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January 28, 2023
RNZ News Mayor Wayne Brown has shut down criticism that he was too slow in declaring a state of emergency after severe flooding in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. In a media stand-up late on Friday evening, Brown said he was following advice from experts and as soon as they said it was time to ... <a title="Auckland mayor declares emergency as wild weather lashes NZ’s north" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/28/auckland-mayor-declares-emergency-as-wild-weather-lashes-nzs-north/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland mayor declares emergency as wild weather lashes NZ’s north">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The government of Tokelau has declared the results of the 2023 national general elections. Voting took place on all three atolls, and also in the Apia office of the administration on January 23. The final results for the election of 20 members of the General Fono, declared under 16.1 ... <a title="Tokelau declares 2023 elections result in spite of comms problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/27/tokelau-declares-2023-elections-result-in-spite-of-comms-problems/" aria-label="Read more about Tokelau declares 2023 elections result in spite of comms problems">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2023
RNZ News Residents in flood-prone areas of West Auckland are being asked to prepare to evacuate as bad weather causes power cuts and car crashes across Tāmaki Makaurau, with a severe thunderstorm watch in place for the north of Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland Emergency Management said the severe weather across the city was worsening and ... <a title="Wild weather lashes NZ’s Auckland, Northland regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/27/wild-weather-lashes-nzs-auckland-northland-regions/" aria-label="Read more about Wild weather lashes NZ’s Auckland, Northland regions">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2023
REVIEW: By Rowan Callick Radio Australia was conceived at the beginning of the Second World War out of Canberra’s desire to counter Japanese propaganda in the Pacific. More than 70 years later its rebirth is being driven by a similarly urgent need to counter propaganda, this time from China. Set up within the towering framework ... <a title="Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/27/speaking-to-the-world-but-mirroring-australias-off-again-on-again-pacific-engagement/" aria-label="Read more about Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Indonesian military says a tribunal has sentenced an army major to life in prison for his involvement in the brutal murder of four Papuan civilians in the Mimika district. Their mutilated bodies were found in August 2022. Benar News reports that human rights activists and victims’ relatives welcomed the conviction of Major ... <a title="Activists hail life jail sentence for army major over brutal Papuan killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/26/activists-hail-life-jail-sentence-for-army-major-over-brutal-papuan-killings/" aria-label="Read more about Activists hail life jail sentence for army major over brutal Papuan killings">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2023
By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva Fiji’s Constitution does not require everything related to the government to be called Fijian, says Attorney-General Siromi Turaga. Speaking during a media conference, he said there was no right or wrong way to describe a title or name a government. He said FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum was trying ... <a title="Aiyaz ‘trying to mislead the people’ over use of term Fijian, says AG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/26/aiyaz-trying-to-mislead-the-people-over-use-of-term-fijian-says-ag/" aria-label="Read more about Aiyaz ‘trying to mislead the people’ over use of term Fijian, says AG">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2023
Pacific Media Watch A prominent Papuan journalist has said a recent bombing near his home is the latest in a string of attacks against him, reports ABC Pacific Beat. Victor Mambor said he heard motorbikes ride past his home before a bomb exploded about 3 metres from his house on Monday. He suspects his attackers ... <a title="Papuan journalist Victor Mambor says bomb attack likely due to his reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/26/papuan-journalist-victor-mambor-says-bomb-attack-likely-due-to-his-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan journalist Victor Mambor says bomb attack likely due to his reporting">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2023
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has put the “bread and butter” issue of inflation at the top of his government’s agenda for Aotearoa New Zealand, saying today’s figures confirm that is the right approach. Opposition leader Christopher Luxon continues to cast the government as having done nothing about ... <a title="Prime Minister Chris Hipkins defends cost-of-living record, promises more action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/26/prime-minister-chris-hipkins-defends-cost-of-living-record-promises-more-action/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Chris Hipkins defends cost-of-living record, promises more action">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2023
RNZ Pacific Police interviewing of FijiFirst Party general secretary and former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has reportedly been suspended but will continue later. FBC News reports the interview with Sayed-Khaiyum will continue. The police Chief of Intelligence and Investigations, Assistant Commissioner Surend Sami, told the state broadcaster the suspension is to allow investigators to verify issues ... <a title="Fiji police suspend questioning of former AG Aiyaz in ‘hatred’ case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/26/fiji-police-suspend-questioning-of-former-ag-aiyaz-in-hatred-case/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police suspend questioning of former AG Aiyaz in ‘hatred’ case">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside his home yesterday and a journalists group has called it an act of “intimidation” threatening press freedom. No one was injured in the blast near his home in the provincial ... <a title="‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/terror-bomb-explodes-near-papua-journalist-victor-mambors-home/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home">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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January 24, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas How the RNZ/TVNZ merger went from its first reading in Parliament to the legislative extinction list is an example of why New Zealand actually needs more public media and not less. Let me explain. It has been labelled a grenade, a dog and a monolithic, monopolistic monster. Yet it is actually ... <a title="Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/myles-thomas-debate-over-public-media-merger-is-the-proof-we-need-it/" aria-label="Read more about Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it">Read more</a>
