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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

Flashback to turmoil in the wake of the 2018 independence referendum in New Caledonia

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Betrayal of Kanaky decolonisation by Paris risks return to dark days

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

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Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

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

Kanak flag flying in Noumea's Place des Cocotiers

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France calls for proposals to revise New Caledonia’s political statute

December 16, 2021

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

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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

New Caledonian politician Vaea Frogier

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New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race

May 23, 2022

French security forces in Noumea

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France deploys big force to secure New Caledonia referendum

October 27, 2021

Noumea Hospital

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Pacific coronavirus: Region infections rise sharply to 172

March 26, 2020

Kanak flags in Noumea

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French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...

June 6, 2022

NZ President Louis Mapou

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New Caledonia reports first covid death – 117 cases in four...

September 10, 2021

French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls

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France’s Minister Valls faces tough talks in New Caledonia over future

February 21, 2025

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Kanak independence struggle gains Maohi support as vote looms

October 25, 2018

Kanak voters during the first vote in 2018

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New Caledonia’s final independence vote today – mired in controversy

December 12, 2021

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Macron visits Ouvéa on anniversary of defining 1988 hostage crisis

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May 6, 2018

Pro-independence Caledonian Union's Roch Wamytan

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New Caledonia’s Roch Wamytan set to be re-elected Congress president

August 27, 2022

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

Gael Yanno

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New Caledonia anti-independence parties fear losing hold on government

June 5, 2019

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France under fire for ‘manipulated’ ousting of Temaru from Assembly

October 31, 2018

France Television

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French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation

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January 12, 2023

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Democracy and media freedom – the paradoxes of Fiji, Kanaky

November 29, 2018

New Caledonian custom Senate president Yvon Kona

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Covid deaths soar in New Caledonian crisis – 16 in one...

September 23, 2021

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FLNKS calls for West Papua self-determination, condemns violence

September 4, 2019

French security forces in Noumea

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New Caledonia blockade tension fails to mar French PM’s talks on...

November 6, 2018

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Final day of election campaigning in New Caledonian provincial vote

May 10, 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

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

Protesters from Americans Abroad Against the War (AAAW) taking part in a recent Auckland march against the US war on Iran

Asia Report

‘Profound strategic misjudgment’ – why Iran may have upper hand in...

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

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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

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

Analysis

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

EDITOR'S PICKS

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

The only sensible stance is to stand against the carnage

Asia Report

Saige England: Call out the Zionist hypocrisy – genociders are settler...

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

The only sensible stance is to stand against the carnage

Asia Report

Saige England: Call out the Zionist hypocrisy – genociders are settler...