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New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou
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French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed

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Kia Ora Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla
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Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break...

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March 31, 2024
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Protesters at Auckland's Aotea Square today
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‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire

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March 31, 2024
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The Islands Business cover story on the University of the South Pacific this week
Education

USP faces a ‘gathering storm’ over leadership and a looming strike

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March 30, 2024
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Supporters of justice for Palestine are being "shadow banned" and censored
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Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza

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How Al Jazeera reported the global reaction to the viral video of Indonesian military torture
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Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan...

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March 29, 2024
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NZ's former deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni
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March 29, 2024
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Opposition Labour MP Phil Twyford holding the petition
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16,000 sign NZ petition urging more support for Gaza – tabled...

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March 28, 2024
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Gazan journalist Bayan Abusultan
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RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital...

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Indonesian soldiers board a transport ship for Papua
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The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua –...

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March 28, 2024
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama in a more jovial mood
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Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case

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March 28, 2024
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A Jewish Voice for Peace rally
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Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire...

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March 28, 2024
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Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC) organiser Murray Horton
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Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used...

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March 28, 2024
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West Papuan demonstrators carry posters depicting torture
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Indonesian military impunity, poor training condemned over torture of Papuans

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March 27, 2024
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Davao City’s Chinatown is a popular shopping street
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China railway for Davao dream dashed as Marcos tilts towards the...

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March 27, 2024
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Two of the ships being prepared in Istanbul, Turkey,
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Next Freedom Flotilla nearly ready to sail for Gaza with NZ...

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March 27, 2024
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Performers from the Diversity Stage at the Auckland Polyfest 2024
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Auckland Polyfest 2024: Vibrant showcase of cultural diversity, youth empowerment

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March 27, 2024
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An empty Tuffa water tank floats on the Kamininimbit River
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Gaza children's empty plates
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March 26, 2024
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King Tupou VI receives Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku
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March 26, 2024
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Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid
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Amnesty urges review of Indonesian troops in Papua after torture video

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March 26, 2024
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TVNZ's new political editor Maiki Sherman
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Maiki Sherman named as TVNZ’s first wahine Māori political editor

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
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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
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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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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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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Fiji's Lautoka City Council says it has started in collaboration with the Fiji Police Force
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Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

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MOST COMMENTS

Australia

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Jacinda Ardern
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo
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