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October 4, 2021
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura A major national sports event opened in Papua at the weekend, with officials hoping it will showcase the Indonesian government’s commitment to developing the province and reassure the public that the region is safe despite an active and escalating pro-independence insurgency. The National Games, an event held once every four ... <a title="Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/papua-region-hosts-indonesias-national-games-amid-rise-in-independence-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Finance Minister Sir John Pundari has warned Papua New Guineans who are still holding onto the 102 APEC “on loan” vehicles to return them as soon as possible — or face the law. A disappointed Sir John, flanked by Finance Secretary Dr Ken Ngangan and Police Commissioner David Manning, ... <a title="PNG government launches recovery operation for APEC ‘on loan’ vehicles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/png-government-launches-recovery-operation-for-apec-on-loan-vehicles/" aria-label="Read more about PNG government launches recovery operation for APEC ‘on loan’ vehicles">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a protest and arrested 17 people in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta last week. The team said that that the protest on Thursday was forcibly broken up by police ... <a title="Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/papua-advocates-slam-police-violence-sexual-harassment-at-us-embassy-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
RNZ News Parts of Waikato — including Raglan, Huntly, Ngāruāwahia and Hamilton City — will join Auckland in alert level 3 from midnight tonight, the New Zealand Prime Minister has confirmed. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield have given today’s briefing after three recently reported community covid-19 cases outside of ... <a title="Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new NZ covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/waikato-joins-auckland-in-alert-level-3-tonight-33-new-nz-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new NZ covid cases">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
Pacific Journalism Review A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is among articles in the latest Pacific Journalism Review. The report, by investigative journalist and former academic Professor Wendy Bacon and Nicole Gooch, poses questions about the “silence” in Australia over ... <a title="Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/behind-scenes-probe-of-bougainville-struggle-for-independence-tops-pjr/" aria-label="Read more about Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2021
RNZ News Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today gave a briefing on the vaccine rollout and current cases which showed a sharp jump over the past few days. Dr Bloomfield confirmed there were 45 new community cases of covid-19 today – all in Auckland. Of these cases, 33 ... <a title="NZ covid cases jump by 45 – but ‘we’re still aiming to run this into ground’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/nz-covid-cases-jump-by-45-but-were-still-aiming-to-run-this-into-ground/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid cases jump by 45 – but ‘we’re still aiming to run this into ground’">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji has reported its first death of a person living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and diagnosed with covid-19. But the Health Ministry said the death was caused by a pre-existing medical condition and not by the delta virus. The ministry said several HIV patients, diagnosed with covid-19 in Fiji, were among 36,724 ... <a title="Fiji reports first death of HIV patient with covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/fiji-reports-first-death-of-hiv-patient-with-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji reports first death of HIV patient with covid-19">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the UN General Assembly virtually on September 25, he called on the global community to embrace Fiji’s vision of a “better, greener, bluer and safer future for humanity”. The United Nations ... <a title="Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need to rise up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/bainimarama-pacific-faces-tough-climate-disease-challenges-world-leaders-need-to-rise-up/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need to rise up">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2021
By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea Two deaths with two patients in critical condition is the status at one of Papua New Guinea’s leading hospitals as the covid-19 pandemic continues to create havoc along with an acute shortage of operational funds. Mount Hagen Provincial Hospital in Western Highlands Province — owed K1.6 ... <a title="Covid surge threatens PNG’s Mt Hagen hospital with ‘closure by Christmas’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/covid-surge-threatens-pngs-mt-hagen-hospital-with-closure-by-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Covid surge threatens PNG’s Mt Hagen hospital with ‘closure by Christmas’">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A new poll shows nearly two out of three New Zealanders want the border to remain closed until at least 90 percent of the country is vaccinated. The poll, in partnership with the country’s leading daily newspaper The New Zealand Herald, which is also running a 90% Project in support of ... <a title="Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/two-thirds-of-new-zealanders-favour-border-safety-first-says-herald-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley Fiji’s Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga said quite a lot on Friday in her end of week statement on the Media Industry Development Act 2010 in Parliament. She blamed reckless reporting by journalists as “one of the causes of violence and economic destruction over the ... <a title="The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/the-fiji-times-the-role-of-the-media-holding-power-to-account/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in the Kiwirok district, Star Highlands, Papua, saying there are two versions of how the tragedy happened. A healthcare worker, 22-year-old Gabriella Maelani, was killed during the attack by the West ... <a title="Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/lawyer-koman-calls-for-inquiry-into-tragic-death-of-health-worker-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker in Papua">Read more</a>
