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      Decolonisation

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KNPB international spokesperson Victor Yeimo
Asia Report

West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on...

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An Israeli military offensive in January 2024 damaged parts of the Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Asia Report

Māori and Pacific soldiers’ final resting place in Gaza – don’t...

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September 7, 2026
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Pacific Islands Forum member country flags
Analysis

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

APR editor -
September 7, 2026
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Stanford Daily editor-in-chief George Porteous
Analysis

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

Pacific Media Watch -
September 7, 2026
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West Papuan activist Paula Makabory (centre, holding banner) at a protest in Auckland in 2011
Asia Report

West Papua activist calls on Pacific leaders to pressure Indonesia over...

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September 7, 2026
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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora
Democracy

Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora

Pacific Media Watch -
September 7, 2026
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
Democracy

No-confidence motion against Solomon Islands PM withdrawn

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September 7, 2026
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Protester Craig Tynan "shows the flag"
Asia Report

Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel

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September 5, 2026
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Rescue teams in Nepal are working around the clock to reach workers trapped
Asia Report

Tibetan community shocked by devastation from Nepal flash flood

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September 5, 2026
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New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli
Development

France commits more financial help to struggling New Caledonia

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September 5, 2026
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Peace movement historian Maire Leadbeater
Asia Report

Shane te Pou: Matua Pita Tipene, I wish you weren’t in...

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September 5, 2026
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Indonesian Embassy response on West Papua
Asia Report

UN human rights commissioner visit to West Papua on track, says...

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September 4, 2026
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A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July
Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

APR editor -
September 4, 2026
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The coastline on Futuna Island in southern Vanuatu
Analysis

Two small Pacific islands creating one big stink with France over...

APR editor -
September 4, 2026
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Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar
Analysis

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Pacific Media Watch -
September 4, 2026
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Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo
Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

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September 3, 2026
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Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm
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Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

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September 3, 2026
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Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10
Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

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September 3, 2026
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Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau
China

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

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September 3, 2026
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The MSG membership flags
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Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

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September 3, 2026
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Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein
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The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

APR editor -
September 3, 2026
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Fiji's Lautoka City Council says it has started in collaboration with the Fiji Police Force
Civil Society

Who is responsible? Glaring lack of clarity over Fiji operation to...

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September 2, 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

“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
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...

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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)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Australia

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Jacinda Ardern
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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Pacific Elders' Voice chair Anote Tong
Decolonisation

Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not ‘morally defensible’

TVNZ's Kaupapa Māori Debate
Culture

NZ’s Te Tiriti, gangs and grocery prices – parties clash in...

A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists
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Environmental activists protesting in Jakarta against forest and land fires
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Pacific Elders' Voice chair Anote Tong

Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not ‘morally defensible’

October 30, 2026
TVNZ's Kaupapa Māori Debate

NZ’s Te Tiriti, gangs and grocery prices – parties clash in...

October 30, 2026
A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists

Tracy Campbell: Democracy, Israeli-style: Bring your gun to the polling station

October 29, 2026
Environmental activists protesting in Jakarta against forest and land fires

Activists still targeted over Indonesian forest fires and in West Papua,...

October 29, 2026
Ocean Partnership Roundtable at Ngarachamayong Cultural Center in Koror, Palau,

Pacific Elders’ Voice calls for reversal of Forum partnership with Israel

October 28, 2026
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