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September 4, 2023
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva While Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant has been drawing flak across the Pacific, a high-powered delegation of Chinese ocean and marine scientists and Asia-Pacific scholars from Shandong Province visited Fiji to promote South-South cooperation to mitigate climate change — the Pacific ... <a title="China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/chinas-shandong-province-expands-its-climate-footprint-to-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific">Read more</a>
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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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March 8, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Jhoanna Ballaran in Manila My father has been losing sleep the past weeks over the thought of his jeepneys being forced off the road as the Philippines government implements its controversial “jeepney modernisation” programme. He has been a jeepney operator for the past 32 years, sustaining our family’s needs. We have relied on ... <a title="Days are numbered for iconic Filipino jeepneys – ‘kings of the road’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/days-are-numbered-for-iconic-filipino-jeepneys-kings-of-the-road/" aria-label="Read more about Days are numbered for iconic Filipino jeepneys – ‘kings of the road’">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ decision to “reprioritise” future transport budgets — away from walking, cycling and public transport — in order to pay for Cyclone Gabrielle road reconstruction is short-sighted amid the climate crisis, says Greenpeace. However, Hipkins told RNZ Morning Report today the decision to refocus transport spending would ... <a title="Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix storm damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/greenpeace-accuses-labour-govt-of-robbing-climate-mitigation-funds-to-fix-storm-damage/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix storm damage">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
PNG Post-Courier There is a new twist in Papua New Guinea’s four-year drama surrounding the Maseratis bought for the 2018 APEC Summit. It has emerged that the Department of Foreign Affairs, which wants to send the luxury vehicles to foreign missions abroad, cannot do so, because the vehicles — which have been collecting dust in ... <a title="PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the luxury car saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/pngs-useless-maseratis-now-a-used-car-twist-to-the-luxury-car-saga/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the luxury car saga">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby The Indonesian government has filed a K105.6 million (US$30 million) writ against Papua New Guinea, naming two senior officials as persons of interest toward the illegal shipments of hazardous materials. The two officials named are acting managing director for Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) Gunther Joku and State ... <a title="Indonesia sues PNG for K105m over storage of ‘illegal’ oil shipments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/14/indonesia-sues-png-for-k105m-over-storage-of-illegal-oil-shipments/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia sues PNG for K105m over storage of ‘illegal’ oil shipments">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean security forces have intercepted and stopped seven trucks carrying seven containers containing sensitive election material in the Southern Highlands after it was found that the containers had been allegedly tampered with. “Manager Alwyn Jimmy called police in SHP to stop the trucks,” Southern Highlands commander Chief ... <a title="PNG police stop seven trucks and seize ‘sensitive’ election materials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/27/png-police-stop-seven-trucks-and-seize-sensitive-election-materials/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police stop seven trucks and seize ‘sensitive’ election materials">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinean government can expect to be fined a hefty US$5 million (K17.6 million) each for six illegal shipments (K105 million total) of waste oil being transported to Singapore through Indonesian waters. A formal notice was issued by Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry last Friday to ... <a title="PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/png-faces-k105m-indonesian-penalty-for-illegal-black-oil-shipments/" aria-label="Read more about PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor More than two million New Zealanders will get a one-off $350 sweetener as part of the Budget’s centrepiece $1 billion cost-of-living relief package. The temporary short-term support is counterbalanced by a record $11.1 billion for the health system as the government scraps district health boards (DHBs) and ... <a title="NZ Budget 2022: Record $11.1 billion post-covid boost for health system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/nz-budget-2022-record-11-1-billion-post-covid-boost-for-health-system/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2022: Record $11.1 billion post-covid boost for health system">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
RNZ News For the first time in more than two years, New Zealand’s border will reopen to international visitors at midnight tonight. On 19 March 2020, New Zealand snapped its border shut to anyone without citizenship or residency, before any covid-19-related deaths were recorded. It was the first time in our history such a move ... <a title="NZ border reopens to international and Pacific visitors tonight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/nz-border-reopens-to-international-and-pacific-visitors-tonight/" aria-label="Read more about NZ border reopens to international and Pacific visitors tonight">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2022
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The public’s cry for a safe, affordable and efficient public transport system in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby has been finally heard. Following almost 10 years of planning and preparations, the National Capital District Commission’s Eda City Bus Service started operations today. The service will pursue a modern ... <a title="Port Moresby public’s cry for safe public transport finally answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/port-moresby-publics-cry-for-safe-public-transport-finally-answered/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby public’s cry for safe public transport finally answered">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby Air travellers were left stranded and fuming country-wide as airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air hit a rough patch in operations due to wet weather and a large number of their key staff falling sick and unable to be at work. Flight cancellations were the order of the day ... <a title="Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/chaos-as-png-airlines-cancel-flights-with-majority-of-staff-off-sick/" aria-label="Read more about Chaos as PNG airlines cancel flights with majority of staff off sick">Read more</a>
