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      Crime

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

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Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
Development

‘Act responsibly for humankind’ – Palau president on deep sea mining...

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Brazilian activist Thiago Avila wearing a life jacket
Asia Report

Israeli forces intercept Gaza freedom aid boat Madleen – cut communications

Pacific Media Watch -
June 9, 2025
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"It is hard to argue with the conclusion genocide is happening"
Analysis

New Zealand’s foreign policy stance on Palestine lacks transparency

APR editor -
June 8, 2025
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For more than 20 months, Israeli authorities have barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military have killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists
Asia Report

Gaza plea: RSF, CPJ and 150+ media outlets call on Israel...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 8, 2025
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A PNG soldier guarding Bougainville's Panguna mine in 1989
Analysis

Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave...

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June 7, 2025
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Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps
Business

Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

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June 7, 2025
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla peace activist Thiago Ávila
Decolonisation

‘They cannot block us,’ says activist on Madleen flotilla aid ship...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 7, 2025
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Half of the Marshall Islands' 50,000-strong population live in the capital city of Majuro
Decolonisation

Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research

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June 6, 2025
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It’s important to remember that these events have only happened because Israel has imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip since March
Analysis

Thou shalt protect Israel: The West’s first and only commandment

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June 6, 2025
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Thirty two newborns in Fiji have been diagnosed with HIV
Development

‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing...

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June 6, 2025
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Te Pāti Māori's Rawiri Waititi (from left), Hana Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer . . . punished
Culture

Punishment for Te Pāti Māori over Treaty haka stands – but...

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The lone US vote against Gaza peace
Asia Report

Analyst condemns US ‘utter isolation’ after fifth Israel veto at UN...

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June 5, 2025
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How the Lae edition of the PNG Post-Courier reported the crisis
Crime

Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis

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June 5, 2025
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Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments
Asia Report

Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

Pacific Media Watch -
June 5, 2025
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Former staffer in New Caledonia's Congress Frédérique Muliava
Decolonisation

Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia

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June 4, 2025
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A Goundar Shipping vessel
Fiji

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June 4, 2025
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Taeri MP and former journalist Ingrid Leary
Decolonisation

Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

Pacific Media Watch -
June 4, 2025
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Culture and Tourism Minister Belden Namah
Development

PNG’s Namah calls for tighter bio controls, patrols on Indonesian border

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June 3, 2025
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Prime Minister Fiāme Naomi Mata'afa on the floor of Parliament earlier this year
Democracy

Samoa parliament formally dissolved after months of uncertainty

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June 3, 2025
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West Papuan villagers fleeing fighting between the Indonesian military and pro-independence militants to Sugapa, the capital of Intan Jaya regency
Asia Report

Human Rights Watch warns renewed fighting threatens West Papua civilians

APR editor -
June 3, 2025
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Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua
Civil Society

Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

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June 2, 2025
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Independent writer Eugene Doyle
Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Writing in the time of the Gaza genocide

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June 2, 2025
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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

“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)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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Author Nicky Hager at the launch of his latest book Dirty Work
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