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      Decolonisation

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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama entering the Suva Magistrates Court 10 March 2023
Crime

Fiji’s Bainimarama granted bail, ordered to remain in country

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March 10, 2023
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New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens, flying for Susi Air, appears in new video 100323
Asia Report

Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t...

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March 10, 2023
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama arrives at the Police CID headquarters in Suva last night before being charged and held at Totogo Police Station
Crime

Fiji’s Bainimarama, suspended police chief plead not guilty to abuse of...

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March 10, 2023
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Suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho (right in shadows walking outside Suva's CID headquarters)
Crime

Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended police chief charged

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March 9, 2023
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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali
Fiji

Fiji police apologise for West Papua politics ‘mix-up’ before Reclaim the...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 9, 2023
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PNG deputy opposition leader Douglas Tomuriesa
Crime

Plea to PNG prime minister to tell truth about ransom paid...

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March 9, 2023
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Suva lawyer Richard Naidu
Fiji

Fiji’s Attorney-General takes over Richard Naidu ‘contempt’ case

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March 9, 2023
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Former NZ PM Richard Seddon (statue outside Parliament pictured)
Democracy

NZ has history of prominent public servants who were also outspoken...

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March 9, 2023
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Ex-Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama
Democracy

Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama resigns from Parliament, vows to fight...

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March 8, 2023
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There is a way to support companies that have made the change towards greater gender equity
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Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments...

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March 8, 2023
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Shoes donated by a woman passerby in the Pink Shoe event at the St Patrick's Cathedral plaza, Auckland, today
Gender

International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign

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March 8, 2023
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Children in Vanuatu after cyclones Judy and Kevin
Disasters

Cyclones: Vanuatu children ‘need to see their friends’, educator warns

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March 8, 2023
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Several transport groups staged a strike yesterday in support of a better deal for jeepney owners and drivers as part of the Philippines government's modernisation programme
Asia Report

Days are numbered for iconic Filipino jeepneys – ‘kings of the...

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March 8, 2023
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Today's PNG Post-Courier front page . . . teachers alleged to have tortured the women on a Porgera school campus 070323
Crime

PNG police investigate torture of 4 women cleaners by teachers in...

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March 7, 2023
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Measles and rubella vaccine . . . outbreak of cases in Central Papua
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15 Papuan babies believed to have died of measles – ...

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March 7, 2023
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Government transport policy plan
Climate

Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix...

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March 7, 2023
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A ni-Vanuatu family at the Blacksands community in Port Vila on Efate Island in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kevin
Climate

Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’

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March 6, 2023
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Outspoken Rob Campbell, ousted as chair of two major government agencies
Democracy

Rob Campbell: Public service bosses of ‘Pyongponeke’ forget who they’re supposed...

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March 6, 2023
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A flooded road on Vanuatu's Efate island after Tropical Cyclone Kevin struck
Disasters

Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy...

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March 6, 2023
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Some of PNG's media stakeholders at the draft media policy consultation in Port Moresby last Thursday
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Top PNG journalist challenges state media ‘regulation’ plans at stakeholder consultation

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March 5, 2023
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Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Sashi Kiran (second from left) with Fiji Women's Rights Movement staff during the launch of the research report "Beyond 33 percent"
Civil Society

Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new...

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March 5, 2023
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A little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of New Zealand's Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to AM broadcasting's future
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Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 5, 2023
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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
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

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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

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Analysis

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
Analysis

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"
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

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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 New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka
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Commissioner Virginia Bell
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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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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 drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro
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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf
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Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

Commissioner Virginia Bell
Australia

Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

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A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

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Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

May 9, 2026
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French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

May 9, 2026
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