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    • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
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Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama
Elections

Fijians face polls in December in one of the country’s most...

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October 31, 2022
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Fiji announces general election date – December 14

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October 30, 2022
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Private Samuel Bani
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Vanuatu election officials risk lives, call for better poll infrastructure

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October 30, 2022
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Presenter Tim McKinnell in TVNZ's "Need vs Greed"
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A NZ documentary revival spotlights crime and injustice

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October 30, 2022
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Fiji

Fiji contempt of court case – now defence lawyer cited over...

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October 29, 2022
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Opposition NFP leader Professor Biman Prasad (left) and Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama
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Fijian PM ‘fooling around’ over election date, claims Prasad

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October 29, 2022
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Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran...

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October 29, 2022
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Bougainville says PNG ‘dragging chain’ over independence issue

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October 28, 2022
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PNG's Department of Education
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PNG’s Education Department faces lockout over K39m unpaid rent

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October 28, 2022
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Crimes division director Chief Inspector Joel Simatab
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PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence

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October 28, 2022
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Melanesian advocate criticises Pacific languages strategy ‘blunder’

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October 27, 2022
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Iranian-born academic Dr Negar Partow
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Academic warns of more hostage crises as ‘revolution’ unfolds in Iran

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October 27, 2022
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Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar

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October 26, 2022
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Papuan protester Zode Hilapok
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Morning Star flag protester in West Papua dies of mystery illness

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Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr
Crime

‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina...

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October 26, 2022
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v"Massacre on island of love" - PNG Post-Courier
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PNG official confirms more than 30 dead in tribal clash in...

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October 25, 2022
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PNG's Milne Bay Province
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30 killed, many injured in PNG ‘island of love’ tribal massacre

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October 25, 2022
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Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without...

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October 25, 2022
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Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama
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Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’

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October 25, 2022
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Elections

Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government

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October 24, 2022
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Pacific cyclones
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Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season

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October 24, 2022
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BBC faces digital age challenges
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BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing...

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October 24, 2022
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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

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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
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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
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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

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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Democracy

TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns

Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara
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