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French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia has recorded the first coronavirus case in the Pacific Islands.
President Edouard Fritch said the carrier was one of French Polynesia's...
Fiji’s Attorney-General takes over Richard Naidu ‘contempt’ case
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
The Fiji Attorney-General’s office has terminated the instructions of lawyers Devanesh Sharma and Gul Fatima in the contempt of court...
Controversial Azerbaijan deal sparks fresh row in New Caledonia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The signing of a controversial memorandum of cooperation between New Caledonia's Congress and the National...
Google aren’t ‘stealing’ news content, publisher Eric Beecher tells Senate
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Nine Entertainment and News Corporation are wrong to say Google and Facebook have destroyed their business models by stealing content, according...
Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courthouse security after another reporter attacked
Pacific Media Watch
The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has demanded better police protection after a journalist working for the state broadcaster Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC)...
Asia Pacific community and media research group goes online
Asia Pacific Report
A community-based Asia-Pacific network of academics, journalists and activists has now gone online with an umbrella website for its publications, current affairs...
Tahiti’s Salmon fined for defaming president with ‘vote buying’ claim
By RNZ Pacific
A senior French Polynesian politician has been fined for defaming the president Edouard Fritch during the election campaign in April.
The criminal court...
RSF criticises charges against Timor-Leste reporter over revealing minors given virginity tests
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Anything concerning the Catholic Church is extremely sensitive in Timor-Leste, as Raimundos Oki, the editor of The Oekusi Post website can...
New Fiji coalition government ousts 16 years of Bainimarama rule
RNZ Pacific
Jubilant scenes in Suva tonight greeted Fiji's kingmaker party Sodelpa as it announced it will form a coalition with the People's Alliance-National Federation...
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Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum
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Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands...
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Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
Fiji was regarded a bully, flexing its muscle as a selfish and arrogant player in regional forums, claims Association of...
Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt...
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem
Kia ora koutou,
I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across...
‘With togetherness, we overcome,’ says NZ’s Ardern on Waitangi Day
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's prerecorded speech marking the historic 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Māori chiefs and the colonial government made from the treaty...
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