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    • Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
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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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UNRWA under attack
Asia Report

Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former...

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January 30, 2024
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New Zealand protesters supporting Palestine today marched on Auckland's Devonport Naval Base
Asia Report

‘Ceasefire now’ protesters march on NZ naval base, demand Luxon upholds...

APR editor -
January 29, 2024
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NZ aid worker Hector Sharp
Asia Report

UN refugee agency a neutral Gaza ‘lifeline for millions’, says aid...

APR editor -
January 29, 2024
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Tuvalu from the air
Development

World’s ‘smallest university’, but Tuvalu campus has big local impact

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January 29, 2024
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Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
Asia Report

Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’

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January 29, 2024
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Palestine solidarity protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire
Asia Report

Palestinian agency condemns funding cuts as ‘ collective punishment’

APR editor -
January 28, 2024
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Former Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano
China

Tuvalu general election: Half of new Parliament are newcomers

APR editor -
January 28, 2024
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French Pacific Regiment marine
Global

Macron defends Indo-Pacific stance – now ‘consolidated’ in Oceania

APR editor -
January 28, 2024
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High-level Israeli officials are currently accusing the ICJ
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel accuses the ICJ of (you guessed it) antisemitism

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January 27, 2024
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South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa
Asia Report

ICJ’s stunning blow over Gaza war genocide charge ups pressure on...

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January 27, 2024
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A protest calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire in Auckland, New Zealand, last Sunday
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ICJ ruling an ‘indirect’ order for Israeli ceasefire in genocidal war,...

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January 27, 2024
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South African International Relations Minister Dr Naledi Pandor
Asia Report

World Court or­ders Is­rael to take steps to pre­vent acts of...

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January 27, 2024
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Liberal democracy was not the form of government Britain established in Aotearoa
Culture

Waitangi 2024: how NZ’s Tiriti strengthens democracy and checks unbridled power

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January 26, 2024
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PNG riot police and Defence Force officers on duty
Crime

PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots

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January 26, 2024
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DeshBesh Enterprises group operations manager Mohammad Chan Mia
Crime

Long term plan needed for underlying PNG problems, says academic

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January 25, 2024
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NZ Defence Minister Judith Collins
Asia Report

‘Holding world to ransom,’ claims NZ defence minister over Yemen action

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January 25, 2024
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Some of the European MPs supporting West Papua
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Wenda calls on Euro politicians to sign Brussels Declaration on West...

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January 25, 2024
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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine nominates cabinet ministers
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Pacific predictions: Elections, security and regionalism top 2024 agenda

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January 25, 2024
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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (centre) flanked
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Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not...

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January 24, 2024
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ABC's new chair Kim Williams
Australia

New ABC chair must restore reputation for independence, says MEAA

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January 24, 2024
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Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza from Gaza
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Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza evacuates from Gaza – ‘thank you . ....

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January 24, 2024
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Former Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio
Culture

Former Pacific minister ‘lights fire of spirit’ supporting Māori at unity...

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January 23, 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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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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US midterm elections in the Pacific
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders
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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

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Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

November 5, 2026
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‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...

November 5, 2026
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"

PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

November 4, 2026
US midterm elections in the Pacific

Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

November 4, 2026
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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

November 4, 2026
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