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November 2, 2020
Article by Keith Rankin. New Zealand’s most egregious placename Over an extended Labour Weekend, I undertook a four-day road trip from Auckland to Cromwell. It was great to reconnect on the way with places like Taihape, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Ashburton, and Fairlie; and to appreciate that this was possible in an environment where almost nobody felt ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Cromwell and all that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/keith-rankin-cromwell-and-all-that/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Cromwell and all that">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2020
By RNZ News A person who arrived in Japan from New Zealand with covid-19 visited Wairakei Terraces and Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland in Rotorua and Taupō shortly before their departure, health authorities have revealed. As a precaution, Toi Te Ora Public Health have alerted the public there was a “small possibility” they may have been exposed ... <a title="NZ traveller who arrives in Japan with covid-19 visited Rotorua and Taupō" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/15/nz-traveller-who-arrives-in-japan-with-covid-19-visited-rotorua-and-taupo/" aria-label="Read more about NZ traveller who arrives in Japan with covid-19 visited Rotorua and Taupō">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Some Cook Islanders are expressing anger at the failure to implement stronger border control public health measures in response to 17 new community-transmitted covid-19 cases in New Zealand – and a further 13 today. Social media is abuzz with comments from some concerned locals. The island’s 10 volunteer puna cannot effectively manage supervised quarantine at ... <a title="‘Don’t risk our lives’ over covid, warns opposition Cook Islands Democrats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/dont-risk-our-lives-over-covid-warns-opposition-cook-islands-democrats/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t risk our lives’ over covid, warns opposition Cook Islands Democrats">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region. By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre “Our journey to a bluer Pacific as we navigate through covid-19, we’ve all experienced the impact of covid-19 one way or another, our region has not been spared the adverse effects of covid-19. ... <a title="Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/eco-tourism-is-the-way-of-the-post-covid-future-for-the-blue-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’ Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis in Sydney The man with his hands on the tiller of the Fijian economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has always been a great admirer of Gough Whitlam’s “crash through or crash” approach to leadership and never more so than with the F$3.67 billion budget he announced on Friday night. Allowing for a sobering ... <a title="Graham Davis: Fiji’s great ‘crash through or crash’ budget is counting on a tourism bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/graham-davis-fijis-great-crash-through-or-crash-budget-is-counting-on-a-tourism-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Fiji’s great ‘crash through or crash’ budget is counting on a tourism bubble">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2020
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific Correspondent The Cook Islands government’s inaccurate and startling announcement yesterday about a tourism bubble opening with New Zealand as soon as next week has done more harm than good. Clearly a failed attempt at trying to force Jacinda Ardern’s hand into giving a date now and using mouthpiece media ... <a title="Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong arm’ Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/barbara-dreaver-cook-islands-travel-bubble-pressure-a-bid-to-strong-arm-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong arm’ Ardern">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealand’s “intransigence” over wanting to allow Australians in before New Zealanders out to the covid-free Pacific does not stand up to scrutiny, says a Cook Islands resort owner and doctor. “If we unwittingly let the virus cross the Tasman, our country will take a huge hit,” says New Zealand-based John ... <a title="Forget Australia, open up to covid-free Pacific bubble, says Cook Islander" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/forget-australia-open-up-to-covid-free-pacific-bubble-says-cook-islander/" aria-label="Read more about Forget Australia, open up to covid-free Pacific bubble, says Cook Islander">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says while Australia and New Zealand work out their Trans-Tasman bubble, Fiji’s equal greater success against the Pacific nation into a position to take the lead among island states, reports FBC News. The Prime Minister revealed that Fiji was working on its own bubble – a “Bula ... <a title="Fiji works on its own ‘Bula Bubble’ in spite of Australian, NZ covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/21/fiji-works-on-its-own-bula-bubble-in-spite-of-australian-nz-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji works on its own ‘Bula Bubble’ in spite of Australian, NZ covid cases">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ Manu Korihi reporter New Zealand’s border restrictions have cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua’s oldest tourism business, Whakarewarewa Village, forcing its people to re-invent its services in order to survive. Ngāti Wāhiao has opened its doors to tourists there for more than 120 years, offering tours ... <a title="Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/whakarewarewa-a-silence-not-heard-in-100-years-thanks-to-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Fiji has put its hand up to join New Zealand and Australia’s travel bubble amid the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was keen to reopen NZ’s borders with its Pacific island neighbours. Fiji’s Attorney-General, Aiyaz Saiyed-Khaiyum, said he had discussed his government’s plans with ... <a title="Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/pacific-hub-fiji-keen-to-join-nz-australia-travel-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch As New Zealand prepares to go to alert level 2 in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the attention turns to the recovery of the economy – and we must spare a thought for the economies of the Pacific. Most of the Pacific relies on ... <a title="Eco-tourism major key to ‘tricky’ Pacific economic reset, says Leary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/eco-tourism-major-key-to-tricky-pacific-economic-reset-says-leary/" aria-label="Read more about Eco-tourism major key to ‘tricky’ Pacific economic reset, says Leary">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The collapse of tourism across the world in the face of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could plunge thousands of people into poverty in the Pacific, predicts a new International Labour Organisation report. Thousands of jobs in countries like Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are ... <a title="Virus tourism collapse threatens many in Pacific with poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/virus-tourism-collapse-threatens-many-in-pacific-with-poverty/" aria-label="Read more about Virus tourism collapse threatens many in Pacific with poverty">Read more</a>
