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January 17, 2023
By John Mitchell in Suva In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so that they can make educated and well-informed choices. The role of politicians is to represent those who elected them. They are to make decisions that best serve the public interest ... <a title="John Mitchell: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/17/john-mitchell-media-freedom-public-interest-and-the-fiji-times/" aria-label="Read more about John Mitchell: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2023
RNZ Pacific Churches across Tonga have commemorated the victims and the struggles endured as a result of the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 15 January 2022. The eruption, the largest atmospheric explosion recorded during modern history, was estimated to be hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. ... <a title="Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/16/churches-grateful-for-miracle-on-anniversary-of-tonga-eruption/" aria-label="Read more about Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist On the first anniversary of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption two men share how they survived when they were unable to escape the tsunami that followed. On 15 January 2022, the usually quiet seaside village of Kanokupolu was thrown into chaos. The roar of the Hunga ... <a title="Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/16/tonga-eruption-the-tsunami-came-taking-down-electric-poles-trees/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic volcanic eruption tomorrow, Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni spoke to RNZ Pacific’s Finau Fonua. Hu’akavameiliku shared his experiences of the eruption and its aftermath, as well as some of the challenges left in the wake of the disaster. Hu’akavameiliku was ... <a title="Tonga volcano eruption: PM reflects ahead of one-year anniversary of disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/15/tonga-volcano-eruption-pm-reflects-ahead-of-one-year-anniversary-of-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga volcano eruption: PM reflects ahead of one-year anniversary of disaster">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2023
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Fiji was regarded a bully, flexing its muscle as a selfish and arrogant player in regional forums, claims Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA) president George Faktaufon. He said he hoped Fiji would rejoin the regional aviation community with the election of the new coalition government. Faktaufon said Fiji — ... <a title="Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/14/fiji-bully-of-the-region-under-former-government-claims-airlines-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2023
By Serafina Silaitoga in Suva Files submitted to the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) two years ago over alleged abuse of funds by a former Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) executive are believed to have “disappeared”, says Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh. Singh said someone in FICAC would be held responsible for causing the disappearance ... <a title="Fiji’s sugar minister condemns ‘disappearance’ of FICAC abuse allegation files" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/14/fijis-sugar-minister-condemns-disappearance-of-ficac-abuse-allegation-files/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s sugar minister condemns ‘disappearance’ of FICAC abuse allegation files">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to cut costs. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found AUT’s approach breached its collective employment agreement with staff and their union and ordered it to withdraw the termination notices. Tertiary education ... <a title="New Zealand doesn’t offer tenure to academics, but the AUT employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/13/new-zealand-doesnt-offer-tenure-to-academics-but-the-aut-employment-dispute-shows-its-more-than-a-job-perk/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand doesn’t offer tenure to academics, but the AUT employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2023
RNZ Pacific Indonesian President Joko Widodo has acknowledged “gross human rights violations” in his country’s history and vowed to prevent any repeat. He cited 12 “regrettable” events, including an anti-communist purge at the height of the Cold War. By some estimates, the massacres killed about 500,000 people. President Joko Widodo … “I strongly regret that ... <a title="Jokowi acknowledges gross human rights violations in Indonesia, Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/13/jokowi-acknowledges-gross-human-rights-violations-in-indonesia-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi acknowledges gross human rights violations in Indonesia, Papua">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a dramatic move condemned by critics as a “kidnapping”. At noon on Tuesday, January 10, Governor Enembe was dining in a local restaurant near the headquarters ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta ‘kidnap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/13/yamin-kogoya-arrest-of-papuan-governor-enembe-condemned-as-illegal-jakarta-kidnap/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta ‘kidnap’">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2023
RNZ Pacific The autonomous government in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville is finally organising byelections next month in two seats that have been without representation for many months. The elections, in Nissan and Haku constituencies, will be held on February 22, with nominations set to close tomorrow. The Nissan seat has been vacant ... <a title="Bougainville to hold two long-delayed byelections due to deaths of members" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/bougainville-to-hold-two-long-delayed-byelections-due-to-deaths-of-members/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville to hold two long-delayed byelections due to deaths of members">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2023
Pacific Media Watch President Édouard Fritch of French Polynesia says he wants to boost funds to study journalism in French Polynesia in a bid to help strengthen the media industry quality, reports RNZ Pacific. According to the local Ministry of Education, the amount given for study grants will vary from US$536 to US$1341 per month, ... <a title="French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/french-polynesia-plans-journalism-study-grants-to-combat-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea began New Year 2023 with sizzling fireworks that lit up the skies. But our hopes of shrugging off the “power blackout” tag ended just as the year was a few hours old. An hour into New Year celebrations in the capital Port Moresby, like a perennial ... <a title="Sizzling New Year but blackouts continue to hold PNG to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/sizzling-new-year-but-blackouts-continue-to-hold-png-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about Sizzling New Year but blackouts continue to hold PNG to ransom">Read more</a>
