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December 27, 2021
OBITUARY: By John Minto Palestine has lost a champion of the struggle against Israeli apartheid with the death of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, aged 90. Tutu is known internationally as a leader of the struggle against white minority rule in South Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work reconciling South Africans ... <a title="Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/archbishop-desmond-tutu-a-friend-of-aotearoa-nz-and-a-champion-of-palestinian-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion of Palestinian human rights">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2021
OBITUARY: By Professor Biman Prasad Brij Vilash Lal, banished from the land of his birth by the Bainimarama government in November 2009 for championing democracy and barred from entering Fiji upon the orders of the Prime Minister, has died in Brisbane, 12 years after the draconian act of a heartless government. The sudden and shocking ... <a title="Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/professor-brij-lal-a-champion-of-democracy-and-fijis-finest-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2021
By Rebecca Kuku and Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby As families prepare to celebrate Christmas with their loved ones, a safe house in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby has kicked out gender-based violence survivors, leaving them homeless for the festive season. One of the survivors, 37-year-old Gathy Peter from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, ... <a title="Christmas on the street for PNG survivor of jailed wife basher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/christmas-on-the-street-for-png-survivor-of-jailed-wife-basher/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas on the street for PNG survivor of jailed wife basher">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s Māori vaccination rate continues to tick up, with several district health boards (DHBs) now past 90 percent for first doses. But experts are warning rates are still far too low — with only 78 percent fully vaccinated — and with Omicron at the door, the danger the pandemic poses for Māori ... <a title="Māori vaccination rates in NZ still ‘dangerously low’, say advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/maori-vaccination-rates-in-nz-still-dangerously-low-say-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about Māori vaccination rates in NZ still ‘dangerously low’, say advocates">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
RNZ News More moves to tighten the New Zealand’s borders may be needed on top of the decision to delay the start of the self-isolation scheme for Australian travellers, a professor of public health says. Today, the government announced cabinet has decided to delay the self-isolation scheme. Instead of travellers being allowed to self-isolate from ... <a title="NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at bay, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/nz-may-need-to-tighten-borders-further-to-keep-omicron-at-bay-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at bay, says professor">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Hezron Kising in Lae It takes up to 6 km for women from Milampipi and Kaisia villages in the mountainous hinterlands of Papua New Guinea’s Nabak local government in Nawaeb district, Morobe province, to reach the nearest roads by foot. For more than 40 years they have had to do this before they could ... <a title="‘We’ve dreamed for a road into the villages and now it has happened’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/weve-dreamed-for-a-road-into-the-villages-and-now-it-has-happened/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve dreamed for a road into the villages and now it has happened’">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Kizzy Kalsakau and Jason Abel in Port Vila The interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government, Benny Wenda, has condemned Indonesia for the arrest and torture of eight students, and appeals to Melanesian countries to support their plea. The eight West Papuan students were arrested by Indonesian police ... <a title="Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/wenda-slams-jakarta-over-papuan-student-arrests-seeks-support/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
RNZ News The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing ruling of the New Zealand government’s covid-19 response and vaccine rollout, saying Māori were put at risk. The tribunal held an urgent hearing early this month, and released its findings today. The tribunal says cabinet’s decision to go against official advice and not prioritise Māori in ... <a title="Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/waitangi-tribunal-rules-nz-covid-19-response-put-maori-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Jan Kohout in Noumea There have been mixed opinions from New Caledonia’s communities after the third and final referendum returned a 96 percent vote against independence. While anti-independence parties welcomed the victory, the pro-independence Kanak side refuse to recognise the result. The turnout of potential voters was especially low among the Kanak community because ... <a title="‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/france-still-doesnt-understand-us-kanaks-after-30-years-of-dialogue/" aria-label="Read more about ‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Health Ministry is concerned that people are not taking the new omicron variant of the coronavirus seriously. Fiji reported two cases of the variant more than two weeks ago — both patients had arrived in the country from Nigeria on November 25. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said more than 70 countries ... <a title="Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/fijians-urged-to-take-omicron-virus-variant-seriously-amid-global-spread/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has reached a milestone of eight million vaccine doses administered. The milestone was featured in the Ministry of Health’s covid-19 update today. The figure includes first doses, second doses and boosters, as well as third doses intended for those who are immune compromised. The doses include both the Pfizer — the ... <a title="Eight million covid vaccine doses given in NZ – Māori rate still lagging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/20/eight-million-covid-vaccine-doses-given-in-nz-maori-rate-still-lagging/" aria-label="Read more about Eight million covid vaccine doses given in NZ – Māori rate still lagging">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2021
By Yance Agapa in Jayapura Indonesia has strongly criticised the United Nations in response to cases of human rights violations in Papua being cited in the UN’s 2021 annual report. “Unfortunately the report neglects to highlight human rights violations happening in advanced countries, such as cases of Islamaphobia, racism and discrimination as well as hate ... <a title="Jakarta lashes out at UN annual report, denies intimidation of rights activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/20/jakarta-lashes-out-at-un-annual-report-denies-intimidation-of-rights-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta lashes out at UN annual report, denies intimidation of rights activists">Read more</a>
