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Asia Report

First-ever recipients of ‘outstanding’ Asian music funding unveiled

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According to Stats NZ, around 155,000 households feel their incomes aren’t sufficient to meet everyday basic needs
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An Eastern Star cartoon paying tribute to Vanuatu's support for West Papua
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Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...

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July 1, 2023
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Fiji's 2023 Budget
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Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on...

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July 1, 2023
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A Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) banner
Decolonisation

Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

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NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and the trade delegation at the product launch in Beijing
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PM on China visit: ‘Door wide open for NZ products and...

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Prime Minister James Marape
Development

Boroko declared ‘betel nut-free’ as PNG capital Moresby spruces up

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July 1, 2023
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Displaced Bikini Islanders march on the US Embassy in Majuro
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Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been...

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June 30, 2023
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Australian anti-nuclear activist Nat Lowrey (left) joined activists from Japan, Tonga and Fiji in Sapporo, Japan,
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Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests

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June 29, 2023
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An insight into the age and temperament of the PNG kidnappers
Crime

‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks...

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June 29, 2023
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A French nuclear explosion at Moruroa atoll in 1970
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French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades...

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June 29, 2023
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Some of the PNG teachers and their families after beating the kidnap bid
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‘Heroic efforts’ save 7 PNG teachers and families in kidnap attempt

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All Media and Democracy Workshop participants were required to submit stories each day
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Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy

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June 26, 2023
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A Papuan protest against the "criminalisation" of Governor Lukas Enembe of Papua province
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Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal drama and tragedy in Jakarta

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June 25, 2023
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A new crime trend has emerged in PNG
Crime

PNG law change empowers police to use lethal force in kidnapping,...

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June 24, 2023
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Pro-independence Tahitian politician Vannina Crolas
New Caledonia

‘We carry the voice of the colonised people’, delegates tell UN

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June 24, 2023
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Deposed Papua governor Lukas Enembe indicted on $3m bribery charges

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June 24, 2023
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June 23, 2023
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Australia

Nuclear experts offer to ‘take a sip’ of Japan’s treated reactor...

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PNG musician Jason Suisui aka Jayrex
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Jayrex’s lawyers threaten lawsuit if PNG music ban isn’t lifted

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June 23, 2023
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Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat
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ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
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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
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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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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"
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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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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.
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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)
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