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      Decolonisation

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Suara Papua and the Human Rights Monitor group allege Indonesian security forces have indiscriminately opened fire in a series of villages in Moanemani
Asia Report

At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai

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April 6, 2026
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"Wars end when the people with the power to end them decide the cost of continuing exceeds the cost of stopping"
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Richard David Hames: When will we make war untenable for...

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April 6, 2026
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"Bloodied but as yet unbowed, Iran knows it can rise like the Phoenix"
Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We...

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April 5, 2026
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Pope Leo and US President Donald Trump
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Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power...

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April 5, 2026
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Bibi Amena
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Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on...

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April 4, 2026
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Pro-independence advocate Emmanuel Tjibaou, one of the two MPs representing New Caledonia at the Assembly
Decolonisation

French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform

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April 4, 2026
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Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
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President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...

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April 3, 2026
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Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani
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US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...

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April 3, 2026
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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NZ, allies express ‘deep concern’ about Israeli death penalty bill for...

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April 2, 2026
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
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Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives

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April 2, 2026
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A pro-Kanak independence rally for New Caledonia
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Thousands take to Nouméa streets ahead of French Parliament debate on...

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April 2, 2026
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Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra
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The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

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April 1, 2026
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President Trump's obsession with Kharg island
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Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster

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April 1, 2026
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New Zealand surgical team leader in Vietnam Dr Peter Eccles-Smith
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How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance

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April 1, 2026
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Māori radio network chair Peter-Lucas Jones
Culture

Māori radio network says funding cuts threaten survival of iwi stations

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March 31, 2026
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The Fiji HIV crisis
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March 31, 2026
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Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh
Crime

Israel passes extreme death penalty law targeting only Palestinians

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March 31, 2026
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Dimona's nuclear opacity
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Deafening silence about the Israeli Dimona nuclear double standard

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March 30, 2026
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American actor Robert De Niro
Civil Society

‘No kings’: What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism...

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March 30, 2026
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Associate professor Shailendra Singh
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USP academic calls for better press freedom protections in face of...

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March 30, 2026
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Former Fijian President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
Democracy

Fiji’s former President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau dies at 84

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March 30, 2026
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Two of the three latest Lebanese journalists assassinated by Israel . . . Fatemeh Fatouni (left)
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How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

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March 29, 2026
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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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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)
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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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Indonesia's President Prabowo speaking dressed in a keffiyeh

Prabowo’s tears and cries of ‘Free Palestine’ are not enough

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"Never again, never forget" says the slogan for Martial Law Day

Melissa Cruz: The power of collective memory on martial law –...

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For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

September 21, 2026
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