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    • Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June
      Analysis

      Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

      Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
      Democracy

      Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire
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      The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"
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Investigative author Antony Loewenstein . . . he has "brought a book to a gunfight,
Analysis

Palestine a testing ground for Israeli ‘occupation war tech’, says author

APR editor -
July 8, 2023
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A West Papuan mother, Kapusina Gwijangge, was shot by the Indonesian military in Nduga on 25 March 2019
Australia

Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities

APR editor -
July 6, 2023
0
Minister for Pacific Peoples Barbara Edmonds
Global

Radio station develops app to spread Gagana Samoa to the world

Pacific Media Watch -
July 6, 2023
0
The tougher new legislation has been introduced to target 'domestic terrorism"
Civil Society

Tough new PNG police powers won’t work, says Transparency chief

APR editor -
July 5, 2023
0
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby
Analysis

How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’...

APR editor -
July 5, 2023
0
Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe in court in Jakarta
Analysis

Court rejects Papua governor Enembe’s objections but suspends proceedings over his...

APR editor -
July 5, 2023
0
Burnt-out cars in the Northern suburbs of Paris, Sarcelles
Analysis

French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight

APR editor -
July 4, 2023
0
Journalists say they have been directly fired at by Israeli troops
Asia Report

NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine

APR editor -
July 4, 2023
0
The Bougainville Parliament
Bougainville

Minister dismisses Bougainville criticism over independence vote

APR editor -
July 4, 2023
0
Green MP for Auckland Central Chloë Swarbrick
Civil Society

Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty –...

APR editor -
July 4, 2023
0
Mourners pay their respects at the wake for PNG businessman Sir Kostas Constantinou
Australia

Sir Kostas ‘touched the lives’ of many Pacific people, says Samoan...

APR editor -
July 3, 2023
0
Husband and wife duo Lauren and Matt Barus perform under the stage name Terrible Sons
Asia Report

First-ever recipients of ‘outstanding’ Asian music funding unveiled

APR editor -
July 3, 2023
0
According to Stats NZ, around 155,000 households feel their incomes aren’t sufficient to meet everyday basic needs
Analysis

NZ’s housing market drives inequality – why not just tax houses...

APR editor -
July 3, 2023
0
An Eastern Star cartoon paying tribute to Vanuatu's support for West Papua
Analysis

Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...

APR editor -
July 1, 2023
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Fiji's 2023 Budget
Development

Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on...

APR editor -
July 1, 2023
0
A Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) banner
Decolonisation

Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

Pacific Media Watch -
July 1, 2023
0
NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and the trade delegation at the product launch in Beijing
Business

PM on China visit: ‘Door wide open for NZ products and...

APR editor -
July 1, 2023
0
Prime Minister James Marape
Development

Boroko declared ‘betel nut-free’ as PNG capital Moresby spruces up

APR editor -
July 1, 2023
0
Displaced Bikini Islanders march on the US Embassy in Majuro
Environment

Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been...

APR editor -
June 30, 2023
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Australian anti-nuclear activist Nat Lowrey (left) joined activists from Japan, Tonga and Fiji in Sapporo, Japan,
Asia Report

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests

APR editor -
June 29, 2023
0
An insight into the age and temperament of the PNG kidnappers
Crime

‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks...

APR editor -
June 29, 2023
0
A French nuclear explosion at Moruroa atoll in 1970
Environment

French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades...

APR editor -
June 29, 2023
0
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CLIMATE AND COVID

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

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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Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones
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Journalism cannot survive where attacks on journalists go unpunished

A Lakapi Samoa billboard in Apia
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EDITOR'S PICKS

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June
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The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"
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PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern
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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June
Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire
Asia Report

‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"
Asia Report

PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

US midterm elections in the Pacific
American Samoa

Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

Editor's Picks

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

November 5, 2026
Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

November 5, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...

November 5, 2026
The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

November 4, 2026
US midterm elections in the Pacific

Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

November 4, 2026
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"'Ungrounding' is a kind of destruction that we have not seen anywhere else

‘Ungrounding’ – Eyal Weizman on Gaza genocide and Israel’s ‘architecture of...

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Fiji Military commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai

Fiji military chief urges accountability to the people amid coup immunity...

November 3, 2026
A Lakapi Samoa billboard in Apia

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October 31, 2026
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Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji

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Fiji PM Rabuka under pressure ahead of crucial vote on constitutional...

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