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Author Angelina Hurley was caught up in the Kanak protests

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Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial white privilege that caused it

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May 27, 2024

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‘Stand up for our planet’ plea by 350.org founder Bill McKibben

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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NZ to mandate covid vaccination for workplaces requiring entry certificates

Designer Del Abcede at the media crush in last month's 30th anniversary celebration of Pacific Journalism Review

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Pacific Journalism Review at 30 – a strong media legacy

Pacific election promises in NZ

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NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power

"What Trump and Musk and Vance and the supine Republicans are doing are installing an imperial, militaristic domestic dictatorship"

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Trump has ‘declared war against the American people’, says Ralph Nader

March 7, 2025

Palestinian protester

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Many questions, few answers, as conflict deepens between Israelis and Palestinians

May 17, 2021

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The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media

February 28, 2023

AFP at Panguna

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‘Please explain’ call by hardliners over Australian police at Bougainville mine

June 9, 2019

Protesters calling for the Fiji government today not to support Israel or plan setting up an embassy in Israel while the Gaza genocide continues

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Open letter to Fijians – ‘why is our country supporting Israel’s...

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April 24, 2025

Fiji Parliament passes a motion to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Fijian lawmakers vote for truth-telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’

September 15, 2023

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Indonesian Densus88 police shoot dead student, reports West Papua Media

June 29, 2016

Manokwari rioting

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‘Racist’ attack on Papuan students in Surabaya sparks rioting in Manokwari

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August 19, 2019

Former political prisoner Filep Karma

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Ex-tapol Filep Karma shocked over prosecutor’s ‘racist’ treatment of Yeimo

September 1, 2021

Jacinda Ardern

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National gambles on Collins crushing Ardern’s charisma in NZ election

July 20, 2020

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How ISIS extremist media have hijacked religion and language

February 25, 2016

New Caledonian politician Vaea Frogier

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

May 23, 2022

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Repressive Indonesian acts against academic freedom hit Bandung

May 23, 2016

Chief Superintendent Clement Dala . . . PNG's courts and prisons are "completely overrun"

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Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts

June 26, 2025

New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou

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French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed

April 1, 2024

Professor Sushila Chang

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Fiji government revokes travel ban on former head of University of...

February 25, 2024

Designer Del Abcede at the media crush in last month's 30th anniversary celebration of Pacific Journalism Review

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Pacific Journalism Review at 30 – a strong media legacy

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August 2, 2024

NZME headquarters in Auckland

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Open letter to NZME board – don’t allow alt-right Canadian billionaire...

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April 8, 2025

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Timely strategic research spotlights killings of journalists

September 1, 2017

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Muslims pledge support for Catholics in new Indonesian blasphemy case

January 15, 2017

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Indonesia bans foreign media from covering elections in West Papua

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April 11, 2019

Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke is Aotearoa’s youngest MP since 1853 and is seen as representing the "kohanga reo" generation of young Māori

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NZ’s leading newspaper defends young MP’s Parliament ‘shining light’ haka

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November 21, 2024

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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

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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

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

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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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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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

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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?

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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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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Award-winning TVNZ investigative journalist Indira Stewart speaking at the Pacific Media International conference in Suva, Fiji, in July 2024. Papers from the conference are featured in the inaugural edition of Pacific Media being published today.

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New Pacific Media journal launched in APMN and USP partnership

Pacific youth climate activist at a demonstration at COP27 in 2022

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COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific...

Cook Island activists peacefully confront the Nautilus at Rarotonga port last month, holding banners proclaiming "Don’t Mine The Moana"

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Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands...

USTKE and other inter-union members met French Overseas Minister Naïma Moutchou on her visit to Camp Est prison in Nouméa

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French Overseas Minister holds marathon political talks in New Caledonia

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Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland

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Australian author says shadow Gaza transit scheme company is operating ‘disaster...

Palestinian rally MC Lamees Elthiny speaks to a protest rally in Auckland today themed on the "BDS - Boycott Divestments Sanctions" campaign against New Zealand companies alleged to be complicit with Israel's genocide in Gaza

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New Zealand backing Israel over two-state solution shows galling weak leadership

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

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Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words...

Palau's Surangel S. Whipps Jr addresses the Climate Summit 2025, a high-Level special event on Climate Action, at COP30 in Brazil

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Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane...

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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

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Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland

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Australian author says shadow Gaza transit scheme company is operating ‘disaster...

Palestinian rally MC Lamees Elthiny speaks to a protest rally in Auckland today themed on the "BDS - Boycott Divestments Sanctions" campaign against New Zealand companies alleged to be complicit with Israel's genocide in Gaza

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New Zealand backing Israel over two-state solution shows galling weak leadership

Pacific youth climate activist at a demonstration at COP27 in 2022

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COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific...

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

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Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words...