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    • Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed
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French sailors hunker down in an inflatable
Cook Islands

French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

APR editor -
February 5, 2026
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Shredding The Washington Post
Democracy

Committee to Protect Journalists: The First Amendment is in peril

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February 5, 2026
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Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026
Cook Islands

Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

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February 5, 2026
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Pacific Media at Informit
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Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database

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February 5, 2026
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West Papua Solidarity Forum
Asia Report

West Papua Solidarity Forum, mini film festival aim to educate

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February 4, 2026
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership,...

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February 4, 2026
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The Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation participated in a pōwhiri with iwi taketake at Te Tii Waitangi Mārae yesterday
Decolonisation

Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te...

APR editor -
February 4, 2026
0
New Zealand spent $6.7 million over the last six years on the electrification project
Development

New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project

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February 4, 2026
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Omar Shakir
Asia Report

Israel-Palestine head of Human Rights Watch quits over ‘blocked’ report

APR editor -
February 4, 2026
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Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust
Analysis

Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

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February 3, 2026
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US journalist Don Lemon reporting at the Cities Church in St Paul
Civil Society

‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering...

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February 3, 2026
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A state visit to Australia "presented to us not as diplomacy, not as geopolitics, not as a strategic signal, but as 'healing'"
Analysis

What is Israel’s Herzog doing in Australia – who invited him,...

APR editor -
February 2, 2026
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A home destroyed in tribal fighting in PNG's Highlands
Development

NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea...

APR editor -
February 2, 2026
0
PNG families being evicted from Two-Mile settlement in Port Moresby
Crime

PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers...

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February 2, 2026
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IDF assault case . . . no follow-up in New Zealand media but Israeli news website reports "behind the scene" revelations
Decolonisation

Israeli Embassy and meddling in the NZ police and courts over...

Pacific Media Watch -
February 2, 2026
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PNG police and crime . . . military issue arms are a fairly recent addition to tribal fighting.
Crime

Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to...

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February 1, 2026
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"The rules-based international order is a system that shields the powerful and abandons the vulnerable"
Analysis

Greenland and Western hypocrisy over the rules-based international order

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February 1, 2026
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A "release the Palestinian hostages" placard at today's Red Ribbon Campaign protest
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Protesters demand freedom for 9000+ Palestinian ‘political prisoners’ held hostage by...

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January 31, 2026
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The Toitū te Aroha diversity supporters march up Queen Street
Civil Society

Two protests in Auckland’s CBD monitored by police with cordons, road...

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January 31, 2026
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The late Robson Henry
Federated States of Micronesia

Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare

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January 31, 2026
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"Either the Iran death toll is massively inflated, or the Gaza death toll is a massive underestimate
Analysis

Jonathan Cook: BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on...

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January 31, 2026
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Step back from your stupidity. Submit your claims to scrutiny
Asia Report

Open letter: Seven warning signals to the global warmongers who are...

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January 30, 2026
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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

"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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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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Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed
Analysis

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Analysis

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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed
Analysis

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Carlos Latuff on the US-Israel dual attacks on Iran
Analysis

Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of...

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Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed

Trump starts major ‘regime-change’ war with Iran, serving neoconservatism and Israel

March 1, 2026
Carlos Latuff on the US-Israel dual attacks on Iran

Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of...

March 1, 2026
Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) . . . Indonesian colonialism in West Papua

Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new...

March 1, 2026
Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut

Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an...

February 28, 2026
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Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

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February 28, 2026
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