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Facebook strips fake account network of Duterte social media manager

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April 2, 2019

FBC board chair Ajay Amrit (left) and sacked chief executive Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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Former FBC head’s pay package – ‘We have proof’, says Amrit

The atmosphere of the capital city of Suva in Fiji

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

Investigative website Rappler

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Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum

Post-Courier's new chief-of-staff Miriam Zarriga

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Star Post-Courier ‘frontline’ reporter Miriam Zarriga now new chief-of-staff

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Journalism education at USP – a 30-year struggle for free press

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March 12, 2019

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Malaysia police summon Al Jazeera journalists for questioning

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July 10, 2020

After filing two complaints with the International Criminal Court

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War on Gaza: Palestinian journalism has been decimated with impunity

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February 17, 2024

Stuff's "The Whole Truth"

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Stuff’s independent covid-19 fact guide – ‘The whole truth’

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October 8, 2021

Fiji parliament video frame

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Video showing Fiji PM seizing opposition MP goes viral

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August 26, 2019

La Dépêche de Tahiti - the last edition

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Finally gone, closure of Tahiti’s La Dépêche a ‘sad day for...

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May 7, 2022

Rainbow Warrior crew help Rongelap islanders

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The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – Rongelap podcast series

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November 13, 2024

2019 federal election cartoon

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Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 election shows media regulation needs

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May 22, 2019

Evening Report editor Selwyn Manning

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When all the world’s failings end in Gaza – Selwyn Manning,...

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October 20, 2023

Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

February 5, 2023

Fijian media stakeholders at the public consultation on the Media Ownership and Regulation Bill 2023 in Suva

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Repeal ‘draconian’ MIDA Act, urge Fiji media and journalism stakeholders

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March 27, 2023

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Sedition case against Indian student leader devastating free press setback

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March 2, 2016

Draft PNG National Media Development Policy "flies in the face of global norms for self-regulation"

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PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest

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March 11, 2023

PACMAS team leader Alex Rheeney speaking at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference in Suva, Fiji, last week

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Pacific media in crisis, warns former PNG, Samoa editor Alex Rheeney

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July 9, 2024

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

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November 26, 2018

Asia Pacific Media Network chair Dr Heather Devere presents a bouquet to Tuwhera's Donna Coventry

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Asia Pacific media network plans wider community brief

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April 15, 2023

The case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

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A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s...

June 7, 2022

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ABC’s shortwave cutback ‘weakens thin link’ for Pacific, says PMC

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August 9, 2018

NZ Listener June 1972

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A Listener flashback: The sacking of an editor

May 9, 2020

WikilLeaks founder Julian Assange

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JERAA urges US to drop spy charges – return Assange to...

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February 16, 2024

Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest at the frontline

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John Mitchell: Blessed are the peacemakers – why this day is...

September 24, 2023

Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid

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Amnesty urges review of Indonesian troops in Papua after torture video

March 26, 2024

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

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

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

Asia Report

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

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

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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

Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

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King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade

BEARING WITNESS

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

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

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

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Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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APJS NEWSFILE

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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Representatives from civil society and non-government organisations braved the rain during the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women march in Labasa

Crime

Fiji police have ‘patriarchal mindset’, lack training over gender violence, says...

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

Asia Report

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

"Killing long after they fall"

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Lack of Gaza aid, Israeli impunity puts Palestinians at risk over...

Emmanuel Tjibaou speaking after his election as new president of the oro-independence Union Calédonienne party

Decolonisation

Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party

EDITOR'S PICKS

Emmanuel Tjibaou speaking after his election as new president of the oro-independence Union Calédonienne party

Decolonisation

Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

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

John Miller's photograph of the 1975 Land March held up in the same location at the 2024 Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in Pōneke Wellington.

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Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant

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‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

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

Global

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

Rising Tide Newcastle coal port protest protesters on Sunday

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Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’

News outlets around the world carried reports of the Hīkoi

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Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Decolonisation

Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for...

Emmanuel Tjibaou speaking after his election as new president of the oro-independence Union Calédonienne party

Decolonisation

Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party