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    • Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
      Democracy

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      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire
      Asia Report

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      The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"
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PNG security forces deployed in the Mount Sisa helicopter crew kidnapping incident
Crime

Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG

APR editor -
February 26, 2024
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The two Papuan teens arrested by the Indonesian military
Asia Report

West Papua advocacy group condemns arrest, ‘humiliation’ of two teenagers

APR editor -
February 26, 2024
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Fiji's Women and Children's Minister Lynda Tabuya
Fiji

Fiji Women’s Minister Lynda Tabuya calls for stronger online bullying laws

APR editor -
February 26, 2024
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Professor Sushila Chang
Education

Fiji government revokes travel ban on former head of University of...

APR editor -
February 25, 2024
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A Pacific cohort at the Palestinian solidarity rally and march at Te Komititanga Square today
Asia Report

Kia Ora Gaza organiser condemns ‘open genocide’ in Gaza Strip

APR editor -
February 24, 2024
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Protesters in a solidarity rally for Palestine
Asia Report

John Minto: Why is mainstream media in NZ so blatantly ignoring...

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February 24, 2024
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Women rights advocates in Papua New Guinea are calling on women to stand up against violence
Crime

‘National crisis’: PNG women demand MPs act against all forms of...

APR editor -
February 23, 2024
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Efeso Collins . . . ’empowering our rangatahi to think...

APR editor -
February 23, 2024
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French police fire teargas during clashes with Union Calédonienne pro-independence protesters in central Nouméa
Climate

Pro-independence protesters, French police clash in New Caledonia

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February 22, 2024
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PNG's former opposition leader Belden Namah
Crime

Namah not happy with Marape’s reply over PNG ‘warlords’ question

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February 22, 2024
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Fa'anānā Efeso Collins
Democracy

Pasifika leaders remember ‘stand-out community leader’ Fa’anānā Efeso Collins

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February 22, 2024
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Fiji troops celebrating International Peacekeepers Day
Asia Report

Bainimarama slams Fiji’s support for Israeli occupation of Palestine as ‘disturbing’

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February 21, 2024
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video
Asia Report

Muslim Americans decry Biden’s support for Gaza ‘genocide’ – Palestinian envoy...

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February 21, 2024
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"Culture shocking, overwhelming" . . . speaking at COP26 about Tuvalu
Climate

Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides...

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February 21, 2024
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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape has pledged to Parliament that he will "restore police leadership to stabilise Enga"
Crime

Post-Courier: Stop PNG’s booming death and destruction industry

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February 21, 2024
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Horror . . . the bodies of tribesmen killed in Wapenamanda
Crime

Wapenamanda massacre: PNG leaders angry over tribal war ‘barbarity’

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February 20, 2024
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"All eyes on Rafah" in Fiji
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Fiji human rights group condemns ‘troubling’ support for Israel at ICJ

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February 20, 2024
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PNG Defence Force and police officers patrolling near the town of Wabag
Crime

Wapenamanda massacre: ‘Pregnant mothers fled for their lives’

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February 20, 2024
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How the PNG Post-Courier reported the Wapenamanda massacre in Enga province today 20Feb24
Crime

Wapenamanda massacre – 50 killed in PNG’s worst tribal fighting

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February 20, 2024
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Today's open letter on Gaza in The Post to NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
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Palestinian foreign minister tells ICJ of ‘besieged, bombed and killed’ Gazans

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February 19, 2024
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Alternative PM Allan Bird and others
Democracy

PNG’s opposition bloc confident of ousting Marape leadership

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February 19, 2024
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NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon protest at Big Gay Out
Asia Report

PM Luxon leaves Big Gay Out abruptly after heated Gaza war...

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February 18, 2024
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CLIMATE AND COVID

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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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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.
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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November 4, 2026
US midterm elections in the Pacific

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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

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