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Fuimaono Dylan Asafo: Samoan ruling an unfortunate case of judicial overreach

June 3, 2021

Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete & Prime Minister VoreqeBainimarama.

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Fiji’s government goes quiet as covid crisis spirals out of control

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Assassination of Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou marked 30 years on

Sacked head of the Fiji anti-corruption agency FICAC

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Fiji govt offers NZ$1.5m settlement to former anti-corruption head for ruined career

Samoa's Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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Fiame calls for Tuila’epa to end Samoa’s ‘enormous assault’

PNG Ombudsman Commission

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PNG leadership rivals O’Neill, Marape both implicated in UBS loan saga

May 17, 2019

USP campus at Laucala Bay

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Fiji funding threat over Pacific-wide university draws ire in New Zealand

August 20, 2021

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Protesters in PNG’s Highlands torch plane, shut Mendi airport

June 14, 2018

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Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’ – freed on bail

Pacific Media Watch -

February 12, 2019

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PNG Parliament erupts in chaos as Speaker rejects opposition motions

May 29, 2019

Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano eruption

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Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored

January 15, 2022

Veronica Koman

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Indonesian police target Veronica Koman for West Papua ‘incitement’

Pacific Media Watch -

September 5, 2019

A freak wave smashes through doors at the Roi-Namur space tracking facility

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Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut...

January 22, 2024

Simona Marinescu (right) with former Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

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UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’

November 29, 2021

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Fiji revokes approval of Chinese resort development on Malolo Island

Pacific Media Watch -

April 9, 2019

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Diabetes deaths in Fiji worst in the world, says watchdog

May 30, 2018

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PNG opposition withdraws vote of no confidence against O’Neill

May 21, 2019

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PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp

July 22, 2019

Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa

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NZ reaffirms support for Samoa’s Fiame, as Tuila’epa grumbles

August 13, 2021

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Staff, students demand transparency over USP ‘whistleblower’ allegations

May 17, 2019

Tahitian nuclear mock "coffin" demo 010721

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Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks

July 1, 2021

Kwajalein Atoll

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Covid at Kwajalein Army base sparks Majuro worry, protocol changes

November 2, 2020

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Hundreds of protesting PNG police move in on Parliament over pay

November 20, 2018

Professor Pal Ahluwalia

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Fiji immigration officials, police deport USP chief Ahluwalia in swoop

Pacific Media Watch -

February 4, 2021

Nduga refugees

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At least 139 die in Papuan refugee camps, claims relief group

July 20, 2019

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Violence in Papua must end before talks, says NZ Foreign Minister

March 27, 2019

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Solomons police call for calm to counter riots after PM elected

April 24, 2019

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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

Analysis

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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

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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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

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Analysis

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs Chairman Ratu Viliame Seruvakula and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Analysis

Eroding trust in Fiji politics – lessons of 2025 and beyond

Conjoined twin Sawong from PNG wears a party hat

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‘Thank God’ – parents of PNG conjoined twins grateful they defied...

US President Donald Trump

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Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Analysis

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs Chairman Ratu Viliame Seruvakula and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Analysis

Eroding trust in Fiji politics – lessons of 2025 and beyond

"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"

Asia Report

Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...

US President Donald Trump

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Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

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Australia

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

Global

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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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Analysis

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

A Vanuatu passport

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Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"

Asia Report

Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...

Samoan author and playwright Papali'i Sia Figiel

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Samoan playwright found dead in prison, local media report