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Fiji Times journalist Alifereti Josefa-Sakiasi speaking at the combined Fiji universities' World Press Freedom Day talanoa
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Media programmes at USP, FNU join forces for World Press Freedom Day talanoa

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PINA president Kalafi Moala
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Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom
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Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain in the Pacific

Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March
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FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns it is ‘tenuous’

Fiji has climbed from 40th place in 2025 in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index
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Author Shana Chandra
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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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Fiji Minister for Defence Pio Tikoduadua
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Jone Vakarisi . . . asked if he was planning a coup
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The Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Major-General Jone Kalouniwai,
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Fiji police confirm murder probe launched into death of man in...

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Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu
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Fiji defends its isolated UN stance supporting Israel

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Fiji drug peddler Jone Vakarisi at a court appearance in March 2026
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Fiji military faces questions after death of Jone Vakarisi in custody

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Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration
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Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

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The RFMF has assured the Fiji public that "there is no threat to public safety"
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Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats

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Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday
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The Fiji HIV crisis
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Associate professor Shailendra Singh
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USP academic calls for better press freedom protections in face of...

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March 30, 2026
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Former Fijian President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
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Fiji’s former President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau dies at 84

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
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Fiji’s human rights watchdog raises concerns over new Israeli embassy plans

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March 25, 2026
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The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack
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From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

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March 23, 2026
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Fiji and Israel established diplomatic relations in 1970
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Fiji set to host Israel and UAE embassies in Suva to...

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March 20, 2026
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Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
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Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens...

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South Africa's genocide in Gaza case against Israel at the ICJ
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US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case...

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Exploring the future of Pacific media
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Pacific broadcasters rethink news delivery in digital age

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1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
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Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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

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

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

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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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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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.
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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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