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    • "Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.
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The aftermath of rioting in Chinatown yesterday.
Crime

Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel

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Speakers at the ACMC 2021 conference
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Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia-Pacific...

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November 25, 2021
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Honiara's Chinatown in ruins
Crime

Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots

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November 25, 2021
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Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,
Democracy

Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion

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November 25, 2021
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Jimmy Lai, Apple Dailyvideo
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CPJ demands Facebook restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video

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November 25, 2021
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Investigative website Rappler
Coronavirus

Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum

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November 25, 2021
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Cleaning up the gutted Kukum traffic police station
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Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest

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Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins
Coronavirus

NZ to ease toughest border controls next year – traffic light...

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November 24, 2021
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PNG's capital Port Moresby
Coronavirus

NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher

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November 24, 2021
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Public universities have a public mission
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Are New Zealand’s universities doing enough to define the limits of...

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November 24, 2021
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Auckland rally against racism
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How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for...

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November 24, 2021
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Former NZ PM Helen Clark
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Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’

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November 23, 2021
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The hotel room lab raided by PNG police
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Undercover narcotics team seizes drugs, illegal guns in PNG hotel

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November 23, 2021
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Dictator of Year Spinoff
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November 23, 2021
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NZ's new traffic light covid-19 system
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Far-right Trojan Horse
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Covid disinformation and extremism are on the rise in New Zealand....

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"Papua Merdeka"
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Cameron Woki
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November 21, 2021
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KNPB's Ones Suhuniap
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13 years of Indonesian harassment, but KNPB’s ‘spirit remains unbroken’

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November 21, 2021
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Her Royal Highness Princess Latufuipeka
Democracy

No women elected in Tonga: time to change the story

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November 20, 2021
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Kanaky's Louis Mapou (left) talks to Vanuatu President Bob Loughman
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Vanuatu backs Kanak call to delay vote on independence in New...

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November 20, 2021
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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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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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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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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

Professor David Robievideo
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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.
APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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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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"Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.
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Iranian Israeli political activist and editor Orly Noy
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"Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.
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Iranian Israeli political activist and editor Orly Noy
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"Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.

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