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      Decolonisation

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Yahukimo tribal chief Alpius Yallak makes a statement on the massacre
Asia Report

Wenda calls on ‘brave’ Pacific to raise West Papua at UNGA...

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Innovative educator, author and thinker Paulo Freire
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‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ Brazilian educator Paulo Freire profiled in new...

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

Sweeping changes to Fiji’s governance recommended by Constitution Commission

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September 23, 2026
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka talks to journalists at Savusavu
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In the wake of MIDA, Fiji’s news industry has turned full...

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September 23, 2026
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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Palestine advocacy group criticises NZ failure over Gaza human rights test

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PINA president Kalafi Moala
Crime

PINA president calls for greater protection for Pacific journalists covering crime...

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September 23, 2026
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New Zealand protesters against the Israeli genocide in Gaza
Asia Report

Erdogan slams Israel’s ‘genocidal mindset’ in blistering UN address

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September 23, 2026
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Author Nicky Hager at the launch of his latest book Dirty Work
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Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work ‘exposé’ of Taxpayers’ Union

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September 23, 2026
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This is a photo of me in the desert in Saudi Arabia 19 years ago
Commentary

Saige England: No judgments, freedom and about rocking the boat

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September 22, 2026
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Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) president Kalafi Moala (front, second from left) with participants of the Climate Change and Corruption roundtable
Climate

UN adviser tells Pacific journalists to probe ‘accountability’ in climate change,...

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The Invercargill City Council
Decolonisation

Invercargill Council becomes seventh NZ local body to ban illegal Israeli...

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September 22, 2026
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Fiji's Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara
Australia

Fijian chief calls for scrutiny of Fiji-Australia security treaties

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September 22, 2026
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Indonesia's President Prabowo speaking dressed in a keffiyeh
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Prabowo’s tears and cries of ‘Free Palestine’ are not enough

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September 22, 2026
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"Never again, never forget" says the slogan for Martial Law Day
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GABRIELA Auckland: The power of collective memory on martial law –...

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September 21, 2026
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Leading civil society groups have warned that a rushed constitutional process could amount to a "self-coup"
Democracy

Fiji civil society warns about govt rushing constitutional change

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September 21, 2026
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For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed
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Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

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September 21, 2026
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A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa
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Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

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September 21, 2026
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Siaosi (George) Lavelua serving 'otai for his parents business
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‘We’re one people’ – a young Tongan man’s te reo Māori...

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September 20, 2026
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Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film
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The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

Pacific Media Watch -
September 20, 2026
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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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September 20, 2026
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Civil Society

Gallery: ‘Save our land – sell Luxon instead’ message at NZ...

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September 19, 2026
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Climate

Greenpeace protests Conservation Amendment Bill in downtown Auckland

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September 19, 2026
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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
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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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists
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Environmental activists protesting in Jakarta against forest and land fires
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Pacific Elders' Voice chair Anote Tong

Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not ‘morally defensible’

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A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists

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October 29, 2026
Environmental activists protesting in Jakarta against forest and land fires

Activists still targeted over Indonesian forest fires and in West Papua,...

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