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    • A "Hands Off Iran" placard at the Auckland rally
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      From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Carolan makes action…

      How +972 Magazine reports the censorship in Israeli media coverage of the war on Iran
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      How Israel is censoring damage reporting about the war on Iran

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      Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
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      ‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

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Professor Steven Ratuva
Democracy

‘Writing on the wall’ for authoritarian FijiFirst government, says Ratuva

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December 22, 2022
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Climate activist David Tong
Climate

Climate activist says NZ locked in a ‘compromised’ emissions scheme

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December 22, 2022
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Former Supervisor of Elections Jon Apted
Democracy

‘PM at first sitting’ – Fiji’s former elections chief explains how

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December 22, 2022
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Auckland University of Technology
Education

Award-winning leadership professor calls on AUT to rethink redundancies

Pacific Media Watch -
December 21, 2022
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Workers and supporters of the People's Alliance Party celebrate
Democracy

Fijian Aucklanders see promise and hope with Rabuka as likely PM

APR editor -
December 21, 2022
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Winnie Kiap
Democracy

Woman among favoured nominations for PNG governor-general

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December 21, 2022
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Democracy

‘Nothing to concede’, says FijiFirst in wake of contested election

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December 21, 2022
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Sodelpa leaders announce coalition partner
Democracy

Reports of ‘anomalies’ in Sodelpa vote to go with opposition parties

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December 21, 2022
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A jubilant Fiji crowd in Suva last night celebrates the change of government to a coalition after last week's general election
Democracy

72 hours of talks ends Bainimarama era and opens door to...

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December 21, 2022
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Sodelpa leaders announce coalition partner
Elections

New Fiji coalition government ousts 16 years of Bainimarama rule

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December 20, 2022
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Incoming Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka on TVNZ News
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Fijians have ‘chosen a new way, a new path’ under Rabuka,...

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December 20, 2022
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Auckland University of Technology loses lawsuit over redundancies
Education

ERA knocks back ‘flawed’ attempt by AUT to axe 100 plus...

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December 20, 2022
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Major-General Mark Goina
Human Rights

PNG military chief warns troops to ‘shape up or ship out’

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December 20, 2022
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Protesting American Samoa nurses
American Samoa

American Samoan nurses strike over failure to honour promised pay rises

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December 20, 2022
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Indonesian police blockade a protest in the Papuan capital of Jayapura
Crime

Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past...

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December 20, 2022
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The port of Noumea in New Caledonia . . . unions had sought an across-the-board pay increase of 6 percent in the private sector to offset inflation
Business

New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners

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December 20, 2022
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Sodelpa party leader Viliame Gavoka
Elections

Fiji’s Sodelpa says back to the drawing board over coalition talks

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December 19, 2022
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Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr
Crime

PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period

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December 19, 2022
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Former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and caretaker PM Voreqe Bainimarama in January 2018
Elections

Sodelpa youth arm begs party to rule out coalition with ‘dictator’...

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December 19, 2022
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The Fiji Times: Kingmakers and the big post-election reveal!

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December 19, 2022
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Sodelpa leader Viliame Gavoka
Elections

Last shall be first … Fiji’s kingmaker party considering all options

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December 19, 2022
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"Kingmaker" Sodelpa leader Viliame Gavoka
Elections

Fiji elections: Indigenous issues ‘paramount with us’, says Gavoka on coalition...

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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"
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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...

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
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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robievideo
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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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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)
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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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A "Hands Off Iran" placard at the Auckland rally
Asia Report

From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Carolan makes action...

How +972 Magazine reports the censorship in Israeli media coverage of the war on Iran
Analysis

How Israel is censoring damage reporting about the war on Iran

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran
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Jacinda Ardern
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A "Hands Off Iran" placard at the Auckland rally
Asia Report

From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Carolan makes action...

How +972 Magazine reports the censorship in Israeli media coverage of the war on Iran
Analysis

How Israel is censoring damage reporting about the war on Iran

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran
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US War Secretary taunts Iranian leadership for ‘hiding’ while they are...

Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
Analysis

War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream...

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A "Hands Off Iran" placard at the Auckland rally

From the gauntlet to stopping the Iran war, Carolan makes action...

March 14, 2026
How +972 Magazine reports the censorship in Israeli media coverage of the war on Iran

How Israel is censoring damage reporting about the war on Iran

March 14, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran

US War Secretary taunts Iranian leadership for ‘hiding’ while they are...

March 14, 2026
Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream...

March 13, 2026
Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)

‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

March 13, 2026
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A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran

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Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)

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March 13, 2026
French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson

French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions

March 11, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (far left) at the inaugural meeting of Trump's so-called Board of Peace

West Papua’s humanitarian crisis stalls Prabowo’s ‘global peacemaker’ credibility bid

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