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    • 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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Tongan entrepreneur ‘Anau Mesui-Henry and her photographer husband Todd Henry
Culture

Pasifika people using kava and talanoa to boost mental health

APR editor -
June 19, 2023
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Marshall Islands Journal Giff Johnson and Tia Belau publisher Moses Uludong
Democracy

Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’

Pacific Media Watch -
June 19, 2023
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Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe and members of his legal team
Analysis

Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?

APR editor -
June 19, 2023
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Indonesian health workers in Jakarta protest against the controversial draft Health Law
Asia Report

Indonesian critic condemns draft health law as based on ‘fake paper’

APR editor -
June 18, 2023
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Dr Joan Donovan speaking to media executives and editors
Democracy

Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’

Pacific Media Watch -
June 18, 2023
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"We are all learning lessons about the FijiFirst party (FFP)."
Analysis

Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still...

APR editor -
June 17, 2023
0
A group of Papuan women and children wave Melanesian state flags
Decolonisation

West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership

APR editor -
June 17, 2023
0
Fijiana 15s team
Fiji

‘I am sorry’ – Fiji Rugby admits it shortchanged women players

APR editor -
June 17, 2023
0
A PNG Post-Courier newsboy on the streets in Port Moresby
Democracy

Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 16, 2023
0
Former PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill
Military

O’Neill says defence pact giving US forces ‘immunity’ threatens PNG sovereignty

APR editor -
June 16, 2023
0
Young Guam students do school work
Disasters

Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres

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June 16, 2023
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New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region
Analysis

I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...

APR editor -
June 15, 2023
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Tribal fight at Warumanda in Enga province
Crime

‘We’re outgunned,’ says local PNG police chief – ‘give us firepower’

APR editor -
June 15, 2023
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FLNKS permanent representative at the UN Magalie Tingal-Lémé
Decolonisation

UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence

David Robie -
June 15, 2023
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations

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June 15, 2023
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Indonesia's coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Fatia Maulidiyanti
Development

NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist...

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June 14, 2023
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The RNZ situation is the more serious of the two episodes
Analysis

Gavin Ellis: Proof our newsrooms need a ‘second pair of eyes’

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June 14, 2023
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New Zealand's public broadcaster RNZ is launching a review into wire news edits
Media

RNZ appoints panel to investigate inappropriate editing of online stories

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June 14, 2023
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About 50 people held a protest at Brisbane's immigration detention centre
Australia

‘Mental torture’: Protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee

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June 13, 2023
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Manukau ward Councillor Alf Filipaina
Democracy

Pacific councillors offer passionate defence of Auckland city’s assets in budget...

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June 13, 2023
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PNG former prime minister Peter O'Neill speaks to media
Crime

PNG chief secretary’s complaint prompted arrest of former PM O’Neill

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June 13, 2023
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RNZ board chairman Dr Jim Mather
Global

RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits...

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June 13, 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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“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.
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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)
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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

A press conference at the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) office in Jayapura on 2 November 2026 discussing the shooting of three civilians in Nduga Regency on 23 October 2026
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Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June
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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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Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

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November 5, 2026
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Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

November 5, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

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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"

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November 4, 2026
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