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Fiji police officers Corporal Gerry McGoon (on left) and PC Sevania Manulevu on foot patrol along Victoria Parade in Suva
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The NZ Council of Trade Unions' controversial front page advocacy ad in The New Zealand Herald
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September 10, 2023
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Flying Fijians players at the team announcement in Bordeaux
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RWC2023: Fiji names strongest possible side for Wales clash

APR editor -
September 9, 2023
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Fiji Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua (left) and Grace Road group Fiji president Daniel Kim
Crime

Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim

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September 8, 2023
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Northern Governor Gary Juffa's law and order message
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September 8, 2023
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo
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September 8, 2023
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Grace Road cult court order
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Interpol ‘red notices’ against 7 Grace Road cult figures, but court...

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September 8, 2023
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem
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September 8, 2023
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Nonga Hospital in East New Britain
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September 7, 2023
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Co-chairs Nina Santos and Father Henry Rogo of the Te Ohu founding assembly last night
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NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...

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Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman
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Vanuatu’s Kilman warns against ‘misuse’ of freedom of speech, threats and...

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Former ULMWP president Benny Wenda
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Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group

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The evacuation of Michelle Kurisi's body
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Papuan lawyers call for impartial probe into woman killed over NZ...

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September 6, 2023
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Today's PNG Post-Courier front page report on the latest sorcery allegation-related killing
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PNG mother murdered after ‘prayer warrior’ falsely accused her as evil

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September 5, 2023
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Members of the Indonesian delegation at the Melanesian Leaders' Summit pre-meeting of the Foreign Ministers' in Port Vila last month
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Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

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September 5, 2023
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman
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Sato Kilman elected as Vanuatu’s new prime minister for record fifth...

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The NZCTU ad as featured on TV1 News tonight
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NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon

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September 4, 2023
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Pacific shipping corridors
Agriculture

China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific

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September 4, 2023
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Samoan climate activist Avina Clarke
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Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights

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September 4, 2023
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Flying high . . . the Morning Star ensign -- banned in Indonesia -- flying alongside the Vanuatu national flag in Port Vila
Decolonisation

Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not...

Pacific Media Watch -
September 3, 2023
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The Export-Import Bank of China
China

Fiji owes $374.9m to Exim Bank, but China says ‘no strings’...

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September 3, 2023
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins
Elections

Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise

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September 2, 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
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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"
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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.
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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

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