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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
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      How Israel is censoring damage reporting about the war on Iran

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

      Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
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AUT vice-chancellor Professor Damon Salesa
Education

AUT VC Damon Salesa responds over 170 academic staff cuts

Pacific Media Watch -
December 7, 2022
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2022 - Fiji's third election since the “coup to end all coups” in 2006
Analysis

As Fiji prepares to vote, democracy could already be the loser

APR editor -
December 7, 2022
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Cook Islands drive through vaccination community event in Auckland
Coronavirus

NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...

APR editor -
December 6, 2022
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Researcher Dr Hilary Smith
Education

Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey

Sri Krishnamurthi -
December 6, 2022
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Dozens of activists of the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua protesters stage sit-in in North Maluku
Civil Society

Indonesian protesters call for release of West Papua Morning Star detainees

APR editor -
December 6, 2022
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AUT South campus at Manukau
Education

‘Huge distress’: Postgrad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts

APR editor -
December 6, 2022
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Pre-polling venues have been set up in Fiji
Elections

Pre-polling kicks off for next week’s Fiji general election

Wansolwara -
December 6, 2022
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall
Coronavirus

NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response

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December 5, 2022
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National Federation Party candidate Agni Deo Singh
Democracy

FijiFirst condemned over ‘politics of fear’ aimed at voters

APR editor -
December 5, 2022
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Former Tahitian President Gaston Flosse
Justice

French judiciary drop forgery, fraud case against Tahiti’s Flosse

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December 5, 2022
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The front page picture of the New Zealand Herald on Thursday 1 Dec 2022
Coronavirus

Mediawatch: Anti-vax parents create media conundrum and criticism

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December 4, 2022
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Pacific Council of Churches general secretary Reverend James Bhagwan
Civil Society

Pacific churches call for boycott of Indonesian products over Papua

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December 4, 2022
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Republic of the Marshall Islands citizens Cary Yan and Gina Zhou being escorted by Thai police
China

Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials

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December 4, 2022
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Last night's local Chinese covid-10 lockdowns protest in Auckand's Aotea Square
China

NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’

APR editor -
December 3, 2022
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Stills of the execution of Ammar Mefleh in Huwwara, just south of Nablus, Occupied Palestine,
Asia Report

Palestinian ‘executed’ at point-blank range by Israeli border police

APR editor -
December 3, 2022
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A sunset in the Mamanucas, Fiji
Development

‘Tourists buzzing’ in resorts and islands as Fiji welcomes back visitors

APR editor -
December 3, 2022
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The Kanak flag designed by the pro-independence FLNKS
Human Rights

Pro-independence groups want Kanak flag for New Caledonia’s official flag

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December 2, 2022
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Another sacred day for West Papua
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Happy West Papua Day – and the brutal truth about where...

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December 1, 2022
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Hilda Halkyard-Harawira and Ronny Ato Buai Kareni with the Morning Star flag at the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania conference in Ōtepoti
Global

Pacific marks 61st year flying of Papua’s banned Morning Star flag

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December 1, 2022
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Jailed flag-raiser Melvin Yobe and his friends took a group photo
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Revelations on the murky fate of flag ‘treason’ prisoners in West...

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December 1, 2022
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The Ōtepoti Declaration . . . carrying on the legacy and vision for a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific
Bougainville

Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day

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December 1, 2022
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‘Against propaganda, there are facts’ – RSF’s new global campaign video

Pacific Media Watch -
December 1, 2022
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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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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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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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A "Hands Off Iran" placard at the Auckland rally
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