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People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum in 2019

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Bougainville takes the initiative in mediation over independence

April 22, 2025

Reverend Benny Giai (left) and Reverend Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman at the Papuan Church Council

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Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ pilot

PNG Post-Courier

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PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?

Today's front page of the PNG National newspaper covering the Engan tribal fighting 220823

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PNG’s Marape condemns ‘jungle justice’ after 6 gunmen shot dead

Trump speaks of transforming Gaza into a magnificent "Riviera of the Middle East"

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Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism

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West Papuan leader who advocated compromise with Jakarta dies

Pacific Media Watch -

April 30, 2019

Fiji journalist Lice Movono speaking on a panel discussion about "Prevalence and Impact of sexual harassment on female journalists"

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Pacific media conference: challenges and opportunities

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July 12, 2024

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Norwegian human rights activists call for action over Israeli ‘capture’ of...

August 8, 2018

Kwajalein Atoll

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Covid at Kwajalein Army base sparks Majuro worry, protocol changes

November 2, 2020

Tahitian nuclear mock "coffin" demo 010721

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Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks

July 1, 2021

Protesters in Auckland call for a permanent end to the war on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and for justice

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New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable

March 18, 2025

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Only independence will appease Bougainvilleans, says Moses

September 14, 2018

Pastor Yeremia Zanambani

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Military accused of shooting dead a Papuan pastor – call for...

September 22, 2020

"Our keffiyeh is part of our national dress."

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New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or...

April 14, 2025

A Papuan Lives Matter protest in London

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UK minister grilled on West Papua human rights in House of...

April 21, 2023

Tahitian student MP Tematai Le Gayic

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Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly

June 20, 2022

Cans collecting

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Laurens Ikinia: Trash cans and study, a short story of Papuan...

February 12, 2021

Piled up . . . burnt out cars block a road near Nouméa

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New Caledonia riots: Tear gas, stun grenades used as protesters swarm...

May 18, 2024

Indonesian protesters demonstrate in Jakarta over human rights violations

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Jokowi acknowledges gross human rights violations in Indonesia, Papua

January 13, 2023

Fagaloa Bay Samoa

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Michael Field: On Sāmoa’s change of government

July 27, 2021

New Zealand seabed mining industry protesters

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KASM claims government has ‘misled’ NZ over seabed mining bill

May 10, 2023

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Thousands march in NZ solidarity rallies with Black Lives Matter

June 2, 2020

"Silence is complicity" . . . a placard on a sign at the protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Wellington today

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‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement

March 19, 2025

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Worse West Papua human rights, ‘shrinking space’, says new report

September 29, 2017

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A loss of ‘Fijian’ identity – or no identity at all...

October 21, 2020

New Zealand peace protesters target a local company branch of an Australian armaments manufacturer

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NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian...

March 3, 2025

The flags of Guam and the US

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Guam at decolonisation ‘crossroads’ with resolution on US statehood

March 16, 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

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

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

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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

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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

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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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APJS NEWSFILE

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

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

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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A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

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Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

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As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel