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Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships, spurred along by her faith

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December 12, 2018

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Culture

Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships,...

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December 12, 2018

PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and...

Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings

December 11, 2018

Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary

December 11, 2018

UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly

December 10, 2018

Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues

December 10, 2018

Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down...

December 9, 2018

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate

Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary

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December 11, 2018

A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video:...

Climate

Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down...

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December 9, 2018

By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil...

Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change

November 30, 2018

Pacific’s brightest minds gather for Oceans and Islands research summit

November 29, 2018

Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region

November 29, 2018

Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

November 25, 2018

FEATURES AND ANALYSIS

Culture

Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships,...

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December 12, 2018

PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and...

Democracy and media freedom – the paradoxes of Fiji, Kanaky

November 29, 2018

Scott Waide reinstated – ‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist

November 26, 2018

Bryan Kramer: Who was culprit behind O’Neill government revenge on Waide?

November 26, 2018

Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our...

November 25, 2018

EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story

November 25, 2018

MULTIMEDIA

Climate

Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary

Pacific Media Watch -

December 11, 2018

A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video:...

Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues

December 10, 2018

Nationalist militia attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya

December 2, 2018

Nauru, PNG join Fiji in global ‘obstructed’ freedoms watchlist

November 27, 2018

EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story

November 25, 2018

Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

November 25, 2018

HUMAN RIGHTS

Culture

Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships,...

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December 12, 2018

PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and...

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Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings

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December 11, 2018

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group’s killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area...

Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary

December 11, 2018

UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly

December 10, 2018

Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues

December 10, 2018

Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua

December 9, 2018

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Culture

Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships,...

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December 12, 2018

PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and...

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Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings

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December 11, 2018

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group’s killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area...

Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua

December 9, 2018

Nauru 19 to appear in first sitting of nation’s new Court...

November 29, 2018

Democracy and media freedom – the paradoxes of Fiji, Kanaky

November 29, 2018

Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region

November 29, 2018

MEDIA

Climate

Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary

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December 11, 2018

A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video:...

Human Rights

Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic

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November 30, 2018

By Blessen Tom Pacific media freedom and ignorance of Pacific issues by mainstream media in New Zealand are growing challenges for the region, says a...

Stop harassing Rappler, media advocacy groups tell Duterte

November 28, 2018

Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism...

November 27, 2018

Scott Waide reinstated – ‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist

November 26, 2018

Bryan Kramer: Who was culprit behind O’Neill government revenge on Waide?

November 26, 2018

SPORTS

Analysis

Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...

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July 15, 2018

By Marwan Bishara Twenty years ago, I was asked by the General Council of the Parisian suburb Seine-Saint-Denis to invite four Palestinian youth to attend...

Australia

Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu win medals at Games

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April 11, 2018

By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Three countries that have never won a medal in Commonwealth Games history are celebrating after bagging bronze in weightlifting,...

Tongan ban on girls playing rugby and boxing ‘not our policy’,...

March 23, 2018

Mendi wins PNG rugby league title in spite of earthquake devastation

March 12, 2018

Latest France rugby crisis sparks sense of deja vu for Les...

February 3, 2018

Glittering time at Toulouse, but Novès’ sacking smacks of scapegoating

January 3, 2018

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

Economics

Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic

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November 21, 2018

By Rahul Bhattarai The Pacific community has contributed immensely to New Zealand's economy - but that isn't the only contribution, says a leading development studies...

Development

O’Neill replies on Maseratis, shuns ‘racist’ critic as opponents call strike

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October 15, 2018

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Papua New Guinean government will not spend any money on the purchase of 40 Maserati luxury sedans to...

Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million

April 16, 2018

Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects

February 15, 2018

PNG’s opposition blasts O’Neill over ‘fake budget, fake revenues’

December 6, 2017

First report tracking Samoan youth unemployment to help policy

June 28, 2017

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APJS NEWSFILE

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ARTS & PERFORMANCE

Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher

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October 24, 2018

By Harrison Selmen in Suva, Fiji Vanuatu student journalist Telstar Jimmy launched her first poetry book in Fiji last week and vows bigger plans ahead...

How a talented bone carver fuses tikanga, art and wellbeing

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October 17, 2018

By Irra Lee Tikanga-based mahi toi and mental wellbeing come together in an Auckland artist’s work with pounamu and bone. Maha Tomo, of Ngai Tahu, Rangitane,...

Films about 1965 anti-communist stigma dominate Indonesian festival

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August 11, 2018

The trailer for Eka Saputri's film Melawan Arus. Video: Komunitas Kedung By Joko Santoso in Purbalingga A short film by a student whose family were victims...

Sounds of Caribbean planned for Auckland’s first steelband festival

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February 16, 2018

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Auckland’s popular Silo Park will come alive to the sounds of the Caribbean next week. Part of the Summer at Silo Park...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Climate

Low-cost solar batteries key to cheap electricity for Polynesian countries

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November 9, 2018

A report on innovative solar energy technology for the Pacific. Video: NZIPR By Sri Krishnamurthi with Peter Wilson in Auckland Solar-powered batteries are the key to...

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Boe climate and security pact big step forward, but lacks a...

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September 21, 2018

The major item on the agenda at last week’s Pacific Islands Forum was climate change. However, a gender gap appears to be at play...

LATEST REVIEWS

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Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua

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July 16, 2018

BOOK REVIEW: By David Robie Two damning and contrasting books about Indonesian colonialism in the Pacific, both by activist participants in Europe and New Zealand,...