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    • Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
      Democracy

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      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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      American Samoa

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University of the South Pacific protesting in black
Editor's Picks

‘All talk and no action’ say USP protesters calling for fair...

APR editor -
November 27, 2023
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South Taranaki Mayor Phil Nixon
Civil Society

Iwi and council join forces as new NZ government signals cuts...

APR editor -
November 27, 2023
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USP student journalists Yukta Chand (left) and Viliame Tawanakoro jointly won the FBC-sponsored Most Outstanding Journalism Student of the Year award
Education

PNG’s Masiu warns USP journalism students to defend free press

APR editor -
November 27, 2023
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University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia
Education

USP staff unhappy with VC, but he thanks them for ‘engagement’

APR editor -
November 27, 2023
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RNZ's Kim Hill
Culture

RNZ broadcaster Kim Hill’s bows out from Saturday Mornings after 21...

Pacific Media Watch -
November 26, 2023
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West Papua's Benny Wenda
Decolonisation

Veteran West Papua independence leader elected ULMWP president

APR editor -
November 25, 2023
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Decolonisation

NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza...

APR editor -
November 25, 2023
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Gaza devastation as the result of the relentless Israeli bombardment
Analysis

Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from...

David Robie -
November 24, 2023
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The Gaza truce takes effect after 7 weeks of war
Analysis

War on Gaza: Israeli failures, US charades and a negotiated truce

APR editor -
November 24, 2023
0
Some of the protesters are flanked by police officers at Auckland Port
Human Rights

Pro-Palestinian protesters blockade Port of Auckland, call for boycott of Israel...

APR editor -
November 24, 2023
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New research argues the priority now should be addressing the real driver of multiple ecological crises
Analysis

Slow solutions to fast-moving ecological crises won’t work – changing basic...

APR editor -
October 23, 2023
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The United Nations has called for an independent international investigation into a devastating blast at the packed Al Ahli Arab Hospital
Analysis

Mediawatch: Media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims

Pacific Media Watch -
October 22, 2023
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Killed by Israeli fire . . . Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah
Asia Report

RSF condemns Middle East ‘bloody week’ with seven journalists killed

Pacific Media Watch -
October 21, 2023
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"There is no 'both sides' to a genocide"
Asia Report

Janfrie Wakim: Time to take action over the Gaza bloodshed –...

Pacific Media Watch -
October 21, 2023
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This is how the city of Zahraa in the middle of the Gaza Strip was flattened after Israeli warplanes destroyed residential towers in it
Asia Report

The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel...

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October 21, 2023
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Evening Report editor Selwyn Manning
Analysis

When all the world’s failings end in Gaza – Selwyn Manning,...

Pacific Media Watch -
October 20, 2023
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The rise in drug trafficking through Fiji is just one part of a booming trans-Pacific trade
Crime

Fall of a Fijian trafficker exposes previous government’s blind eye to...

Pacific Media Watch -
October 20, 2023
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Te Pāti Māori's co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Asia Report

Te Pāti Māori calls for NZ to insist on Israel-Gaza ceasefire,...

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October 20, 2023
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Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to the Fijian community in Sydney
Democracy

Rabuka calls for Pacific peace zone – ‘We don’t want to...

APR editor -
October 20, 2023
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Palestinians and community supporters mourn the deaths in the Gaza hospital bombing
Analysis

War on Gaza: Bombed hospital a turning point? Hegemonic security v...

APR editor -
October 19, 2023
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"Stop the cuts"
Education

Massey University science staff, students fight for jobs and studies

APR editor -
October 19, 2023
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PNG's Trade Minister Richard Maru
Asia Report

PNG’s trade minister pledges China, Indon free trade deals are ‘in...

APR editor -
October 18, 2023
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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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Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji

A press conference at the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) office in Jayapura on 2 November 2026 discussing the shooting of three civilians in Nduga Regency on 23 October 2026
Decolonisation

Nduga shooting victims’ families ask Papua Legal Aid Institute to oversee...

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

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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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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
Crime

Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

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

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