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    • Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran
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      Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
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      ‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

      US President Trump holds a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House
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Iranian refugee Hamid and two of his children
Global

‘New Zealand, get me off this island,’ pleads 9-year Iran refugee...

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January 20, 2023
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Former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark
Democracy

Former NZ PM Helen Clark calls for rethink on political debate...

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January 20, 2023
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Outgoing NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Democracy

‘The shoes needing filling are on the large side of big’...

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January 20, 2023
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Operation Stabilising Oro police operation
Crime

Fight against crime in PNG’s Oro gains momentum – 22 suspects...

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January 20, 2023
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Jacunda Ardern . . . nasty personal attacks
Culture

The hatred and vitriol NZ’s Jacinda Ardern endured ‘would affect anybody’

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January 20, 2023
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Newly appointed Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) chair Ajay Bhai Amrit (centre)
Fiji

Columnist named chair of FBC board and targets $11m grant breakdown

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January 20, 2023
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Former 1987 coup leader and returning Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Fiji’s new politics – forging consensus in a nation renowned for...

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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Ardern’s resignation as NZ prime minister a game changer for 2023 general...

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State broadcaster Fijian Broadcasting Corporation
Fiji

Wholesale change at FBC board ‘inevitable’, says academic

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January 19, 2023
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The Fono's Frank Foloi
Health and Fitness

Four out of 10 Pacific people living in crowded homes, says...

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January 19, 2023
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Nobel laureate and Rappler Holdings Corporation president Maria Ressa
Asia Report

‘Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins’, says Ressa over court...

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Arrested Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe
Human Rights

Probe into officers’ actions after one person killed in West Papua...

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January 19, 2023
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A photo taken by Turehou Māori Wardens Trust chairperson Mereana Peka last month showing piles of rubbish left by the side of the road in Ihumātao Rd, adjoining the Ōtuataua Stonefields Reserve
Civil Society

Pile of dumped rubbish at Ihumātao sacred site in NZ as...

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January 18, 2023
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The Indonesian border post at Wutung, PNG
Human Rights

Namah blasts PNG government over ‘serious’ Indonesian border issues

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January 18, 2023
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Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua
Fiji

Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concerns

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January 18, 2023
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Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai
Fiji

Fiji military chief’s sharp criticism of ‘ambition, speed’ of changes sparks...

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January 17, 2023
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Construction of the Solomon Islands National Stadium in the capital Honiara was originally being sponsored by Taiwan but China is now shouldering the major costs of hosting the 2023 Pacific Games
China

Fears over China influence leads US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy

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January 17, 2023
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Owen Wilkes speaking at a protest at the US base at Christchurch Airport
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Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance

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January 17, 2023
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Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau
Disasters

Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

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January 16, 2023
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Missing NZ-British aid worker Andrew Bagshaw
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NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine – the tragedy of...

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January 16, 2023
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Customers waiting to be served at the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) building
Economics

Rabuka clarifies on retirement savings in bid to stem Fiji’s ‘brain...

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January 16, 2023
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FSM President David Panuelo
China

US to boost aid to Micronesia in exchange for broader military...

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January 16, 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

"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

Professor David Robievideo
Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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Tweets by DavidRobie

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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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern
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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
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Far-right Israelis and relatives of the soldiers gather in front of a military court building and stage a protest
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