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A French policeman on guard in a Nouméa street
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia: Amnesty calls on France to ‘uphold rights’ of...

APR editor -
May 18, 2024
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Piled up . . . burnt out cars block a road near Nouméa
Decolonisation

New Caledonia riots: Tear gas, stun grenades used as protesters swarm...

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May 18, 2024
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"No to neocolonialism" say Christian Tein of the protest group CCAT and thousands of Kanak protesters
Analysis

Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots

David Robie -
May 17, 2024
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Poindimié resident Jeanne Pourouda talks to a Caledonia NC television reporter
Decolonisation

Tourists trapped by New Caledonia unrest feel ‘abandoned’ by NZ

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
0
Air New Zealand scheduled Saturday flight to Nouméa's Tontouta International Airport off
Aviation

New Caledonia’s Nouméa airport closed until Tuesday, says Air New Zealand

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
0
French military reinforcements arrive at Nouméa
Decolonisation

Vanuatu, MSG chief reaffirms support for FLNKS, blames France over unrest

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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A gendarme on guard in Nouméa
Decolonisation

Home detention for New Caledonia’s unrest ringleaders, Tiktok banned

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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In contrast, today it is the youth taking the lead and using violence because they feel they have no other choice.
Analysis

Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the...

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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Nakba Day in Auckland this week
Asia Report

Open letter challenges Zionist advert missing Gaza ‘injustices’ in Herald

APR editor -
May 16, 2024
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French security forces in Nouméa engage with rioters
Decolonisation

NZ families worried as loved ones shelter from violent unrest in...

APR editor -
May 16, 2024
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A Kanak pro-independence protester banner declares "No to 'unfreezing' (the electoral rules)"
Decolonisation

‘Deadly spiral’ – state of emergency in Kanaky New Caledonia and...

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May 16, 2024
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French riot police outside a torched shop in the New Caledonian capital Nouméa
Decolonisation

Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells...

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May 16, 2024
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Devastation on a Nouméa road as security forces try to clear pro-independence barricades
Decolonisation

France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia – four die...

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May 16, 2024
0
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Nakba Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be...

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May 15, 2024
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Mamamia headline
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Antoinette Lattouf: A disheartening feminist ‘silence’ over Gaza

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May 15, 2024
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The result of Tuesday's controversial French National Assembly vote on constitutional changes
Decolonisation

New Caledonia violence ‘unfortunate’ but ‘not surprising’, says Pacific Forum chief

APR editor -
May 15, 2024
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A fire at the height of the Noumea protests over the planned French electoral changes making indigenous Kanaks more marginalised
Decolonisation

Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrest

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May 15, 2024
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Emotions are running high among Kanak independence supporters
Analysis

Violence erupts in New Caledonia as independence supporters oppose legislation in...

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May 15, 2024
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Burnt vehicles at the Renault dealership in Magenta district, Nouméa
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New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence calls for calm ‘to preserve peace’

APR editor -
May 15, 2024
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A Nouméa factory burns after last night's rioting followed a day of pro-independence protests in New Caledonia
Decolonisation

Curfew in New Caledonia after Kanak riots over French voting change...

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May 14, 2024
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Kanak protesters in Nouméa demanding independence and a halt to France's proposed constitutional changes
Civil Society

‘A lot of fire, violence’: Nouméa erupts as protests halt New...

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May 14, 2024
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Blazing cars in Nouméa as protests turn violent over French political plans for New Caledonia
Decolonisation

NZ foreign minister Peters cancels New Caledonia visit as unrest erupts

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May 14, 2024
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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

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
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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"
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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
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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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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
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Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo
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Indonesian Embassy response on West Papua

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

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

September 4, 2026
Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

September 3, 2026
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