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    • Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
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      A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media
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      Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza…

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Preparations for the FLNKS "National Unity" list for the local elections due in New Caledonia
Decolonisation

French Senate vote endorses New Caledonia’s future status

APR editor -
February 25, 2026
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Social justice and Palestine campaigner Roger Fowler
Asia Report

The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute

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February 25, 2026
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“Pesta Babi" (The Pig Party) . . . the West Papuan documentary film
Asia Report

West Papuan filmmakers expose Merauke rainforest destruction in ‘siege’ doco

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February 24, 2026
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Fiji

Fiji PM Rabuka stands by anti-corruption body after arrest of critic

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February 24, 2026
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Community and social justice activist Roger Fowler
Civil Society

Roger Fowler’s legacy – and the Polynesian Panthers connection

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February 24, 2026
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Iran’s navy successfully launched the Sayyad-3G naval air defence missile
Analysis

How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ...

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February 23, 2026
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Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters
Democracy

Arrest and charges against British-Fijian national spark free speech concerns

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February 23, 2026
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Activist, community strategist and musician Roger Fowler
Civil Society

Roger Fowler, a legend of the Aotearoa solidarity movement, dies at...

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February 22, 2026
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Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels
Australia

Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’...

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February 22, 2026
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The "Blood on your hands" protest at the US Consulate
Asia Report

Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide...

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February 21, 2026
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The council president is not merely a passive moderator but a pacesetter, agenda-shaper, balance-keeper
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Indonesia’s human rights law being revised under a global spotlight

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February 21, 2026
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The Palau Senate
Global

Palau court denies Senate bid to stop US deportee deal

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February 21, 2026
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"I have a personal memory of meeting Jesse Jackson"
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Moana Maniapoto: The day we met Jesse Jackson – and why...

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February 21, 2026
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Palestinian journalist Abdelhameed Hamdona
Asia Report

‘We returned from hell’ – CPJ’s report on Palestinian journalists tortured...

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February 21, 2026
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Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down...

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February 20, 2026
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A "Fake Ceasefire" banner at an Auckland protest against the Gaza genocide
Asia Report

PSNA calls on NZ government to punish Kiwi soldiers taking part...

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February 20, 2026
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama
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Former Fiji prime minister and ex-police commissioner on bail in inciting...

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February 20, 2026
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"Compulsory training in any particular ideology -- Zionism, fascism, liberalism -- is a body blow against university independence"
Asia Report

‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism

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February 19, 2026
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NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins
Cook Islands

Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

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February 19, 2026
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Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu
Democracy

Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections

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February 18, 2026
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Papua New Guinea . . . on the "grey list"
Business

PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog

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February 18, 2026
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Gaza . . . first so-called Board of Peace meets
Asia Report

Hamas refuses to follow US-Israel calls to unilaterally disarm in Gaza,...

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February 18, 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

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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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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Commissioner Virginia Bell
Australia

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