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      ‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says…

      New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend
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PNG police ready to go to work on solving East New Britain community conflicts
Crime

PNG police launch 21-day crackdown on East New Britain conflicts

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July 13, 2023
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New Caledonia's Assembly President Roch Wamytan talking to news media in Baku
Decolonisation

Time for France to grant New Caledonia independence, says Wamytan

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July 13, 2023
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Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping . . . under fire for lack of transparency over nine deals
China

Solomons PM’s ‘I’m back home’ comment in Beijing ‘shameful’, says Wale

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July 12, 2023
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PNPB protesters in Jayapura rally in support of full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group
Australia

West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

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July 12, 2023
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta
Environment

UN nuclear watchdog boss defends position on Japan’s wastewater dump

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July 11, 2023
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Activist minister Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua brandishes the petition against the AUKUS military pact at the launch
Climate

Nuclear-free campaigners warn against AUKUS raising Pacific tensions

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July 10, 2023
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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (left) and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape met at APEC Haus
Decolonisation

Jokowi visit strengthens PNG ties but sidelines West Papua human rights

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July 10, 2023
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The University of Otago is one of the New Zealand universities which have signed an agreement to open new pathways for Indian students
Asia Report

NZ universities eye new tie-ups with Indian institutions to attract international...

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July 10, 2023
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Former Komnas HAM chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik
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Jakarta’s rights commission criticised for ‘failure’ over NZ pilot hostage case

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July 9, 2023
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Victor Yeimo (seated and wearing glasses), in a detention vehicle after attending a treason trial at Jayapura District Court, on 4 July 2023
Asia Report

Jayapura court finds Yeimo guilty of ‘treason’ in appeal – longer...

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July 8, 2023
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Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads
Climate

UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

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July 8, 2023
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Investigative author Antony Loewenstein . . . he has "brought a book to a gunfight,
Analysis

Palestine a testing ground for Israeli ‘occupation war tech’, says author

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July 8, 2023
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A West Papuan mother, Kapusina Gwijangge, was shot by the Indonesian military in Nduga on 25 March 2019
Australia

Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities

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July 6, 2023
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Minister for Pacific Peoples Barbara Edmonds
Global

Radio station develops app to spread Gagana Samoa to the world

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July 6, 2023
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The tougher new legislation has been introduced to target 'domestic terrorism"
Civil Society

Tough new PNG police powers won’t work, says Transparency chief

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July 5, 2023
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby
Analysis

How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’...

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July 5, 2023
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Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe in court in Jakarta
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Court rejects Papua governor Enembe’s objections but suspends proceedings over his...

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July 5, 2023
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Burnt-out cars in the Northern suburbs of Paris, Sarcelles
Analysis

French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight

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July 4, 2023
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Journalists say they have been directly fired at by Israeli troops
Asia Report

NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine

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July 4, 2023
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The Bougainville Parliament
Bougainville

Minister dismisses Bougainville criticism over independence vote

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July 4, 2023
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Green MP for Auckland Central Chloë Swarbrick
Civil Society

Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty –...

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July 4, 2023
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Mourners pay their respects at the wake for PNG businessman Sir Kostas Constantinou
Australia

Sir Kostas ‘touched the lives’ of many Pacific people, says Samoan...

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July 3, 2023
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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
Analysis

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
APJS newsfile

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

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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.
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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The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies
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Climate activist Violet Coco
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‘We always stay hopeful’, says Umaga on Moana Pasifika’s future

Cuban doctors arriving back from Italy following the covid outbreak in 2020
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The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Analysis

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Cuban doctors arriving back from Italy following the covid outbreak in 2020
Analysis

The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans
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Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

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The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

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