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March 3, 2023
RNZ News It has been a year since the violent end of the illegal occupation at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you thought you had seen it all at the time, you should think again. Boiling Point, a new documentary from RNZ, includes previously unseen footage of clashes at Parliament on 2 March 2022, ... <a title="RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an infamous protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/rnz-documentary-boiling-point-spotlight-on-final-day-of-an-infamous-protest/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an infamous protest">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist Long-time residents in a street in Māngere, Auckland, say they never imagined that one day they would have to row their way out of their street to safety. One resident, Mesalina, said they were left in the dark when the power failed and the situation hit home when she ... <a title="One month after Auckland floods Pasifika people still in temp housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/one-month-after-auckland-floods-pasifika-people-still-in-temp-housing/" aria-label="Read more about One month after Auckland floods Pasifika people still in temp housing">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier The discussions on Papua New Guinea’s new draft media development policy will come to the fore today when the media industry presents its response to the government. It is expected the PNG Media Council, which we are a member of, will present the position of the industry in response to the draft ... <a title="PNG Post-Courier: Let’s talk first on media policy and transparency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/png-post-courier-lets-talk-first-on-media-policy-and-transparency/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Post-Courier: Let’s talk first on media policy and transparency">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2023
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby The three local female researchers who were kidnapped with Australia-based New Zealand professor Bryce Barker are being kept in a safe house and banned from speaking to news media. According to their families, the women were being kept in an undisclosed location for their safety with their mobile phones ... <a title="K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third party’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/02/k100000-ransom-paid-for-release-of-png-hostages-clarified-as-third-party/" aria-label="Read more about K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third party’">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Jubi News in Jayapura The Papuan Church Council has called on the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) unit led by Egianus Kogoya to immediately release the New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens. The council’s request was delivered during a press conference attended by Reverend Benny Giai as moderator and member Reverend Socratez Sofyan Yoman ... <a title="Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/papuan-churches-plea-to-rebel-leader-egianus-kogoya-to-free-nz-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ pilot">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney A National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) report claims that “wage theft has shamefully become an endemic part of universities’ business models” while Australia’s biggest public universities record massive surpluses and their vice-chancellors earn more than A$1 million a year in wages. The union report, released late last month and titled ... <a title="‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/shameful-wage-stealing-endemic-at-australian-universities-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Vanuatu Daily Post A number of ni-Vanuatu Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers have also been impacted on by New Zealand’s Cyclone Gabrielle devastation, particularly those in the Hawke’s Bay region. This has been a difficult time for people in Aotearoa New Zealand, but also for families of workers back in Vanuatu trying to understand what ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/cyclone-gabrielle-vanuatu-rse-workers-safe-and-cared-for-say-officials/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Health New Zealand’s board chairperson Rob Campbell has been sacked over a political attack he made about the National Party’s Three Waters policy. Video: RNZ Checkpoint “I thank Mr Campbell for his contribution since the establishment of Te Whatu Ora last year.” In a statement, Campbell said the removal from his position was “an inappropriate ... <a title="Health NZ chair fired over ‘political’ post, but says govt ‘overreacted’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/health-nz-chair-fired-over-political-post-but-says-govt-overreacted/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ chair fired over ‘political’ post, but says govt ‘overreacted’">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next year was a jaw-droppingly poor decision and an insult to everything the regional body is meant to represent. What were the Forum leaders thinking? Here’s the thing, they were probably ... <a title="Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an insult" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/barbara-dreaver-pacific-leaders-poor-choice-for-top-forum-job-an-insult/" aria-label="Read more about Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an insult">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
By Nathan Woti in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has approved the building of a monument of the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare at the University of Papua New Guinea. During the ground-breaking ceremony on Friday, Marape said the monument would symbolise what the nation’s founding fathers stood for, and the legacy of ... <a title="UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/upng-monument-plan-for-inspired-leader-sir-michael-somare/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The look on the faces of their families said it all, as they cried awaiting anxiously for their loved ones who made their way from the aircraft into the airport terminal at the capital Port Moresby. For the families of the last three Papua New Guinea hostage crisis captives, ... <a title="Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt their captors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/nightmare-over-for-final-3-png-freed-hostages-police-hunt-their-captors/" aria-label="Read more about Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt their captors">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva has added yet another first to his long list of accomplishments, becoming the University of Canterbury’s first Te Amorangi, or pro-vice-chancellor Pacific. The university’s Tumu Whakarae vice-chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey has confirmed the appointment of Dr Ratuva, director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, ... <a title="Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/01/canterbury-appoints-ratuva-as-first-te-amorangi-in-pacific-leadership-team/" aria-label="Read more about Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team">Read more</a>
