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    • PSNA co-chair John Minto
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National Federation Party candidate Agni Deo Singh
Democracy

FijiFirst condemned over ‘politics of fear’ aimed at voters

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December 5, 2022
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Former Tahitian President Gaston Flosse
Justice

French judiciary drop forgery, fraud case against Tahiti’s Flosse

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December 5, 2022
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The front page picture of the New Zealand Herald on Thursday 1 Dec 2022
Coronavirus

Mediawatch: Anti-vax parents create media conundrum and criticism

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December 4, 2022
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Pacific Council of Churches general secretary Reverend James Bhagwan
Civil Society

Pacific churches call for boycott of Indonesian products over Papua

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December 4, 2022
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Republic of the Marshall Islands citizens Cary Yan and Gina Zhou being escorted by Thai police
China

Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials

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December 4, 2022
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Last night's local Chinese covid-10 lockdowns protest in Auckand's Aotea Square
China

NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’

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December 3, 2022
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Stills of the execution of Ammar Mefleh in Huwwara, just south of Nablus, Occupied Palestine,
Asia Report

Palestinian ‘executed’ at point-blank range by Israeli border police

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December 3, 2022
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A sunset in the Mamanucas, Fiji
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‘Tourists buzzing’ in resorts and islands as Fiji welcomes back visitors

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December 3, 2022
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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

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December 2, 2022
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Another sacred day for West Papua
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Happy West Papua Day – and the brutal truth about where...

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December 1, 2022
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Hilda Halkyard-Harawira and Ronny Ato Buai Kareni with the Morning Star flag at the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania conference in Ōtepoti
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Pacific marks 61st year flying of Papua’s banned Morning Star flag

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December 1, 2022
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Jailed flag-raiser Melvin Yobe and his friends took a group photo
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Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West...

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December 1, 2022
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The Ōtepoti Declaration . . . carrying on the legacy and vision for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific
Bougainville

Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day

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December 1, 2022
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‘Against propaganda, there are facts’ – RSF’s new global campaign video

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December 1, 2022
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Niue . . . a new chapter in the covid-19 response
Coronavirus

Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time

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November 30, 2022
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Annual conferences aren’t the only way to pursue meaningful action on climate change
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COP27: one big breakthrough but ultimately an inadequate response to the...

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November 21, 2022
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Myanmar’s democracy movement wants the international community to impose tough sanctions on the junta
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China’s influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in...

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November 21, 2022
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following the World Cup final in Otara, South Auckland
Australia

Lost – but Samoans globally show off their pride in historic...

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November 20, 2022
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Fiji Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem raises a point
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Fiji Elections chief issues legal order for Times to remove ‘no...

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November 19, 2022
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Protesters make a point to delegates at COP27 in Egypt
Climate

COP27 finale: Leaders debate climate damage funding for Pacific nations

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November 19, 2022
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Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Education

Regional USP staff, students call for vote against FijiFirst over $85m...

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November 19, 2022
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Indonesian security forces repression in West Papua
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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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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
APJS newsfile

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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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

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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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