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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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Lawyer and businessman Paul Paraka
Crime

PNG lawyer Paraka found guilty of misappropriating K162m

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May 29, 2023
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Covid reaches Tokelau
Coronavirus

Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends

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May 29, 2023
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Celebrating the launch of USP's SCORI on 22May23
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Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...

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May 29, 2023
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Head of the Caledonian Union Daniel Goa
Decolonisation

No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor

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May 29, 2023
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Dismissed Madang MP Bryan Kramer
Democracy

Kramer still working on ‘unfinished’ exposure of PNG corruption

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May 29, 2023
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Port Moresby
Asia Report

India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP

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May 28, 2023
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OPM leader Jeffrey Bomanak
Global

OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s...

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May 27, 2023
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Māori road signs in the Havelock North area
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NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign...

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May 27, 2023
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A low resolution new image of New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens
Global

Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if...

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May 27, 2023
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Five Eyes uncovers hacking attack
Analysis

Highly secretive Five Eyes alliance disrupts China-backed hacker group

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May 27, 2023
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Some of the Girmitiyas, indentured labourers in Fiji
Asia Report

‘Living museum’ will help bring Fiji’s Girmit experience by storytelling

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May 26, 2023
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Uprooted trees on the island of Rota, Northern Marianas
Guam

After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam

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May 26, 2023
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Sir Bob Dadae and Bryan Kramer
Pacific Report

PNG’s Governor-General signs off on dismissal of Bryan Kramer as MP

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May 26, 2023
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The Great Council of Chiefs review team holds a public consultation
Culture

Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy

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May 25, 2023
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Veteran Tahitian pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru
Decolonisation

Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case

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May 25, 2023
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PNG anti-corruption drive
Crime

PNG corruption – ‘Our people think MPs are automatic teller machines’

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May 25, 2023
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New Caledonia's Congress President Roch Wamytan
Decolonisation

Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult

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May 24, 2023
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"Unfree flags" . . . Kanaky New Caledonia (from left), West Papua and Aboriginal.
Australia

Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’...

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May 24, 2023
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Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party is expected to form a coalition with the Democratic Party
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Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition

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May 24, 2023
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Fiji's President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere (front centre) arrrives on Bau Island
Culture

Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs

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May 24, 2023
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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
Military

Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests

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May 23, 2023
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French Interior Minister Gérald
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France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse

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May 23, 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
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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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Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

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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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