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The PNG flag being raised for the first time as an independent nation on 16 September 2023
Decolonisation

PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way

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September 16, 2023
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Prime Minister James Marape at Thursday's pre-Independence Day celebration
Democracy

Marape calls for policies for a ‘better PNG’ in independence message

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September 16, 2023
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Australia

OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’

APR editor -
September 15, 2023
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Entrepreneur Joelle Holland
Culture

Baby product business to teach Māori children pride in culture

APR editor -
September 15, 2023
0
Manu Samoa preparing for their match against World Cup debutants Chile
Australia

RWC2023: Tonga, Samoa name strong line-ups as Fiji due to make...

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September 15, 2023
0
Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders' summit participants and journalists attend the closing ceremony in Port Vila
Indonesia

IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist

Pacific Media Watch -
September 15, 2023
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Fiji Parliament passes a motion to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Democracy

Fijian lawmakers vote for truth-telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’

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September 15, 2023
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Pacific election promises in NZ
Democracy

NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power

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September 14, 2023
0
New Caledonia's Assembly President Roch Wamytan talking to news media in Baku
Civil Society

‘Ambitious’ French political document presented to New Caledonian parties

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September 14, 2023
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Clarifications or not, PNG Prime Minister James Marape has left a lingering impression that Papua New Guinea’s foreign policy is for sale
Analysis

PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua

Pacific Media Watch -
September 14, 2023
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Homeless Raymond Green and his worldly possessions
Human Rights

Being homeless in PNG is a ‘death sentence’, says Moresby’s Raymond

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September 13, 2023
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MC Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury (left) opens the Taxpayers' Union Northland election debate at Kerikeri
Elections

NZ election 2023: Raucous Northland debate crowd rails at covid, te...

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September 13, 2023
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Climate crisis . . . time to speak of “legally binding obligations'
Climate

Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime...

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September 13, 2023
0
The controversial photo of Milne Bay Governor Gordon Wesley (red shirt) and gang leader Eugene Pakailasi (blue shirt)
Crime

Milne Bay governor explains secret meeting with notorious PNG gang

APR editor -
September 12, 2023
0
NZ's Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins
Democracy

NZ election 2023: Better ways than taxation to bring down living...

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September 12, 2023
0
Pacific community members parade through Oamaru
Culture

NZ election 2023: Pay parity an electoral issue among South Island...

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September 12, 2023
0
UPNG's Professor Frank Griffin with protesting medical students
Education

‘I hear your cry’, UPNG chief tells protesting medical students

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September 12, 2023
0
Stuff media group and AI
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Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news...

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September 11, 2023
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Since becoming established in Fiji in 2014, the South Korean-founded cult Grace Road has expanded
Crime

Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in...

Pacific Media Watch -
September 11, 2023
0
Paiute-speaking First Nations language advocate Christina Dawa Kutsmana Thomas
Culture

Te reo Māori inspires Native American to save her own indigenous...

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September 11, 2023
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) summit in Port Vila
Decolonisation

PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his

Pacific Media Watch -
September 11, 2023
0
Fiji's Semi Radradra and Waisea Nayacalevu with Nick Tompkins of Wales
Fiji

RWC23: Fiji rue missed opportunities against Wales

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September 11, 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

“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

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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

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November 5, 2026
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November 5, 2026
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