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How the front page of today's Samoa Observer covered the arrival of King Charles
Climate

King Charles arrives in Samoa for ‘resilient environment’ CHOGM

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FLNKS leader Christian Tein
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Kanak leader Christian Tein’s jailing in France overturned in new legal...

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October 23, 2024
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national chair John Minto and University of Canterbury lecturer Dr Josephine Varghese speak at the Christchurch City Council meeting today
Asia Report

NZ’s third-largest city sanctions Israel over illegal Palestine settlements

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October 23, 2024
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"Multiple bodies" reported at the site of the Enga bus attack
Crime

Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many

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October 23, 2024
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Kanak flags lifted high at a pro-independence rally in Nouméa
Analysis

New Caledonia crisis: Pacific leaders’ mission must ‘look beyond surface’

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October 23, 2024
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Global action to protect oceans from climate change
Climate

Apia Ocean Declaration to be ‘crown jewel’ of CHOGM climate ‘fight...

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October 23, 2024
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President Prabowo Subianto
Analysis

Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua

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October 23, 2024
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The Panguna mine as seen in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea,
Bougainville

Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster

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October 13, 2024
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Photojournalist Doaa al Baz working in Gaza
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One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says...

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West Papuan resistance over logging and mining projects
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West Papua – the war on our doorstep under The Pacific...

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French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson
Decolonisation

Bring France into decolonisation talks, French Polynesian president tells UN

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Part of the full page advertisement published by the Christchurch Star
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Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t...

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Under the old regime, press barons, from William Randolph Hearst to Rupert Murdoch, at least pretended they were committed to truth-telling journalism
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Murdoch to Musk: how global media power has shifted from the...

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Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono
Crime

Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new...

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September 20, 2024
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2000 coup leader George Speight announcing at Parliament House in Suva on May 28 that he planned to rule Fiji by decree
Crime

Fiji 2000 coup leader George Speight granted presidential pardon

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September 20, 2024
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The two latest shootings in Kanaky New Caledonia bring the number of deaths in the Pacific territory to 13
Decolonisation

French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’

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September 20, 2024
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Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland
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Seven Pacific no votes in ‘historic’ UN General Assembly demand for...

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September 19, 2024
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Kidnapped New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens
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West Papuan fighters who kidnapped Kiwi pilot propose terms of release

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September 18, 2024
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IPI protests against Israeli targeting of Al Jazeera media freedom
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Media watchdog condemns Israel’s ‘harassment’ move to strip Al Jazeera journalists...

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September 18, 2024
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The objective of France's national gendarmerie
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France boosts Pacific security forces as symbolic ‘September 24’ date looms

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September 18, 2024
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The UN General Assembly
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Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on...

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September 17, 2024
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Students gather at Auckland University's city campus to rally against Israel's war on Gaza
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New poll shows NZ support for recognising Palestinian statehood, sanctioning Israel

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September 17, 2024
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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
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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robievideo
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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

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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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Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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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

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The two primary architects of a controversial war

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Protesters at a New Zealand rally against the US-Israel war on Iran and the Israeli genocide in Gaza

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French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson (left) and his father-in-law Oscar Temaru, president of the ruling Party Tavini Huiraatira

Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party

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"Wars end when the people with the power to end them decide the cost of continuing exceeds the cost of stopping"

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