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4 days ago | 
eveningreport.nz | Ramzy Baroud |AsiaPacific Report.nz
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestinian ChronicleThe conflict between Israel and Iran over the past 12 days has redefined the regional chessboard. Here is a look at their key takeaways:Israel:Pulled in the US: Israel successfully drew the United States into a direct military confrontation with Iran, setting a significant precedent for future direct (not just indirect) intervention.
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2 weeks ago | 
eveningreport.nz | Martyn Bradbury |AsiaPacific Report.nz
EDITORIAL: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily BlogThe madness has begun. We should have suspected something when the cloud strike shut down occurred. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to continue war so that he is never held to account. This madness is the last straw. NZ must immediately expel the Israeli Ambassador for this unprovoked attack on Iran.
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1 month ago | 
eveningreport.nz | Ian Powell |AsiaPacific Report.nz
ANALYSIS: By Ian PowellWhen I despairingly contemplate the horrors and cruelty that Palestinians in Gaza are being subjected to, I sometimes try to put this in the context of where I live. I live on the Kāpiti Coast in the lower North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Geographically it is around the same size as Gaza. Both have coastlines running their full lengths. But, whereas the population of Gaza is a cramped two million, Kāpiti’s is a mere 56,000.
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1 month ago | 
eveningreport.nz | Jeremy Rose |AsiaPacific Report.nz
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy RoseReading an NBC News report a couple of days ago about a Trump administration plan to relocate 1 million Gazans to Libya reminded me of a conversation between the legendary Warsaw Ghetto leader Marek Edelman and fellow fighter and survivor Simcha Rotem that took place more than quarter of a century ago. In the conversation, first reported in Haaretz in 2023, Rotem said the Jews who walked into the gas chambers without a fight did so only because they were hungry.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
eveningreport.nz | Sera Sefeti |Stefan Armbruster |AsiaPacific Report.nz
By Sera Sefeti and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNewsPacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from the key declaration of the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This year CSW69 will review and assess the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration, the UN’s blueprint for gender equality and rights for women and girls.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
eveningreport.nz | Koroi Hawkins |AsiaPacific Report.nz
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port VilaToday marks one month since a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, claiming 14 lives, injuring more than 200 people, and displacing thousands more. Downtown Port Vila remains a no-go zone. Star Wharf, the international port, is still out of action and parts of the city and some of the villages surrounding it still have not had their water supply reconnected.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
eveningreport.nz | AsiaPacific Report.nz
Asia Pacific ReportFour researchers and authors from the Asia-Pacific region have provided diverse perspectives on the media in a new global book on intercultural communication. The Sage Handbook of Intercultural Communication published this week offers a global, interdisciplinary, and contextual approach to understanding the complexities of intercultural communication in our diverse and interconnected world.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
eveningreport.nz | Koroi Hawkins |AsiaPacific Report.nz
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port VilaMore than 180,000 registered voters are expected to cast their votes today with polls now open in Vanuatu. It is remarkable the snap election is even able to happen with Friday marking one month since the 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the capital Port Vila. According to the government, 14 people died as a result of the quake, more than 210 were injured and thousands displaced.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
eveningreport.nz | Daniel Perese |AsiaPacific Report.nz
By Daniel Perese of Te Ao Māori NewsMāori politicians across the political spectrum in Aotearoa New Zealand have called for immediate aid to enter Gaza following a temporary ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. The ceasefire, agreed yesterday, comes into effect on Sunday, January 19. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand welcomed the deal and called for humanitarian aid for the strip.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
eveningreport.nz | AsiaPacific Report.nz
Asia Pacific ReportThe Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian, Palestinian and Israeli authorities to allow foreign journalists into Gaza in the wake of the three-phase ceasefire agreement set to to begin on Sunday. The New York-based global media watchdog urged the international community “to independently investigate the deliberate targeting of journalists that has been widely documented” since the 15-month genocidal war began in October 2023.
