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West Papuan support for the Melanesian Spearhead Group

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MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for West Papua

August 26, 2023

Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

Keeping the peace in New Caledonia

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New Caledonia votes to stay with France, but it’s a hollow victory that will only ratchet up tensions

Vanuatu's public broadcaster VBTC reporting on the Melanesian Spearhead Group's denial of full membership for West Papua

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OPM accuses Melanesian group of taking Jakarta’s ‘blood money’ at expense of West Papuan justice

Tanna's Chief Peter Marcel

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Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

A section of the Café Pacific front page

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Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website

Pacific Media Watch -

May 10, 2023

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Guam confirms Pacific’s first Covid-19 death, NZ infections top 66

Sri Krishnamurthi -

March 22, 2020

Tontouta international airport

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Covid outbreak forces New Caledonia into snap two-week lockdown

March 8, 2021

Associate Professor Damon Salesa

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NZ backs Pacific Forum membership for French territories

May 4, 2016

End of an era . . . a reader looks at the last online edition of Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes

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New Caledonia’s lone daily newspaper ceases publication after 52 years

Pacific Media Watch -

March 20, 2023

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NCTV team drops in on AUT’s Pacific Media Centre and Screen...

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June 7, 2017

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New Caledonia: Does the French public actually want to ‘set it...

August 31, 2018

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin

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France rules out New Caledonia referendums for five years

December 16, 2022

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Kanaky independence campaign rolls on … encouraged by ballot result

November 8, 2018

Noumea swab tests for covid-19

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New Caledonia appeals to all medical staff to help combat covid-19...

September 10, 2021

Women at the weekend Noumea GBV protest

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Noumea protesters demand action on domestic violence after woman is killed

August 8, 2022

French security forces in Noumea

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France deploys big force to secure New Caledonia referendum

October 27, 2021

A covid-19 vaccination site in Northern Marianas

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Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules

March 29, 2022

Kanak and French flags

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Macron begins New Caledonia visit as independence vote looms

May 3, 2018

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New ‘anti’ force shakes up New Caledonian political landscape

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May 18, 2019

Paul Néaoutyine

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France keeps December 12 date for New Caledonia independence vote

November 13, 2021

Kanak and French flags

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New Caledonia tension simmers over early independence vote date

June 22, 2021

West Papuan leader Benny Wenda speaking recently at Queen Mary University of London

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Benny Wenda: A West Papuan Christmas message

December 25, 2022

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France tax rebate to boost New Caledonia’s AirCalin airliner fleet

November 29, 2018

The pro-independence Kanak delegates (top left) and the anti-independence delegates (bottom left) met French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne in Paris

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France holds future pact talks with New Caledonia’s rival groups

April 13, 2023

Most mainstream NZ media - with few exceptions - have been focused on getting scared Kiwi tourists back home

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Martyn Bradbury: Shallow NZ media coverage of Kanaky crackdown focused on...

May 27, 2024

Gael Yanno

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New Caledonia anti-independence parties fear losing hold on government

June 5, 2019

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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

Analysis

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

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

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

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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

Analysis

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

Analysis

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

Analysis

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"

Analysis

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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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.

APJS newsfile

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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

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)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed

Analysis

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi

Democracy

Samoa opposition leader says treason inquiry delayed over lack of evidence

Disputed Hunter Island

Decolonisation

Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

Actor Sam Neill

Culture

Sam Neill: NZ’s biggest but modest movie star dies at 78

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya

Arts

Ministry defends $200,000 funding for documentary about Fijian politician

Healthcare workers protest in Melbourne

Analysis

‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators...

PNAG's Joey Tau in Honiara

Analysis

Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?

In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed

Analysis

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

MOST COMMENTS

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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya

Arts

Ministry defends $200,000 funding for documentary about Fijian politician

Healthcare workers protest in Melbourne

Analysis

‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators...

PNAG's Joey Tau in Honiara

Analysis

Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?

In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed

Analysis

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...