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      "You blow up a girls' school."
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US President Trump holds a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House
Analysis

Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only...

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PSNA co-chair John Minto
Asia Report

Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

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March 12, 2026
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The Heritage Foundation
China

Trump-aligned think tank proposes ‘Pacific Charter’, greater US involvement in the...

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March 12, 2026
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1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Cook Islands

Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

APR editor -
March 12, 2026
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From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance
Analysis

Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now...

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March 12, 2026
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French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson
Asia Report

French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions

APR editor -
March 11, 2026
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Union organiser and socialist Joe Carolan speaking at an anti-war rally
Asia Report

US-Israeli war on Iran confusion clouds ‘off-ramp’ hope, says analyst

APR editor -
March 11, 2026
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The mainstream media is doing what it always does in wartime: manufacturing consent, sanitizing atrocities and platforming war criminals
Analysis

The reporting on Iran and Gaza the US-Israel war machine can’t...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 11, 2026
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (far left) at the inaugural meeting of Trump's so-called Board of Peace
Analysis

West Papua’s humanitarian crisis stalls Prabowo’s ‘global peacemaker’ credibility bid

APR editor -
March 10, 2026
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Curse of Gold
Asia Report

Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

APR editor -
March 10, 2026
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Shattered homes . . . community leaders at Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement
Civil Society

Academic’s warning over PNG settlement evictions – doomed to failure?

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March 10, 2026
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Iranian women hold photos of children who are killed by US-Israeli attacks, including a massacre at a Minab girls’ school that killed around 175 people
Analysis

’10 classrooms full of children’ – US-Israeli war kills hundreds of...

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March 10, 2026
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A draft US military training document for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands provides for joint military training exercises
Global

US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint

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March 9, 2026
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Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
Asia Report

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and...

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March 8, 2026
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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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March 8, 2026
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Protesters wave flags and banners reading “Stop Bombing Iran” and “Stop Bombing the Middle East” as they gather at Victoria Tower Gardens in London
Asia Report

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

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March 8, 2026
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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
Analysis

165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes...

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March 8, 2026
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“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF
Analysis

War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

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March 6, 2026
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An oil tanker docked at the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand
Analysis

US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific

APR editor -
March 6, 2026
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Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands
Asia Report

Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum...

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March 5, 2026
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New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie
Cook Islands

‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage...

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March 5, 2026
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Iranians mourning the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Analysis

Australia and the ‘Epstein Coalition’ – invasion of Iran a disaster

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March 5, 2026
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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
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
APJS newsfile

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

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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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New Caledonia’s political parties finalise line-up for provincial elections

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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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PSNA national organiser John Minto
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PSNA national organiser John Minto

Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful...

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June 17, 2026
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Calls to dismantle joint taskforce rejected by Fiji govt despite brutality...

June 16, 2026
"You blow up a girls' school."

Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

June 16, 2026
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Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor

June 15, 2026
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