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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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      French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

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

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A message to the news media among the charred Nouméa protest debris
Decolonisation

Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana...

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May 23, 2024
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Even the Warriors rugby league team are invoked in the protest against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza
Asia Report

NZ students stage Gaza protests in global ‘take a stand’ rallies

APR editor -
May 23, 2024
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French President Emmanuel Macron
Decolonisation

Macron says ‘peace, calm and security’ his top priority for New...

APR editor -
May 23, 2024
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A Kanak pro-independence barricade near Nouméa during the current unrest
Decolonisation

French ‘betrayal’ triggered Kanak youth rebellion in Nouméa, says activist

APR editor -
May 23, 2024
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Emmanuel Macron arrives in Nouméa
Decolonisation

French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest

APR editor -
May 23, 2024
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Vanuatu's Elections Minister Johnny Koanapo
Elections

Vanuatu minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis

APR editor -
May 23, 2024
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Democracy

Journalists challenge PNG government over ‘media control’ policy

Pacific Media Watch -
May 22, 2024
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A Kanak protest barricade (in the distance behind the group of protesters) near Nouméa
Decolonisation

Solidarity action group calls on NZ to support Kanak, Papuan independence

APR editor -
May 22, 2024
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‘A subversive in Kanaky’: An article about David Robie’s first arrest by the French military in January 1987
Decolonisation

‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New...

APR editor -
May 22, 2024
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Kanak roadblocks on the highway to Nouméa's La Tontouta International Airport
Decolonisation

RSF calls on French authorities to guarantee journalist safety in Kanaky...

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May 22, 2024
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Some of the passengers on the special flight out of New Caledonia
Aviation

NZ’s first New Caledonia evacuation flight lands in Auckland

APR editor -
May 22, 2024
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Kanak and Palestine solidarity activists hold a joint demonstration at Montpellier, southern France
Asia Report

Gordon Campbell: Israel’s political split, and the New Caledonia crisis

APR editor -
May 21, 2024
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A NZ Defence Force Hercules flew to Nouméa's Magenta airport today
Decolonisation

France to blame for ‘constructing’ Kanaky crisis, says Kia Mau

Pacific Media Watch -
May 21, 2024
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The sense of betrayal felt by the New Caledonia independence movement and many Kanak people
Decolonisation

Déjà vu in New Caledonia: why decades of political failure will...

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May 21, 2024
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A NZ Defence Force operation begins to uplift New Zealand tourists and visitors stranded by the New Caledonia crisis
Aviation

Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home

APR editor -
May 21, 2024
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Some of Dr David Robie's books
Decolonisation

Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator

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May 21, 2024
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Palestine's justice advocate Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
Asia Report

How Palestine fights ecocide with biodiversity and sustainability resistance

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May 20, 2024
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Flags of an independent Kanaky fly at a barricade near Nouméa
Aviation

Kiwis trapped in Nouméa: Air NZ won’t fly from New Caledonia...

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May 20, 2024
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Radio Djiido's Andre Qaeze
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Young people will ‘never give up’ –...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 20, 2024
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The burnt out remains of a car seen near the University of Caledonia
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: NZ student in Nouméa taught to use...

APR editor -
May 20, 2024
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French security forces clearing roadblocks on the road to Tontouta International Airport today.video
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: French politics rocked as leaders plead for...

APR editor -
May 19, 2024
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The shrine at Uvanu in northern New Caledonia where a ceremony was held yesterday to mark the anniversary of the execution of 10 Kanaks resisting French colonial rule in 1868
Decolonisation

Pacific civil society groups condemn ‘heavy-handed’ French crackdown over Kanaky unrest

APR editor -
May 19, 2024
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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

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"
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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

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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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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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Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
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Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

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EDITOR'S PICKS

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

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

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
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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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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

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

Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

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

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

May 9, 2026
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Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

May 9, 2026
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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