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January 19, 2022
RNZ News The Tongan government has confirmed that all houses on the island of Mango were wiped out in the tsunami that followed Saturday’s volcanic eruption. It confirmed that three people are now known to have died: a 65-year-old woman in Mango and a 49-year-old man in Nomuka, both in the outlying Ha’apai island group; ... <a title="Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll of 3 may rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/19/tongan-government-confirms-all-homes-on-mango-destroyed-fears-death-toll-of-3-may-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll of 3 may rise">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
RNZ News Two New Zealand naval ships are being sent to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency provisions, and diving teams. It comes as ashfall on the Nuku’alofa airport runway means one of the aircraft readied yesterday — a C-130 Hercules, to supply aid — would be unable to land. The official death ... <a title="Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/tonga-eruption-new-zealand-sends-two-navy-ships-with-supplies-water/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2021
RSF president Pierre Haski announces the 29th RSF Press Freedom Awards in Paris. Video: RSF Reporters Without Borders The 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Awards have been given to Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan in the courage category, Palestinian journalist Majdoleen Hassona in the independence category, and the Pegasus Project in the impact category. ... <a title="Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/20/chinese-palestinian-journalists-and-pegasus-project-win-free-press-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Clare Corbould, Deakin University Since the September 11 terror attacks, there has been no hiding from the increased militarisation of the United States. Everyday life is suffused with policing and surveillance. This ranges from the inconvenient, such as removing shoes at the airport, to the dystopian, such as local police departments equipped with ... <a title="‘Fortress USA’: How 9/11 produced a military industrial juggernaut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/fortress-usa-how-9-11-produced-a-military-industrial-juggernaut/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fortress USA’: How 9/11 produced a military industrial juggernaut">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2021
The Myanmar army, police and militia’s use of violence against peaceful protestors reached another level on Sunday, February 28. By 5pm, local media reported at least 19 confirmed killings and another 10 unconfirmed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) spoke to journalists covering the nationwide protests. Toe Zaw Latt, a video journalist and production director with ... <a title="Myanmar’s Bloody Sunday – security forces ‘live tracking’ media, protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/02/myanmars-bloody-sunday-security-forces-live-tracking-media-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s Bloody Sunday – security forces ‘live tracking’ media, protesters">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2021
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A wine delivery, a note penned on the back of a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom “encounter” have spelled the end of a managed isolation staffer’s job in New Zealand. However, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins refutes there are slipping standards at the border facilities, where authorities are also ... <a title="Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/29/hipkins-denies-nzs-miq-standards-slipping-after-covid-cases-illicit-rendevous/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Dash cameras have been installed in Papua New Guinea police vehicles to monitor the activities of drivers and officers using them. Police Minister Bryan Kramer has stressed the importance of using vehicles for work purposes only and not to transport family members or for drinking sprees. “The days of ... <a title="Dash cameras to brush up PNG police ‘transparency’, says minister Kramer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/dash-cameras-to-brush-up-png-police-transparency-says-minister-kramer/" aria-label="Read more about Dash cameras to brush up PNG police ‘transparency’, says minister Kramer">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New Ireland, last month have denied violating local laws and withholding information from authorities. In the Kavieng District Court before Magistrate Patrick Baiwan on Wednesday were ship’s captain Shi Kehu from ... <a title="Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/arrested-ship-crew-deny-bunkering-other-marine-charges-in-png-court/" aria-label="Read more about Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange, a film by Juan Passarelli @jlpassarelli By Simon Floth in Armidale, NSW On Monday, September 7, Julian Assange is scheduled to appear in a British court for several weeks of hearings regarding the U.S. attempt to extradite him. This concerns Wikileaks obtaining and jointly publishing US-classified ... <a title="Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/assanges-uk-detention-violates-international-law-australia-must-intervene/" aria-label="Read more about Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
Al Jazeera’s documentary on the plight of migrant workers during covid-19 lockdown. ANALYSIS: By Ross Tapsell, of the Australian National University The recent police interrogations of six Al Jazeera journalists in Malaysia – five of whom are Australian – was not about shaping international reportage or a diplomatic rift. Rather, it was part of a ... <a title="Malaysia’s media crackdowns driven by a shaky, sensitive government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/malaysias-media-crackdowns-driven-by-a-shaky-sensitive-government/" aria-label="Read more about Malaysia’s media crackdowns driven by a shaky, sensitive government">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Global technology and business leader Dr Anita Sands has warned against allowing digital technology to take over democracy on the eve of the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque massacre last year. Dr Sands, who hails from Ireland but is based in Silicon Valley, California, served or serves on the board of ... <a title="Global technology leader warns against ‘digital takeover’ of democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/07/global-technology-leader-warns-against-digital-takeover-of-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Global technology leader warns against ‘digital takeover’ of democracy">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2020
By RSF in London During the first week of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing in London, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was concerned by the clear lack of evidence from the US for its charges against Assange. RSF also remains concerned about Assange’s wellbeing and inability to participate properly in his hearing, following ... <a title="RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/29/rsf-concerned-about-lack-of-evidence-in-us-extradition-case-against-assange/" aria-label="Read more about RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against Assange">Read more</a>
