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“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

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Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

October 25, 2026

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

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Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says it has become PIF partner

Fiji Deputy PM Viliame Gavoka

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Israel’s relationship with Pacific is ‘biblical, ageless, real’, says Fiji deputy PM

Asia Pacific Media Network

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APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan

Gaza family tents as far as they eye can see

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NZ’s foreign policy obligation to confront Israel’s Gaza genocide

Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua

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Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concerns

January 18, 2023

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Renewed Papuan independence call amid alleged ‘hostage’ standoff

November 17, 2017

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Massive Cyclone Pam disaster aid – good intentions but much unusable

February 19, 2018

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Next ABC chief must be advocate for public broadcasting, says MEAA

September 24, 2018

PNG musician Jason Suisui aka Jayrex

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Jayrex’s lawyers threaten lawsuit if PNG music ban isn’t lifted

Pacific Media Watch -

June 23, 2023

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Chinese President Xi’s early PNG arrival upstages APEC rivals

November 16, 2018

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Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI

Pacific Media Watch -

March 8, 2019

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Rugby star Sonny Bill: ‘People don’t know what Islam is’

March 23, 2019

Traditional landowners in Rempang pictured after clashing with Indonesian security forces

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Indigenous rights group highlights rise in land grabs under Jokowi’s watch

September 21, 2023

Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr

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‘It’s tragic’ – Palau president slams NZ govt’s oil and gas...

December 2, 2023

WP flag-raising Jakarta

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Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’

December 4, 2020

Maysoon Salama

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They are (using) us: ‘How is it okay for others to...

June 12, 2021

Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama 250621

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Fiji covid-19 death toll still climbs – woman dies at 34...

June 25, 2021

A Te Ranga Tupua iwi collective mobile team

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Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for...

February 4, 2022

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Engan students call for PNG inquiry into Goroka campus clash

June 17, 2016

Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji 12072022

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Empty seats mark first Pacific Islands Forum summit meeting

July 12, 2022

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Climate change hits low-lying islands in Bougainville

November 10, 2016

Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate Maria Ressa

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Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis

Pacific Media Watch -

September 6, 2022

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ASEAN lawmakers alarmed at ‘blasphemy’ conviction of Ahok

May 10, 2017

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Poor Vanuatu pay ruling risks negative impact on security, say upset...

January 27, 2018

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Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok

Pacific Media Watch -

February 7, 2019

The “sponge city” concept is gaining traction as a way to mitigate extreme weather

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Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions...

August 19, 2023

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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

Analysis

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

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

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

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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

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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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"

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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...

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APJS NEWSFILE

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

POPULAR POSTS

Part of a fullpage Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) advertisement in The New Zealand Herald

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‘Please explain’, Palestine Forum tells NZ over Israeli-Pacific Islands Forum ‘partnership’

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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‘Serious questions to answer’ – Labour slams Luxon over Israel’s Pacific...

PIF Secretary-General Baron Divavesi Waqa with Israeli Ambassador Maya Yaron

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Israel joins Pacific Islands Forum as development partner

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

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Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Viliame Gavoka

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Open letter: Mr Gavoka, don’t present your personal theology as the...

I've written these last years about the injustices, about the vile support for a horrendous genocide

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Saige England: Our NZ Coalition has joined all the toxic govts...

Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry

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Fiji ‘worse off today’, former PM warns, as Rabuka’s constitution overhaul...

How Newsroom covered the Kerrin Leoni gang controversy

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The lynching takes 48 hours – whiteness, the NZ press, and...

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Viliame Gavoka

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Open letter: Mr Gavoka, don’t present your personal theology as the...

I've written these last years about the injustices, about the vile support for a horrendous genocide

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Saige England: Our NZ Coalition has joined all the toxic govts...

“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

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Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

"It takes an enormous amount of courage and a reservoir of humility (to think less of oneself and more of others) to say the things needed to be said about violence, injustice and hypocrisy"

Decolonisation

Aisake Casimira: How Christian Zionism has become hitched to the chariot...