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Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans
Civil Society

Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

APR editor -
May 25, 2026
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Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport
Asia Report

Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal...

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May 24, 2026
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"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."
Analysis

Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

APR editor -
May 24, 2026
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The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies
Asia Report

Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

APR editor -
May 24, 2026
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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
Asia Report

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

APR editor -
May 23, 2026
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New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu
Crime

Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

APR editor -
May 23, 2026
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Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield
Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

Pacific Media Watch -
May 23, 2026
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"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades
Analysis

Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

APR editor -
May 23, 2026
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Analysis

Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...

APR editor -
May 22, 2026
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New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

APR editor -
May 22, 2026
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Spanish MEP Irene Montero
Asia Report

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

APR editor -
May 21, 2026
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New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections
Decolonisation

French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

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May 21, 2026
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Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026
Asia Report

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

APR editor -
May 21, 2026
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video
Asia Report

Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

APR editor -
May 21, 2026
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Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives
Asia Report

Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...

APR editor -
May 21, 2026
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Mousa Taher on board Ksar Sabadad
Asia Report

87+ Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel now on hunger...

APR editor -
May 21, 2026
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Asia Report

Israel is ‘doing a Ukraine’ in Lebanon but world stays silent,...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 21, 2026
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Israeli embassy controversy in Wellington
Asia Report

Solve ‘genocide embassy’ issue – expel Israeli ambassador, says PSNA

APR editor -
May 20, 2026
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Julien Blondel's niece holds a "free Julien!" placard in French with a Palestinian watermelon logo
Asia Report

Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global...

APR editor -
May 20, 2026
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PNG's Parliament Haus in Port Moresby
Culture

New bid to tackle Papua New Guinea’s chronic lack of women...

APR editor -
May 20, 2026
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"The message is clear to every current or aspiring Republican politician: Be a toady to Trump, or you’re out."
Analysis

Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?

APR editor -
May 20, 2026
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New Caledonia’s special electoral card for Congress and provincial elections
Decolonisation

French Senate endorses change to New Caledonia’s ‘frozen’ electoral roll

APR editor -
May 19, 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

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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Whether or not the two theatres are directly commanded in tandem, the effect is the same
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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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Taiwan Day event in Suva
Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Whether or not the two theatres are directly commanded in tandem, the effect is the same
Analysis

The Dual-Strait Siege – how Iran and the Houthis just closed...

The Fiji diaspora in Niue meet a government delegation
Culture

Fiji finalising diaspora policy to ensure citizens abroad ‘keep coming back’

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Look at this image. The thin white lines are what remains of the world’s most important oil artery - the Strait of Hormuz
Analysis

Lim Tean: You cannot bomb a strait open – Hormuz, Chabahar...

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Whether or not the two theatres are directly commanded in tandem, the effect is the same

The Dual-Strait Siege – how Iran and the Houthis just closed...

July 21, 2026
The International Criminal Court in The Hague

NZ called on to back international law in ICC vote –...

July 21, 2026
The Fiji diaspora in Niue meet a government delegation

Fiji finalising diaspora policy to ensure citizens abroad ‘keep coming back’

July 21, 2026
Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

July 21, 2026
Look at this image. The thin white lines are what remains of the world’s most important oil artery - the Strait of Hormuz

Lim Tean: You cannot bomb a strait open – Hormuz, Chabahar...

July 20, 2026
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July 21, 2026
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