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June 10, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Newly elected Māori Pati president and columnist John Tamihere has launched a blistering criticism of New Zealand’s negative media attitude to Chinese trade and security overtures to the South Pacific, saying “it’s none of our business”. Writing in The New Zealand Herald today, former Labour cabinet minister Tamihere argued that China ... <a title="‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’ says Māori Pati critic of NZ stance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/we-can-learn-from-chinese-diplomacy-says-maori-pati-critic-of-nz-stance/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’ says Māori Pati critic of NZ stance">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
REVIEW: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University It is easy to forget why Julian Assange has been on trial in England for, well, seemingly forever. Didn’t he allegedly sexually assault two women in Sweden? Isn’t that why he holed up for years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid facing charges? When the bobbies finally ... <a title="A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/a-new-book-argues-julian-assange-is-being-tortured-will-australias-new-pm-do-anything-about-it/" aria-label="Read more about A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis If you’re as confused as most people by the exact circumstances surrounding the continuing presence in Fiji of the Russian super yacht Amadea, join the club. Here’s our modest attempt to cut through the fog. Twelve days ago — on April 14 — the CJ Patel Fiji Sun newspaper trumpeted an ... <a title="Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht Amadea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/graham-davis-behind-the-saga-of-the-seized-russian-super-yacht-amadea/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht Amadea">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Marian Faa of ABC Pacific Beat As a child, Efika Kora remembers watching planes glide over her remote village in the Pacific. Transfixed, she imagined that one day she would be the one flying them. Now, just two semesters away from completing a diploma of aviation at an Adelaide school, the 24-year-old ... <a title="West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/west-papuan-students-dreams-dashed-after-scholarships-suddenly-cancelled/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2022
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the country needs an economic solution to its instability problems, not a security solution. Lilo said he could not understand how current Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare could justify signing a security cooperation agreement with China to quell public discontent in ... <a title="Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/23/former-solomons-pm-says-country-needs-economic-solution-not-security/" aria-label="Read more about Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An umbrella organisation representing Papuan students worldwide has been formed with a renewed commitment to strengthening their efforts to gain “quality education”. Five country groups affiliated to the International Alliance of Papuan Students Associations Overseas (IAPSAO) met virtually yesterday to make a united stance on Papuan education, affirming their appeal last ... <a title="Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/06/papuan-students-form-umbrella-body-reaffirm-campaign-for-education-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A global Papuan students abroad umbrella organisation has appealed for a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to air their grievances over changes to the scholarship system which they say are unfairly impacting on their studies. In a statement today responding to a letter by the Indonesian Ambassador to New Zealand ... <a title="Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/papuan-students-appeal-for-meeting-with-president-jokowi-to-air-grievances/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2021
Political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss: how it is now over one year since United States voters went to the polls and elected Joe Biden as president - or perhaps it’s fair to say, voted Donald Trump out of the White House. What are the big issues that have challenged the Joe Biden Administration? What are his wins and losses? Why the Biden-Xi US-China summit was a win; and how Trumpism (both domestically and as a cultural export) is an enduring challenge.
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November 17, 2021
A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: how it is now over one year since United States voters went to the polls and elected Joe Biden as president - or perhaps it’s fair to say, voted Donald Trump out of the White House.
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October 30, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become more informed. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds himself crushed between these two counterbalances — the asserted right of powerful nations to operate in secret, and the right of the press ... <a title="Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/assumptions-vs-facts-how-the-julian-assange-case-confronts-our-biases/" aria-label="Read more about Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board It perhaps wasn’t a remarkable coincidence that last month Samoa’s former Ambassador to the United Nations called on the United States to ratify a treaty declaring the South Pacific a nuclear-free zone. Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, currently Samoa’s High Commissioner to Fiji, made the comments during a Blue Pacific ... <a title="Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/samoa-observer-the-fallacy-of-a-nuclear-submarine-deal-for-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific reporter Australia’s new security pact with the US and the UK has touched a nerve at the core of Pacific regionalism. The AUKUS alliance, announced by leaders of the three countries last week, finds them seeking strategic advantage in the Indo-Pacific region with a focus on developing nuclear-powered submarines for ... <a title="AUKUS pact strikes at heart of Pacific nuclear-free regionalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/aukus-pact-strikes-at-heart-of-pacific-nuclear-free-regionalism/" aria-label="Read more about AUKUS pact strikes at heart of Pacific nuclear-free regionalism">Read more</a>
