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The New Caledonia Congress in session in November 2024

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New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package

January 2, 2025

Māori entities have grown from contributing $17 billion to New Zealand's GDP

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Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report

West Papuan student in Aotearoa New Zealand Laurens Ikinia

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West Papuan Laurens Ikinia helps empowering fellow overseas wantoks

Tuvalu from the air

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World’s ‘smallest university’, but Tuvalu campus has big local impact

The International Seabed Authority flag

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Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out in cold’

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Opposition will ‘not let up’ to planned seabed mining in Philippines

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

June 7, 2017

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Village relocation provides new hope for Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki

April 27, 2017

Then French prime minister Lionel Jospin (centre) shakes hands

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Tributes pour in for Lionel Jospin, ‘father’ of the Nouméa Accord

March 25, 2026

The author, Joe Hendren, stands in Martyr's Square, Beruit

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Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of...

November 21, 2024

New Caledonia's territorial President Alcide Ponga signs the Elysée-Oudinot agreement

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New Caledonia’s new Elysée-Oudinot pact signed in Paris – despite boycott

January 20, 2026

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono

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Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new...

September 20, 2024

Flags of the Pacific Islands Forum members

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Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’

February 26, 2023

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Indonesia sees PNG as a top ‘non-traditional’ market priority for APEC

October 30, 2018

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

June 30, 2025

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

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What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...

April 13, 2026

Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo

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Making sense of the scary Philippines election – 10 seconds into...

May 12, 2022

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby

June 16, 2024

The International Seabed Authority flag

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Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out...

May 5, 2025

Māori radio network chair Peter-Lucas Jones

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Māori radio network says funding cuts threaten survival of iwi stations

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March 31, 2026

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum

October 12, 2023

"Housing is a human right"

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John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial...

September 9, 2022

The atmosphere of the capital city of Suva in Fiji

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Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 14, 2024

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Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events –...

November 17, 2018

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Samoan photographer wins ‘changing lives’ artist residency in Apia

July 21, 2016

Conflict-sensitive reporting in Fiji

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Shailendra Singh: How media can help unravel Fiji’s social cohesion puzzle

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August 23, 2023

Challenges facing journalism - Dr David Robie's wide-ranging keynote address

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‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media...

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July 14, 2024

New Zealand protesters in Auckland yesterday condemning the genocide in Gaza

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US strikes: Ignore the propaganda, 10 forces will shape the Iran-Israel...

June 22, 2025

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

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‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’...

A TPNPB resistance fighter stands guard on the charred aircraft remains

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Fears of more conflict in West Papua after American pilot killed

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

China

‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

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Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)

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Tonga ratifies nuclear test ban treaty amid China missile debacle

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

Minuteman III test launch, California

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Jeremy Rose: The nuclear-free Pacific and hypersonic hypocrisy