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September 15, 2025
Earlier today, the New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said his cabinet would not decide on whether to formally recognise Palestine as a state for some weeks. Luxon’s announcement drew criticism from advocacy groups labelling his position as weak. For more on this issue, see; New Zealand PM Luxon Labelled as Weak and Cowardly After ... <a title="UPDATED – Recognition of Palestine as a State – Advocacy Group Urges New Zealand Government to Listen to large Majority of Citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/recognition-of-palestine-as-a-state-advocacy-group-urges-new-zealand-government-to-listen-to-large-majority-of-citizens/" aria-label="Read more about UPDATED – Recognition of Palestine as a State – Advocacy Group Urges New Zealand Government to Listen to large Majority of Citizens">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
RNZ Pacific The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address Papua New Guinea’s national Parliament today. The UN chief is in Papua New Guinea on a four-day official state visit September 2-5. Prime Minister James Marape has held bilateral discussions with Guterres at his Melanesian House Office in Port Moresby yesterday. “We remain fully committed ... <a title="UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/un-chief-to-address-png-parliament-today-during-historic-visit/" aria-label="Read more about UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Walden Bello I am alarmed by reports that Filipino journalists were flown in by the Israeli government to participate in what is essentially a whitewashing campaign for the ongoing genocide in Gaza. At least two articles, atrocious excuses for journalism, have come out of this trip.One is a piece by Wilson Lee Flores ... <a title="How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/31/how-two-filipino-journalists-took-part-in-israeli-whitewashing-of-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2025
RNZ News Protesters staged pro-Palestinian demonstrations across Aotearoa New Zealand at the weekend, calling on the government to place sanctions on Israel for its war on Gaza. The government announced last week it was considering whether to join other countries like France, Canada and Australia in recognising Palestinian statehood at a United Nations leader’s meeting ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian protests across NZ call on government to sanction Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/18/pro-palestinian-protests-across-nz-call-on-government-to-sanction-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian protests across NZ call on government to sanction Israel">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, RNZ Māori news journalist in Parliament New Zealand’s Prime Minister says the war in Gaza is “utterly appalling” and Israeil Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost the plot”. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s comments came on a tense day in Parliament today, where the Green Party’s co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick was “named” for refusing ... <a title="Israeli PM has ‘lost the plot’, says NZ’s Christopher Luxon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israeli-pm-has-lost-the-plot-says-nzs-christopher-luxon/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli PM has ‘lost the plot’, says NZ’s Christopher Luxon">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2025
Asia Pacific Report WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was among the tens of thousands of protesters in Australia staging a “humanitarians for Gaza” march today across the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge. The transparency media campaigner and activist, who moved back to his native Australia last year, after reaching a plea deal with the US government to ... <a title="WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands cross bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/03/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-joins-sydney-gaza-humanitarian-protest-as-thousands-cross-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands cross bridge">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former senior UN aid official has condemned the bloodshed at the notorious US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid food depots, describing the distribition system as having turned into a “catastrophe”. The number of aid seekers killed continues to climb daily beyond 1000. Martin Griffiths, director of Mediation Group International and ... <a title="Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/bloodshed-at-ghf-run-gaza-aid-sites-a-great-sin-says-former-top-un-official/" aria-label="Read more about Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji has sharply criticised the Fiji government’s stance over Israel’s genocide in Gaza, saying it “starkly contrasts” with the United Nations and international community’s condemnation as a violation of international law and an impediment to peace. In a statement today, the NGO Coalition said that ... <a title="Fiji ‘failing’ the Gaza genocide and humanity test, says rights group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/fiji-failing-the-gaza-genocide-and-humanity-test-says-rights-group/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji ‘failing’ the Gaza genocide and humanity test, says rights group">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel’s key enablers, the G7, plus Australia and New Zealand, have succeeded in muscling Israel back onto the invite list for the commemorations in Nagasaki on August 9. Last year Israel was excluded, triggering a refusal by these countries to attend in ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Nagasaki now a celebration of Israeli genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/eugene-doyle-nagasaki-now-a-celebration-of-israeli-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Nagasaki now a celebration of Israeli genocide">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A prominent academic has criticised the New Zealand coalition government for compromising the country’s traditional commitment to upholding an international rules-based order due to a “desire not to offend” the Trump administration. Professor Robert Patman, an inaugural sesquicentennial distinguished chair and a specialist in international relations at the University of Otago, has ... <a title="Academic slams NZ government over ‘compromised’ foreign policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/09/academic-slams-nz-government-over-compromised-foreign-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Academic slams NZ government over ‘compromised’ foreign policy">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A leading Middle East analyst has pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of the conclusion of his own national intelligence chief, who said in April that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, said in an interview that Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director ... <a title="Analyst dismisses ‘lie by rogue’ Netanyahu over Iran’s nuclear programme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/21/analyst-dismisses-lie-by-rogue-netanyahu-over-irans-nuclear-programme/" aria-label="Read more about Analyst dismisses ‘lie by rogue’ Netanyahu over Iran’s nuclear programme">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Phil Goff “What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians. It’s the result of government policy — knowingly, evilly, maliciously, irresponsibly dictated.” This statement was made not by a foreign or liberal critic of Israel but by the former Prime Minister ... <a title="Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people it’s killing in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/09/phil-goff-israel-doesnt-care-how-many-innocent-people-its-killing-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people it’s killing in Gaza">Read more</a>
