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October 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with social media. The study, released this month by the Reuters Institute at Oxford University, has exposed gaps between trust in news via conventional delivery and the same thing consumed via ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/22/gavin-ellis-news-media-face-distrust-by-association-with-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd — not political parties — in the lead up to the 2022 general election. He said this while taking a swipe at The Times during a news conference this week at the FijiFirst ... <a title="Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/sayed-khaiyum-blasts-fiji-times-cfl-media-editor-replies-doing-our-job/" aria-label="Read more about Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our job’">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
By Andrew Anton Mako in Port Moresby “When we don’t have any of these copper and gold mines anymore, where are we headed?” This quote is by Jerry Garry, managing director of PNG’s Mineral Resources Authority (MRA). According to Garry, mineral resources from large mines (both current and pipeline) will be exhausted in 40 years. ... <a title="After PNG’s mines run out – what then? An ominous warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/after-pngs-mines-run-out-what-then-an-ominous-warning/" aria-label="Read more about After PNG’s mines run out – what then? An ominous warning">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
RNZ Pacific A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results from last week’s snap election. Julie King, a member of the Union of Moderate Parties, is reported to have won one of the seats in the Efate constituency. She is ... <a title="Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/vanuatu-may-have-first-woman-mp-in-decade-say-poll-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/pacific-lessons-in-climate-change-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
By Akansha Narayan in Suva Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be amplified for big nations to notice and be accountable for their actions. The final-year student recently won the top prize in the tertiary level journalism students category at the 2022 ... <a title="Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/pacific-climate-stories-need-to-be-heard-and-told-says-usp-award-winner/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP award winner">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fijiana are one step away from reaching the quarterfinals of the Women’s Rugby World Cup — but they have to beat favourite France first. To qualify, they need to overcome the in-form French team at the Northland Events Centre in Whangārei on Saturday. It is an opportunity that ... <a title="Fijiana hopes up with one game away from World Cup quarterfinals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/fijiana-hopes-up-with-one-game-away-from-world-cup-quarterfinals/" aria-label="Read more about Fijiana hopes up with one game away from World Cup quarterfinals">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
RNZ Pacific The new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has heard calls for support and compensation for atolls close to the test sites of France’s nuclear weapons tests. High Commissioner Eric Spitz has been on his first tour of the outer islands since arriving from France last month to discuss France’s efforts to overcome ... <a title="French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/french-polynesian-atolls-still-wary-decades-after-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party says France’s refusal to engage in any UN-supervised decolonisation process is becoming increasingly untenable. In 2013, the UN General Assembly re-inscribed the French territory on its decolonisation list, but Paris has rejected the decision and keeps boycotting the annual decolonisation committee’s debate on French Polynesia. While France ... <a title="France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/frances-refusal-to-engage-over-tahiti-decolonisation-increasingly-untenable/" aria-label="Read more about France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French Polynesian territorial President Édouard Fritch. Fritch was responding to a renewed call by the pro-independence opposition Tavini Huiraatira party to follow up on reports dating back to 2016 that radiation ... <a title="France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/france-must-pay-for-study-on-genetic-impact-of-its-pacific-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
PNG Post-Courier A Papua New Guinean businessman has been arrested and charged by police as the first of 15 “persons of interest” relating to post national election violence in the Southern Highlands Province earlier this year. Police have confirmed the unsuccessful candidate for the SHP regional seat, Peter Nupiri, a former chair of PNG Power ... <a title="Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/businessman-nupiri-arrested-charged-over-png-election-violence-at-mendi/" aria-label="Read more about Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2022
NZ Pacific A Pacific media academic says Fiji is still not a fully-fledged democracy and is recovering from the impacts of the 2006 coup — the country’s fourth since gaining independence 52 years ago. The University of the South Pacific’s head of journalism Associate Professor Shailendra Singh said Fiji’s transition from authoritarianism to greater democracy ... <a title="Fiji elections: ‘Smooth transition’ vital for both country and Pacific, says Singh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/fiji-elections-smooth-transition-vital-for-both-country-and-pacific-says-singh/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: ‘Smooth transition’ vital for both country and Pacific, says Singh">Read more</a>
