">Read more</a>

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NZ should show real solidarity with the Pacific by embracing climate action

July 31, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Prue Taylor in Auckland From 1949 to 1996 more than 300 nuclear devices were detonated in the Pacific. In the mid-1990s a generation of political leaders had the foresight, wisdom and courage to support a civil society initiative that led to an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the legality of the ... <a title="NZ should show real solidarity with the Pacific by embracing climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/31/nz-should-show-real-solidarity-with-the-pacific-by-embracing-climate-action/" aria-label="Read more about NZ should show real solidarity with the Pacific by embracing climate action">Read more</a>

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Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua

March 4, 2021

Asia Pacific Report Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has challenged the contrasting positions taken by the Indonesian government in response to calls to resolve the Papua problem and in its response to the military coup in Myanmar. Koman said Indonesia’s position on the Myanmar coup had been very good, but not its attitude on the ... <a title="Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/veronica-koman-challenges-jakartas-different-stands-on-burma-and-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua">Read more</a>

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Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland

March 26, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Pacific Media Centre’s Del Abcede was on the ground for last Sunday’s “love not hate” rally  with about 2000 people marching down Auckland’s Queen Street in solidarity with the victims and survivors of the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack earlier this month. Scores of children were among the marchers with placards declaring ... <a title="Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/26/gallery-children-head-nzs-love-not-hate-rally-in-central-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland">Read more</a>

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Thousands take part in Auckland ‘love Aotearoa’ rally, reject terrorism

March 24, 2019

The Tino Rangatiratanga and New Zealand independence flags flying at the “Love Aotearoa Hate Racism” rally in Aotea Square, Auckland, today. Image: David Robie/PMC Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Thousands of New Zealanders flocked to the “Love Aotearoa Hate Racism” rally at Aotea Square in central Auckland today in solidarity with the Muslim community in the ... <a title="Thousands take part in Auckland ‘love Aotearoa’ rally, reject terrorism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/24/thousands-take-part-in-auckland-love-aotearoa-rally-reject-terrorism/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands take part in Auckland ‘love Aotearoa’ rally, reject terrorism">Read more</a>

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Thousands turn out in Auckland for NZ mosque terror attack vigil

March 16, 2019

Police guard an Auckland vigil today to honour the victims in the Christchurch terror attack yesterday. Image: David Robie/PMC By RNZ Thousands of people packed into Auckland’s Aotea Square today for a vigil to mark yesterday’s New Zealand terror attack in Christchurch. Some held banners calling for love in the face of hatred, while others ... <a title="Thousands turn out in Auckland for NZ mosque terror attack vigil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/16/thousands-turn-out-in-auckland-for-nz-mosque-terror-attack-vigil/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands turn out in Auckland for NZ mosque terror attack vigil">Read more</a>