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ANALYSIS: By Marco de Jong, Auckland University of Technology and Robert G. Patman, University of Otago
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Prime Minister James Marape has called on Papua New Guineans not to vote for “money, relatives or cargo” in the country's 2022 general...
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ANALYSIS: By Philip Russo of Monash University
The death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of police has sparked protests across the United...
‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation
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Papua Regional Police public information head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a big...
Siouxsie Wiles mini-doco funding criticism does vanishing act online
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Why did criticism of a modest sum spent on a single mini-documentary made two years ago suddenly spring up...
Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal / RNZ Pacific correspondent
The death earlier this month of a 26-year veteran of the US Army from...
Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and...
Rabi Island ‘defenders’ network challenges Fiji official’s visitor ban
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
An unelected official in Fiji is demanding that visitors to Rabi lsland seek his approval before travelling there.
Rabi...
Tahiti’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru suspends justice hunger strike
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has suspended his hunger strike launched five days ago in protest at the French judiciary.
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By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Keynote speakers professor David Robie and Glenda Gloria, executive editor of Rappler, addressed “truth and justice” on the opening...
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Media were still not permitted to film on Te Tii Marae premises in Waitangi, reports Māori Television.
Police also restricted media from filming the arrival...
Systematic bias: how Western media reproduces the Israeli narrative
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"If words shape our consciousness, then the media holds the keys to minds."
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