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January 1, 2023
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several political upheavals had also shaken the region with a vengeance. A razor’s edge election in Fiji blew away a long entrenched authoritarian regime with a breath of fresh air for ... <a title="David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/david-robie-2022-pacific-political-upheavals-eclipse-tongan-volcano/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2022
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Jan Kohout, RNZ journalist Twenty four Pacific peoples have been recognised in the 2023 New Year’s honours. A former Premier of Niue, Young Vivian, leads the list of distinguished Pacific peoples in the list. Vivian has been made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for ... <a title="‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/31/this-is-for-you-24-pasifika-new-years-honours-recipients-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients in NZ">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2022
By Naveel Krishant in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he is the prime minister for the whole of Fiji and all of its people. In an interview with Fijivillage News, Rabuka said he would like everybody to have a happy New Year and not worry too much about the changes that they think this ... <a title="Rabuka’s message to the nation: ‘I am the PM of Fiji and all its people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/30/rabukas-message-to-the-nation-i-am-the-pm-of-fiji-and-all-its-people/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s message to the nation: ‘I am the PM of Fiji and all its people’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration has invited the Commissioner of Police to resign, citing concerns on matters of confidence in him. Pio Tikoduadua said the commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, had, however, asked that the government follow the process of the Constitutional Offices Commission. Minister Tikoduadua said he respected his decision, and we ... <a title="Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/tikoduadua-asks-fijis-police-chief-to-resign-over-matters-of-confidence/" aria-label="Read more about Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
Pacific Media Watch The US tested 67 nuclear weapons on the Marshall Islands, tricking the people who lived on Bikini Atoll to leave their homeland “for the good of all mankind.” But the Bikini Islanders didn’t know the US would contaminate their island and make it uninhabitable. Now nearly 70 years later, many Marshall Islanders ... <a title="Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/why-a-royal-princess-from-the-pacific-is-living-in-arkansas/" aria-label="Read more about Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji’s new Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Lynda Tabuya, plans to use surveys and online platforms as an integral part of her ministry During her official welcome yesterday along with her assistant minister, Sashi Kiran, Tabuya said that over the years she had made it her life goal ... <a title="Women ministers spell out their plan to ‘rebuild Fiji as it should be’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/women-ministers-spell-out-their-plan-to-rebuild-fiji-as-it-should-be/" aria-label="Read more about Women ministers spell out their plan to ‘rebuild Fiji as it should be’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is stable and recovering at the Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia, according to his wife Jean Parkop and close family members. The relieving news comes following Governor Parkop’s medivac from Papua New Guinea to Australia after he suffered complications arising from a ... <a title="Port Moresby governor Parkop stable and recovering after cardiac scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/port-moresby-governor-parkop-stable-and-recovering-after-cardiac-scare/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby governor Parkop stable and recovering after cardiac scare">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji lawyer and former human rights activist Imrana Jalal has offered a “warning” to her motherland that should people be investigated, prosecuted or dismissed, it must be done within the rule of law. In a social media posting on her Facebook page, Jalal wrote: “A WARNING to ourselves in Fiji ... <a title="Fiji lawyer Imrana Jalal’s warning: ‘No victimisation or targeted prosecutions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/fiji-lawyer-imrana-jalals-warning-no-victimisation-or-targeted-prosecutions/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji lawyer Imrana Jalal’s warning: ‘No victimisation or targeted prosecutions’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2022
By Shayal Devi in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has already started work to achieve the People’s Alliance-led coalition 100-day plan outlined in its manifesto. He recognises that things such as cost of living, water and electricity outages are existing issues that can be solved after a thorough review and consultative process. In its ... <a title="No time to waste – Fiji’s Rabuka starts work on 100-day plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/29/no-time-to-waste-fijis-rabuka-starts-work-on-100-day-plan/" aria-label="Read more about No time to waste – Fiji’s Rabuka starts work on 100-day plan">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2022
By Conan Young , Local Democracy Reporting editor This year was another huge one for Local Democracy Reporting, with our reporters at the forefront of uncovering some of the biggest stories in their regions. Felix Desmarais in Rotorua exposed hitherto secret plans by the council to revoke the reserve status of seven council reserves, paving ... <a title="Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s top 2022 stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/28/local-democracy-reporting-secret-plans-health-chaos-climate-change-among-nzs-top-2022-stories/" aria-label="Read more about Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s top 2022 stories">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
FBC News An official communication will be sent to Fiji’s President confirming the new People’s Alliance, National Federation Party and Sodelpa government is ready to lead under the new Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka. NFP leader Professor Biman Prasad said the leaders were pleased to give Fijians a Christmas present of a strong and united coalition ... <a title="Fijians have ‘chosen a new way, a new path’ under Rabuka, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/fijians-have-chosen-a-new-way-a-new-path-under-rabuka-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians have ‘chosen a new way, a new path’ under Rabuka, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Exiled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he is thrilled at the prospect of returning to Fiji. Speaking to The Fiji Times from Los Angeles in the United States yesterday, he said Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka — when he was in opposition — made a commitment ... <a title="Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/professor-thrilled-over-usp-return-fiji-to-pay-90m-university-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university debt">Read more</a>
