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      ‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary

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People’s Alliance deputy leader Lynda Tabuya
Elections

Fiji elections: Tabuya claims child ‘harassed’ by anti-corruption agency

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December 8, 2022
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The Pacific Media Centre project
Analysis

Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom

Pacific Media Watch -
December 8, 2022
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Protesters at the Sydney "Free Violet Coco" rally
Australia

‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against...

Wendy Bacon -
December 7, 2022
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People's Alliance deputy party leader Lynda Tabuya
Elections

Rabuka condemns ‘outrageous’ arrests of deputy leaders so close to Fiji...

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December 7, 2022
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People's Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka
Elections

Fiji elections: Solution to nation’s problems – ‘vote out FijiFirst’, says...

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December 7, 2022
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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...

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December 6, 2022
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Researcher Dr Hilary Smith
Education

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

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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

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December 6, 2022
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AUT South campus at Manukau
Education

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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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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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

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...

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

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

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A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home
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New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend
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Film director Dandhy Laksono
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A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons
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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Film director Dandhy Laksono
Asia Report

‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary

A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons
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Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...

US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting
Aviation

PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

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Film director Dandhy Laksono

‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary

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A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons

Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...

May 26, 2026
US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

May 26, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

May 26, 2026
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‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

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