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August 2, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica The obscure UN organisation attempting to set rules for the exploitation of deep-sea metals is facing a potential shake-up as more nations call for a mining moratorium and a new candidate for its leadership vows to address perceptions of corporate bias. The number of countries against the ... <a title="Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/02/nations-join-ranks-to-delay-deep-sea-mining-approval-by-un-regulator/" aria-label="Read more about Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A Kanak great chief has announced his resignation from New Caledonia’s customary Senate. Hippolyte Sinewami Htamumu once presided over the 16-member traditional Senate of chiefs, which was set up as part of the implementation of the Nouméa Accord signed in 1998. Sinewami, in announcing his resignation, ... <a title="Kanak great chief resigns from New Caledonia’s customary Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/kanak-great-chief-resigns-from-new-caledonias-customary-senate/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak great chief resigns from New Caledonia’s customary Senate">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2024
By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the main agenda of the UN organisation responsible for developing global regulations for seabed mining. The assembly of the Kingston-based International Seabed Authority is meeting this week with a packed programme, ... <a title="Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/31/vanuatu-fights-for-marine-protection-at-key-un-deep-sea-mining-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
By Ivy Mallam of Wansolwara Media professionals have been urged to undergo gender sensitisation training to produce more inclusive, accurate and ethical representation of women in the news. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh emphasised that such training would help avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes and promote diverse perspectives, ensuring media coverage reflects the ... <a title="Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/nalini-singh-calls-for-media-coverage-that-reflects-realities-of-all-genders/" aria-label="Read more about Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all genders’">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2024
Professor David Robie is among this year’s New Zealand Order of Merit awardees and was on the King’s Birthday Honours list earlier this month for his “services to journalism and Asia-Pacific media education.” His career in journalism has spanned five decades. He was the founding editor of the Pacific Journalism Review journal in 1994 and ... <a title="Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/29/decolonisation-the-climate-crisis-and-improving-media-education-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2024
By Laura Smith, Local Democracy Reporter Last night’s Matariki drone show was an emotional experience for some of the thousands who huddled under the glow at the edge of Lake Rotorua on the eve of Aotearoa’s national indigenous holiday today. The Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival is hosting the first ever matauranga Māori story told with ... <a title="‘Quite emotional’ – thousands crowd Rotorua lake edge to watch Matariki show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/29/quite-emotional-thousands-crowd-rotorua-lake-edge-to-watch-matariki-show/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Quite emotional’ – thousands crowd Rotorua lake edge to watch Matariki show">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory’s political deadlock, has called a snap election following the decisive victory of the rightwing bloc among French members of the European Parliament. Don Wiseman reports. By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A ... <a title="History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/history-replaying-itself-in-kanaky-but-pacific-solidarity-growing-says-tau/" aria-label="Read more about History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Centre for Climate Crime and Justice at Queen Mary University of London will host a Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on State and Environmental Violence in West Papua later this month. A panel of eight tribunal judges will hear evidence on June 27-29 from many international NGOs and local civil society organisations, as ... <a title="Queen Mary Uni to host tribunal on ‘environmental violence, profiteering’ in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/queen-mary-uni-to-host-tribunal-on-environmental-violence-profiteering-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Queen Mary Uni to host tribunal on ‘environmental violence, profiteering’ in West Papua">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2024
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai’i “One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific” was Samoa’s powerful statement during the parade of nations at the official opening of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC). It was a sentiment echoed loudly and proudly by all other parading nations. Rapa Nui’s delegation ... <a title="FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/12/festpac-2024-one-body-one-people-one-ocean-one-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory’s political deadlock, has called a snap election following the decisive victory of the rightwing bloc among French members of the European Parliament. Don Wiseman reports. By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A ... <a title="History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but growing Pacific solidarity, says Tau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/history-replaying-itself-in-kanaky-but-growing-pacific-solidarity-says-tau/" aria-label="Read more about History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but growing Pacific solidarity, says Tau">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News reporter, in Niue Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants New Zealand to be a partner of choice in the Pacific, as other countries make moves in the region. Luxon is in Niue ahead of bilateral talks with Premier Dalton Tagalagi, and to celebrate 50 years of free association between ... <a title="NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/nzs-prime-minister-luxon-in-niue-this-is-the-pacific-family/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
This King’s Birthday, the New Zealand Order of Merit recognises Professor David Robie’s 50 years of service to Pacific journalism. He says he is astonished and quite delighted, and feels quite humbled by it all. “However, I feel that it’s not just me, I owe an enormous amount to my wife, Del, who is a ... <a title="50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/50-years-of-challenge-and-change-david-robie-reflects-on-a-career-in-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
