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      Analysis

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A PNG protest against seabed mining
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Pacific civil society groups slam ‘naked hijack’ fast-track seabed mining bid

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Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks

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July 1, 2021
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Covid-19 testing centre in Sydney
Analysis

NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why

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June 30, 2021
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Fiji covid health workers
Coronavirus

Four new deaths as Fiji records hundreds more covid cases

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Norwegian media VG and Aftenposten
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Gavin Ellis: Dregs in the news media paywall teacup

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Robin Hammond covers
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From Wellington to South Sudan: Capturing marginalised stories

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Fiji health workers
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PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert

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Fiji church leaders get jab
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Fiji reports 241 new covid cases and one death – pastors...

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Professor Kevin Clements
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Otago conflict studies centre founder awarded global peace prize

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Fears of covid-19 ‘time bomb’ of sorcery accusations, violence in PNG

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Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation

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Papuan protesters at Papua govt office
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Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe

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Deadlocked
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Samoa’s Supreme Court declares Parliament must sit within week

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PNG Power Ltd managing director Flagon Bekker
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PNG Power chief Bekker resigns after nine months in job –...

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‘Don’t trust Indonesian military,’ says OPM warning civilians to leave conflict

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Former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III
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Yellow lighting, ribbons display across Philippines in honour of Aquino

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Fiji curfew breaches
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Professor Michael Baker
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Covid-19: ‘We’re not in the clear yet’, epidemiologist warns NZ

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June 27, 2021
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CI Health Secretary Bob Williams
Cook Islands

Wellington travellers to Rarotonga offloaded ‘in error’ over covid scare

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June 26, 2021
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June 26, 2021
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Samoan justice graphic
Democracy

Samoa’s FAST gets Appeal Court election clarification it wanted

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June 26, 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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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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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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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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