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    • Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
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      Densely populated parts of Tehran are being pounded by wave after wave of US and Israeli bombs.  Shahid Hamedani School in Tehran was struck on the day of the funerals of he schoolgirls from Minab
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      A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran
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      165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes…

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Co-chairs Nina Santos and Father Henry Rogo of the Te Ohu founding assembly last night
Civil Society

NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...

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Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman
Democracy

Vanuatu’s Kilman warns against ‘misuse’ of freedom of speech, threats and...

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September 7, 2023
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Former ULMWP president Benny Wenda
Decolonisation

Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group

APR editor -
September 6, 2023
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The evacuation of Michelle Kurisi's body
Crime

Papuan lawyers call for impartial probe into woman killed over NZ...

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September 6, 2023
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Today's PNG Post-Courier front page report on the latest sorcery allegation-related killing
Crime

PNG mother murdered after ‘prayer warrior’ falsely accused her as evil

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September 5, 2023
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Members of the Indonesian delegation at the Melanesian Leaders' Summit pre-meeting of the Foreign Ministers' in Port Vila last month
Decolonisation

Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

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September 5, 2023
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman
Democracy

Sato Kilman elected as Vanuatu’s new prime minister for record fifth...

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September 5, 2023
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The NZCTU ad as featured on TV1 News tonight
Democracy

NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon

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September 4, 2023
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Pacific shipping corridors
Agriculture

China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific

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September 4, 2023
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Samoan climate activist Avina Clarke
Climate

Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights

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September 4, 2023
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Flying high . . . the Morning Star ensign -- banned in Indonesia -- flying alongside the Vanuatu national flag in Port Vila
Decolonisation

Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not...

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September 3, 2023
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The Export-Import Bank of China
China

Fiji owes $374.9m to Exim Bank, but China says ‘no strings’...

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September 3, 2023
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins
Elections

Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise

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September 2, 2023
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Indonesian security forces confront a West Papuan demonstration
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The silent war – Australia and Indonesia mum on Papuan human...

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September 1, 2023
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Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad
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Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild...

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September 1, 2023
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NZ's parliamentary Beehive
Climate

Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms

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September 1, 2023
0
Port Moresby's Bomana prison
Crime

PNG capital’s Bomana jail full – refusing any new prisoners

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September 1, 2023
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Vanuatu Minister for Climate Change Adaptation Ralph Regenvanu
Decolonisation

West Papuan supporters ‘let down’ by MSG leaders, says advocate

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August 31, 2023
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Flying high for Melanesia . . . the Kanaky New Caledonia flag
Decolonisation

MSG leaders back Kanak challenge to Macron over ‘not valid’ referendum

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August 31, 2023
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Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu
Decolonisation

Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua

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August 30, 2023
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More than 200,000 voters are going to the polling booths for the first time in NZ
China

First-time Asian voters embrace New Zealand’s democratic process

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August 30, 2023
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Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe
Democracy

Expert witnesses tell court accounts ‘are clean’ in bribery case against...

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August 30, 2023
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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
Climate

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
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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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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

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

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BEARING WITNESS

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
Analysis

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...

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
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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robievideo
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

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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)
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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)
APJS newsfile

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Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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A draft US military training document for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands provides for joint military training exercises
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Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
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Densely populated parts of Tehran are being pounded by wave after wave of US and Israeli bombs.  Shahid Hamedani School in Tehran was struck on the day of the funerals of he schoolgirls from Minab
Analysis

The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of...

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Asia Report

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Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast

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Densely populated parts of Tehran are being pounded by wave after wave of US and Israeli bombs.  Shahid Hamedani School in Tehran was struck on the day of the funerals of he schoolgirls from Minab

The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of...

March 8, 2026
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Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war...

March 8, 2026
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