Public interest journalism – a new non-profit beginning for Scoop
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A message from the New Scoop Team
On December 19, 2014, the Scoop Team set out on a project called "Operation...
American migrant sailor boosts Tongan America’s Cup challenge dream
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The world’s oldest and wealthiest race has an unlikely challenger, an ancient Tongan kalia. An American sailor, resident in Tonga’s...
Mobile eye clinic changes lives for thousands of Fijians
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The World Health Organisation says three-quarters of all blindness can be prevented or treated, with the Pacific Islands having one...
‘We won’t be intimidated’ over West Papua at Forum, says Sogavare
Report by Pacific Media Centre Pacific Scoop: Makereta Komai in Port Moresby
Solomon Islands will not be intimidated by Indonesia or other countries in the Pacific Islands...
Fiji Report: ‘Read more with your children’ pleads education minister
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Teacher Mareani Sanegar left Rewa at 6am with her Year Three and Year Four students, taking a boat to attend...
Fiji Minister for Women Rosy Akbar calls for united stand over...
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Report – By Niklas Pedersen in Suva
Fiji’s Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Rosy Akbar,...
Celebrated French Rainbow Warrior investigation echoes Watergate
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La Troisième Équipe—Souvenirs de l’Affaire Greenpeace, by Edwy Plenel. Paris : France. Editions Don Quichotte, 2015, 140 pp. ISBN 978-235-949-462-4
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Rainbow Warrior bombing ‘should have led to French Watergate’, says saboteur
This article was first published on Café Pacific
ANALYSIS By David Robie
THE unmasked French bomber who sank the Rainbow Warrior 30 years ago had some...
Fiji Report: Pacific leaders speak out with ‘one voice’ on climate...
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Seven Pacific leaders have signed a strong document on climate change in Fiji, mapping...
Fiji Report: Suva Declaration pushes losses, damages issue for COP21 in...
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By Kai Ping Lew in Suva
Recognising losses and damages as a separate issue from adaptation in climate change policy is...
Fiji Report: Niklas talks to landowners in Suvavou
Report by Pacific Media Centre - Niklas Pedersen on location today in Suvavou - a small village outside of Suva.
He is interviewing a spokesperson of the...
Fiji Report: Women challenge Pacific ‘patriarchal culture’ and violence
Report by Pacific Media Centre - By Kai Ping Lew in Suva
A panel of violence against women at the University of South Pacific has provided insights...
Fiji sedition cases stir concern in Suva but life goes on
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By Kai Ping Lew in Suva
Despite trials of various individuals charged with sedition in Western Fiji, life goes on as...
Fiji Report: A day on the job at the Wansolwara newspaper
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Comment – By Kai Ping Lew
Started work yesterday at Wansolwara, the award-winning University of the South Pacific student newspaper, and...
New Zealand and Tonga work together on new programme to prevent...
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Embarrassment, shame and stigmatisation of mental illness are examples of risk factors in Pacific communities. Asia Pacific Journalism reports...
Fiji Report: Pacific Scoop student journalist team tackle day one in...
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Comment – By Niklas Pedersen in Suva
Today, I arrived at the humble headquarters of Repúblika Magazine in an office...
Seeking a more compassionate Pacific geopolitical strategy from Australia, NZ
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Kaliopate Tavola reviews stability in the South Pacific region with the Pacific Islands Forum meeting due next week in Port...
Gay rights in the Pacific – what still needs to...
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Free and Equal is a global United Nations campaign aimed at promoting equality for gay rights communities throughout the world....
Niue’s plan for composting to make a difference over waste
Report by Pacific Media Centre - Pacific Scoop: Report – By Susan Epskamp.
Getting rid of waste is something that we would all rather not think about. But...
Kiwis play a hand in new PNG domestic violence helpline
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Papua New Guinea has high domestic and sexual violence statistics, with nearly two thirds of all women experiencing violence at...
Samoan human rights report will hopefully show Pacific nations the way,...
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Last week the Samoan Ombudsman launched the country’s first ever State of Human Rights Report. The United Nations hopes the...
Kiribati president’s coal challenge faces deaf reception in New Zealand
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Kiribati President Anote Tong called for a moratorium on new coalmines and coalmine expansions in a letter to world leaders...