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Veronica Koman wins prize for West Papua work

October 24, 2019

Solomon Islands Chief Electoral Officer Jasper Anisi told RNZ Pacific all elections materials have been distributed and the country is ready to go to the polls

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Let the games begin – coalition negotiations underway in Honiara

Some of the Girmitiyas, indentured labourers in Fiji

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‘Living museum’ will help bring Fiji’s Girmit experience by storytelling

FLNKS permanent representative at the UN Magalie Tingal-Lémé

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UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence

NZ Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick with three of her party colleagues all wearing Palestinian keffiyeh

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Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick barred from NZ Parliament for rest of week after fiery Gaza speech

A Pacific cohort at the Palestinian solidarity rally and march at Te Komititanga Square today

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Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip

February 24, 2024

Kanaky New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou

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Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: What happens to limbo law change with...

June 11, 2024

President Emmanuel Macron in New Caledonia

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French Pacific vote supports Macron for president but a drop in...

April 30, 2022

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Despite taking lead on global stage, Fiji pays price for climate...

February 24, 2016

The Kanak flag designed by the pro-independence FLNKS

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Pro-independence groups want Kanak flag for New Caledonia’s official flag

December 2, 2022

A Papuan protest

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Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day

December 11, 2022

The Pacific 2025 year ahead

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Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set...

January 4, 2025

Israa University in Gaza

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Open letter by Gaza academics: ‘Help us resist Israel’s scholasticide’

June 1, 2024

Going . . . going . . . the dual French and Kanaky flags on New Caledonian driving licences

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French Overseas Minister pushes ahead with Bougival deal despite FLNKS snub

August 28, 2025

An Israeli tank in an intimidating move in the occupied West Bank

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Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 2, 2025

The year is 2040 in NZ

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Report from the future: Aotearoa New Zealand is looking good in...

January 7, 2022

Rassemblement National's Marie Le Pen

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French politicians in New Caledonia to stir the political melting pot

May 30, 2025

Incarcerated Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti

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Eugene Doyle: Recognise Palestine? Then free Marwan Barghouti

August 5, 2025

"All Eyes on Papua" . . . a campaign against Indonesian exploitation of Papuan rainforests

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Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s...

July 24, 2024

Professor David Robie

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

Pacific Media Watch -

October 20, 2022

Women leaders condemn male violence in PNG election

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Women leaders condemn PNG men’s ‘violence, bribery, vote rigging’ to keep...

August 5, 2022

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong

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NGOs warn of catastrophic impact in Gaza – Penny Wong doesn’t...

January 10, 2026

Al Jazeera senior analyst Marwan Bishara warns that beyond a Gaza ceasefire, the Trump plan eyes hegemonic peace that favors Israel

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PSNA cautiously welcomes Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

October 9, 2025

Protesters over the Gaza genocide in Sydney earlier this week

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Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide

March 21, 2024

"It's more than ironic that while Western countries like Britain and New Zealand are calling for an end to the war in Gaza, they continue to be hostile toward the anti-war protest movements in their own countries"

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Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries

July 22, 2025

Pro-Palestinian protesters over the Gaza genocide

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Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine...

November 29, 2025

Pro-independence CCAT protesters in Nouméa

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Noumea faces more protests over New Caledonia voting rules change

April 5, 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"

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

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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

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

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

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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

APJS newsfile

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

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

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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

Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

Self Determination

Indonesia accused of being ‘unfit’ for UN rights council presidency

A soldier- not the suspect - in the French Foreign Legion uniform

Crime

Former French Foreign Legion soldier key suspect in Vanuatu VT49m heist

Sāmoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt

Global

Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy

Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston

Global

Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

EDITOR'S PICKS

Adelaide Writers' Week Festival Board members who resigned

Australia

Adelaide Writers Week: Cancelled – no decorum without a quorum

"Terror is the engine that empowers dictatorships"

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Chris Hedges: The global machinery of terror

A potential pathway for transformative change in Indonesia, aiming to forge a new social contract for Papuans

Self Determination

Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

CNMI territory approaching a critical eoonomic point

Development

CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in...

MOST COMMENTS

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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

Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston

Global

Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

ICE agents in Minneapolis after the shooting of Renee Good last week

Asia Report

From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent...

China's ambassador to Samoa Fei Mingxing (left) hands over a ceremonial cheque for US$200,000 to SPREP director of legal services and governing bodies Aumua Clark Peteru in Apia

Asia Report

China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after...

FLNKS president Christian Tein (centre) with Arnaud Chollet-Leakava and Laurie Humuni

Decolonisation

FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week