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March 6, 2026
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The All Blacks have their first coach of Pasifika heritage. Dave Rennie has been given the job, replacing the ousted Scott Robertson. Rennie’s Cook Islands heritage comes via his mother, who hails from Titikaveka on Rarotonga, and Rennie even played a non-test match for the country in 1990. Asked ... <a title="‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/i-know-shed-be-really-proud-nzs-first-pasifika-heritage-all-blacks-coach/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
By Christine Rovoi of PMN News The arrest and charging of British-Fijian publisher Charlie Charters has pushed Fiji’s anti-corruption watchdog into fresh controversy. Charters’ arrest by police last weekend has raised sharp questions about whistleblowers, due process, and political pressure in the Pacific island nation. The 57-year-old appeared in the Suva Magistrates’ Court on Monday ... <a title="Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/fiji-critics-whistleblower-case-escalates-anti-corruption-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
By Adam Burns, RNZ News reporter There has been mixed reaction in parts of New Zealand’s red-and-black country — Canterbury — following the shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson. New Zealand Rugby (NZR) confirmed today the 51-year-old known as “Razor” had departed the position two years early following a recent end-of-season review. A ... <a title="Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/mixed-reactions-to-shock-axing-of-all-blacks-coach-scott-robertson/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, Iliesa Tora, and Christina Persico A New Zealand-born Niuean educator says being recognised in the King’s Birthday honours list reflects the importance of connecting young tagata Niue in Aotearoa to their roots. Mele Ikiua, who hails from the village of Hakupu Atua in Niue, has been named a ... <a title="Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/pasifika-recipients-say-kings-birthday-honours-not-just-theirs-alone/" aria-label="Read more about Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news media, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa. The authority ruled that a TVNZ news item on violence in Amsterdam in the Netherlands breached BSA rules. 1News described violence in the ... <a title="PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/psna-says-broadcast-ruling-a-warning-to-nz-news-media-to-be-wary-of-israeli-propaganda/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Broadcasting Standards Authority New Zealand’s Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld complaints about two 1News reports relating to violence around a football match in Amsterdam between local team Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv. The authority found an item on “antisemitic violence” surrounding the match, and another on heightened security in Paris the following week, ... <a title="Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/inaccurate-1news-reporting-on-football-violence-breached-broadcasting-standards-rules-bsa/" aria-label="Read more about Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2025
After lengthy, torrid and emotional debate a critical decision for the future of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau is being made in March. One party will celebrate; the other will slink back to the drawing board. But will it really settle the great Auckland stadium debate? SPECIAL REPORT: By Chris Schulz It resembles a building from Blade ... <a title="‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words over Eden Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/29/turn-it-into-a-retirement-village-inside-the-war-of-words-over-eden-park/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words over Eden Park">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Two LGBTQIA+ advocates in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are up in arms over US President Donald Trump’s executive order rolling back protections for transgender people and terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government. Pride Marianas founder Roberto Santos said Trump’s ... <a title="Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/northern-mariana-islands-advocates-hit-back-at-trump-diversity-directives/" aria-label="Read more about Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand’s ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland today, saying such competition raises serious concerns about the normalisation of systemic oppression and apartheid. The Palestine Forum of New Zealand said in a statement that by taking part ... <a title="Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis player’s match disrupted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/09/palestine-protest-group-condemns-nzs-normalisation-of-apartheid-israeli-tennis-players-match-disrupted/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis player’s match disrupted">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand’s ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland this week, saying such competition raises serious concerns about the normalisation of systemic oppression and apartheid. The Palestine Forum of New Zealand said in a statement that by taking ... <a title="Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ over Israeli tennis player" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/palestine-protest-group-condemns-nzs-normalisation-of-apartheid-over-israeli-tennis-player/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ over Israeli tennis player">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Amit Sarwal The Paris Olympics might be over, but in a stunning turn of events on the last weekend Australian breakdancing champion Rachael Gunn, known as B-girl Raygun, scored a zero in her debut. The 36-year-old university lecturer with a PhD in cultural studies failed to earn a single point across her three bouts ... <a title="Breaking bad: Why Australia’s Raygun scored zero in Olympics debut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/breaking-bad-why-australias-raygun-scored-zero-in-olympics-debut/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking bad: Why Australia’s Raygun scored zero in Olympics debut">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia’s homeboy Kauli Vaast has won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s shortboard finals of the Paris 2024 surfing event and in the process made history in Teahupo’o. Radio 1 reports Vaast 22, an indigenous Tahitian, beat Australia’s Jack Robinson to become the first ... <a title="French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/french-polynesias-homeboy-king-of-teahupoo-wins-olympic-surf-gold/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold">Read more</a>
