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    • Pacific media in action .
      Crime

      Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

      Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear
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      Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture
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      Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack…

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NCD Governor Powes Parkop
Development

Port Moresby public’s cry for safe public transport finally answered

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April 20, 2022
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Playgrounds buzzing on the first day of the New Zealand's school holidays in the covid orange alert setting
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‘You feel a little bit less cautious’ – families adjusting to...

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April 20, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Asia Report

New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities

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April 19, 2022
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A PNG polling booth during a general election
Elections

PNG’s political system ‘being hijacked’ by leaders, warns analyst over election

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April 19, 2022
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We in New Zealand see shapeless body bags
Analysis

Gavin Ellis: Show us the full horror of war in Ukraine

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April 19, 2022
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A Marshall Islands repatriation group arrives in Majuro
Coronavirus

Marshall Islands gets largest number of covid border cases in Kwajalein

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April 19, 2022
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Former Justice Minister Bryan Kramer
Elections

Outspoken Kramer stripped of justice portfolio just before PNG elections

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April 18, 2022
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NFP's Biman Prasad (left) with People's Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka
Elections

Fiji’s political ‘power game’ – Ratuva says how rival MoU pact...

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April 18, 2022
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New Zealand's covid-19 case numbers declines
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Eleven more covid deaths reported as Air NZ flooded with travel...

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April 18, 2022
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Jacinda Ardern and Christopher Luxon
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Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics

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April 18, 2022
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The Russian super yacht Amadea at Lautoka
Fiji

Fiji Customs issue breaches notice to skipper of Russian vessel Amadea

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April 17, 2022
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Auckland’s case numbers peaked in the omicron outbreak almost six weeks ago
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Auckland’s new covid-19 case numbers not highest in NZ for first...

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April 17, 2022
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The Russian super yacht Amadea
Fiji

Fate of Russian super yacht Amadea still unknown – docked at...

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April 17, 2022
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National Federation Party leader Dr Biman Prasad
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Fiji’s Biman Prasad calls out ‘dire straits’ Bainimarama government

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April 16, 2022
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US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (left) and Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
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Palau’s Our Ocean conference commitments top US$16 billion

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April 16, 2022
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The Russian super yacht at Lautoka, Fiji
Fiji

Fiji ‘making mockery of UN’, says Rabuka on Russian ship Amadea

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April 16, 2022
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Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad
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Labour MP Louisa Wall
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The Fiji and West Papuan panel speakers at the Whānau Community Hub yesterday
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April 14, 2022
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The Russian super yacht Amadea in Lautoka
Fiji

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April 14, 2022
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New Zealand's orange setting is relaxing mask requirements for schools
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NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light...

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April 13, 2022
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Chantal Bakersmith
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Damning Black Ferns rugby report not a surprise to anyone, say...

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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

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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

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