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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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      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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      French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (left) and President Emmanuel Macron
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French Polynesia’s pro-France party leaders, including Edouard Fritch (left, standing) are holding back-to-back meetings
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French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations

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Protesters paying homage to the young Kanak martyrs killed in the Kanaky New Caledonia unrest
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission

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RSF's Christophe Deloire
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HMNZS Aotearoa, which returns this year, sails into Hawai'i’s Pearl Harbour
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Nick Rockel: RIMPAC 2024 training – NZ’s sabre dance with Israel...

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June 12, 2024
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PCC's Reverend James Bhagwan at the UN
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Pacific churches call at UN for France to drop ‘limbo law’...

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June 11, 2024
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Moemoeana Miss Pacific_Islands at FestPAC 2024
Arts

FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’

APR editor -
June 11, 2024
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Kanaky New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou
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Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: What happens to limbo law change with...

APR editor -
June 11, 2024
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PANG's Joey Tau
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History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau

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June 10, 2024
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A FijiFirst hoarding during the 2022 general election
Democracy

FijiFirst party founders Voreqe Bainimarama, Sayed-Khaiyum and others resign in shock...

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June 10, 2024
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Since resigning from USP in 2002, Professor David Robie has maintained close links with USP Journalism
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Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on...

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New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan
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Sir Julius Chan ‘alive and well’ response to fake PNG media...

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June 10, 2024
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Injured Palestinians, including women and children, are brought to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for treatment
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Israel kills 274 plus Palestinians to rescue 4 captives – US...

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June 9, 2024
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The French "dialogue mission" to Kanaky New Caledonia
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Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia

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June 9, 2024
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"Corrupt by nature" - Fast Track Bill.
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‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters...

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June 8, 2024
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A "Free Kanaky" banner at an anticolonialism solidarity rally for independence from France
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Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in...

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June 8, 2024
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The PNG Parliament
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PNG ‘no dictatorship’, says opposition leader Nomane over foiled vote

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June 8, 2024
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Hundreds of people took part in protest against French policy in Kanaky New Caledonia
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’

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June 8, 2024
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The independent report commissioned by the UN into the UNRWA agency concluded it needed to improve its neutrality
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NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters

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June 7, 2024
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A torched home in Nouméa's Vallée-du-Tir
Decolonisation

Force not the answer in Kanaky New Caledonia, says PANG

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June 7, 2024
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The wa'a welcoming today at FestPAC 2024
Cook Islands

FestPAC 2024: Wa’a ceremony heralds start of Pacific cultural celebration

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June 7, 2024
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French gendarmes in law and order operations in Kanaky New Caledonia
Decolonisation

Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete...

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June 6, 2024
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Columnist and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa John Minto
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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
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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
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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
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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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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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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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