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July 8, 2023
Pacific island countries’ “relentless” efforts at the UN’s specialist agency on shipping, International Maritime Organisation (IMO), has resulted in the adoption of a new emissions reductions strategy to ensure the Paris Agreement goal remains within reach. The IMO’s 80th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC80) was under pressure to deliver an outcome to reduce the global ... <a title="UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/08/un-shipping-agency-endorses-1-5-degrees-plan-after-relentless-pacific-lobbying/" aria-label="Read more about UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2023
By Peter Boyle in Sydney As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, Australian anti-nuclear activists are highlighting the complicity of Australian uranium exporting companies. While the Fukushima Daiichi power station operator, Tokyo Electric Power ... <a title="Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/29/japans-fukushima-nuclear-waste-plan-stirs-pacific-chernobyl-risk-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2023
By Giff Johnson in Majuro A five-day Media, Elections and Democracy workshop wrapped up last week in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro with the first-ever Summit on Democracy: Public Engagement, Communications and the Media. More than 40 students, journalists and public information officers from government and NGOs participated in the programme organised by the Pacific ... <a title="Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/26/majuro-workshop-and-summit-spotlight-media-and-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2023
By Alice Lolohea of Tagata Pasifika Twenty five broadcasters from 13 Pacific countries touched down in Auckland recently for the Pacific Broadcasters conference. A meet and greet filled with lots of talanoa, networking and healthy debate, the conference was a welcome change from a typical Zoom meeting. Natasha Meleisea, chief executive of Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting ... <a title="‘Let’s tell our own stories’ – Pacific broadcasters seek sovereignty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/06/lets-tell-our-own-stories-pacific-broadcasters-seek-sovereignty/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s tell our own stories’ – Pacific broadcasters seek sovereignty">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2023
RNZ Pacific Paediatrician Dr Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King’s Birthday Honours List for 2023. Dr Percival is one of at least 15 Pasifika people in New Zealand who are on the list. She is to be a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for ... <a title="Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/05/fifteen-pasifika-people-on-nz-kings-birthday-honours-list/" aria-label="Read more about Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi From Island girl to an airline pilot seems like the Disney fantasy Moana yet nothing could further from the truth when it comes to Silva McLeod who turned fantasy into reality with heartbreak along the way. Born in the small Tongan village of Vava’u in the days when we watched and ... <a title="Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’ says Tongan pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/fantasy-like-moana-no-i-just-wanted-to-tell-my-story-says-tongan-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’ says Tongan pilot">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The use of “dawn raid” tactics have trampled on Immigration NZ’s “very special relationship” with the Pacific communities, says Māngere MP Aupito William Sio. The Minister of Immigration, six Pacific MPs and the head of Immigration NZ will meet in South Auckland tomorrow, following the revelation “dawn raid” tactics ... <a title="‘We stand with you’ – Pacific overstayers called to speak out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/06/we-stand-with-you-pacific-overstayers-called-to-speak-out/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We stand with you’ – Pacific overstayers called to speak out">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist World Press Freedom Day has been marked by journalists around the world, including the Pacific. Launched by the United Nations in 1998, May 3 is a day of solidarity among the world’s media, in particular with journalists who are being persecuted in autocratic nations and war zones. It serves ... <a title="Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/pacific-journalists-around-region-mark-progress-but-warn-of-new-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2023
Highlights of the 2023 World Press Freedom Index. Video: RSF By David Robie Timor-Leste has topped a stunning rise among Asia-Pacific countries to make it to into the “top ten” countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index that saw island nations improve their rankings. The youngest nation in Southeast Asia — which gained independence ... <a title="Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/04/timor-leste-makes-top-ten-in-2023-world-press-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Anzac dawn ceremonies have been held across the Pacific region, with tributes paid to both Anzac and Pacific Island soldiers killed in the two world wars. Papua New Guinea In Papua New Guinea, World War II veterans were among those who attended a dawn service held at the Bomana ... <a title="Tributes made to Anzac and Pacific soldiers killed in world wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/26/tributes-made-to-anzac-and-pacific-soldiers-killed-in-world-wars/" aria-label="Read more about Tributes made to Anzac and Pacific soldiers killed in world wars">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2023
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand government has committed $15 million to support Solomon Islands provincial administrations to strengthen climate resilience at the grassroots level. Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni, who is on a three-country Pacific tour, made the announcement in Honiara today, with the funding coming out of the $1.3 billion ... <a title="NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/nz-boosts-support-for-grassroots-climate-action-in-solomon-islands/" aria-label="Read more about NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist There is “is much to win by trying” to take action on climate change — that is a key finding in a major new international climate report the UN chief is calling a “survival guide for humanity”. It is something of a mic drop moment for the army ... <a title="Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the climate ball" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/some-pacific-nations-wont-survive-if-nz-and-world-drop-the-climate-ball/" aria-label="Read more about Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the climate ball">Read more</a>
