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    • The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year
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      Decolonisation

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      Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara
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      ‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

      French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (left) and President Emmanuel Macron
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Thousands headed to the Rotorua lakefront to watch the Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival Matariki drone show
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Auckland University's Dr Emalani Case
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Hawai’i’s Rimpac war games begin, but academic condemns them as harmful...

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West Papuan civilians in Paniai forced to flee their homes
Asia Report

Indonesia accused of subverting Pacific push for UN rights mission to...

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June 27, 2024
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Former Green parliamentarian and political activist Keith Locke at a Waihopai protest
Bougainville

How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...

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June 27, 2024
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The president of Vanuatu's Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs, Chief Paul Robert Ravun
Decolonisation

French envoy hits back at Vanuatu’s Kanak solidarity march petition

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June 26, 2024
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Justice

WikiLeaks founder Assange hearing ‘significant’ for Pacific island Saipan

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June 26, 2024
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A new West Papuan political movement
Asia Report

Benny Wenda’s plea to back new West Papuan ‘liberation front’ ...

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June 26, 2024
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange steps to freedom
Australia

Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media...

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InsidePNG's news editor Sincha Dimara
Gender

InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press

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June 25, 2024
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French gendarmes deployed in Dumbéa on June 24
Crime

Fresh violence flares up in New Caledonia – 38 arrested

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June 25, 2024
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Pacific Prana
Arts

People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through...

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June 25, 2024
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Former National Party MP Anae Arthur Anae
Civil Society

Former MP slams National’s stance on Samoa citizenship bill

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June 24, 2024
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CCAT leader Christian Téin, organiser of a series of marches and protests, mainly peaceful
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Shock over pro-independence leader charges, transfer to...

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Pacific flags - Kanaky, West Papua and others - at today's Palestine solidarity march in downtown Auckland
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Aotearoa Caravan for Free Palestine reaches Auckland, joins downtown rally

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June 23, 2024
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Canadian journalist Savanna Craig covering Gaza and the Middle East
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In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is...

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Pacific Journalism Review
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Pacific Media Conference to celebrate 30th birthday of Pacific Journalism Review

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June 22, 2024
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Hezbollah has an estimated 150,000 missiles and rockets, including some that could reach deep into Israel
Afghanistan

Does Israel really want to open a two-front war by attacking...

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June 21, 2024
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Former Green Party MP and foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke
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Former Green MP and ‘conscience of the year’ Keith Locke dies,...

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June 21, 2024
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Condemnation of "despicable acts" by French colonialism
Decolonisation

‘Stop the violence, killing against Kanaks’ plea by Vanuatu MPs

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June 21, 2024
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Fiji business people coming together for the common good
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NZ Fiji indigenous business leaders promote ‘solesolevaki’ boost for commerce

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June 21, 2024
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Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono
Democracy

NZ Samoa citizenship bill: Committee receives 24,000 plus public submissions

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June 21, 2024
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Solidarity action in Vanuatu in support of the indigenous Kanak Indigenous people of New Caledonia
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Everything is negotiable, except independence’

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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
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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

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
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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"
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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
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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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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.
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The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year
Business

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Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017
Decolonisation

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Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara
Democracy

‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (left) and President Emmanuel Macron
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Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

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Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara

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