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Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

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Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

November 5, 2026

Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon

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Caitlin Johnstone: Israel claims it had nothing to do with Trump’s decision to attack Iran . . . and other notes

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

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Shameful Israel move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

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‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits back after Netanyahu’s attacks during UN speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

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‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US midterms

Solomon Islands Police Response Team (PRT)

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Honiara court jails high school student, 18, for ‘lockdown’ breach

September 3, 2021

Fiji Sun headline 22032022

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History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’

Pacific Media Watch -

March 22, 2022

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Indonesian ‘tolerance’ under strain as anti-LGBT furore grows

April 7, 2016

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr

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Dictator’s son Bongbong Marcos Jr leads partial count in presidential race

May 10, 2022

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Parent likens PNG police student shootings to Bougainville crisis

June 15, 2016

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Baron Waqa reelected in Nauru polls but Aiwo voting continues

July 11, 2016

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Get rid of untrusted ‘public serpents’ in PNG, says Juffa

August 5, 2016

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AWPA condemns the arrest of 6 KNPB members in West Papua

December 18, 2016

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Vanuatu police chief court case, finance ‘grey list’ pose challenges

February 3, 2017

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Tahiti incumbent defies corruption cloud to easily win election

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May 9, 2018

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Traumatised Papuan villagers flee Indonesian military in Nduga

July 18, 2018

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Amnesty calls on Fiji election parties, candidates to uphold human rights

November 11, 2018

ULMWP president Benny Wenda (left) at a prayer vigil and flag-raising in Suva

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Pacific churches reaffirm support for West Papua MSG membership bid

July 17, 2023

Cabinet Minister David Parker has thrown a real spanner in the works for Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more...

August 1, 2023

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Post-referendum options raised in New Caledonia

July 29, 2019

Victor Yeimo

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Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission

May 16, 2021

Tonga's Office of the Electoral Commission

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Tonga’s Democrats ‘dig their own grave’ in key election losses

November 19, 2021

Vaccine rollout in Aceh

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Indonesia reports first omicron deaths as covid cases surge

January 24, 2022

TPNPB-OPM spokesperson Sebby Sambom (seated centre) and TPN commander Major-General Terrianus Satto.

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OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN

March 27, 2022

Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte

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Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2022

Papua New Guinea

UPNG protest student leaders banned from studies

KINJAP Peter S. -

August 30, 2016

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Authors of new book call for full inquiry into SAS ‘betrayal’...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 22, 2017

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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

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

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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

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

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The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

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PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

US midterm elections in the Pacific

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Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

This billboard came down in strong winds in Grey Lynn, Auckland,

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NZ election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and...

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Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins

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Hipkins accuses National Party of ‘manipulating’ NZ’s electoral system

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‘A colossal mistake’ – Media Minister rules out coming to RNZ’s...

Abahlali baseMjondolo co-founder and leader S’bu Zikode

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New Zealand's three-headed coalition government leadership

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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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‘A colossal mistake’ – Media Minister rules out coming to RNZ’s...

Abahlali baseMjondolo co-founder and leader S’bu Zikode

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‘Emulate 1981’ Springbok tour solidarity over Palestine plea by South African...

New Zealand's three-headed coalition government leadership

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NZ elections: What a weakened Luxon does with an empowered ACT...

Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong

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From Lautoka to NZ parliament – the remarkable journey of Qiulae...