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    • Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026
      Bougainville

      Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize

      Indonesian military forces conduct operations in Intan Jaya, Papua province
      Asia Report

      Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands

      Holy Shit. Cartoon by Mr Fish
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      Assassinated Amal Khalil
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The latest photo of the condition of kidnapped New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens 200323
Asia Report

Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end...

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March 21, 2023
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The latest IPCC climate report reiterates that the world is now about 1.1℃ warmer than during pre-industrial times
Analysis

IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities

APR editor -
March 21, 2023
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Tavini Huiraatira's weekend congress
Democracy

Pro-independence party Tavini’s heals rift with ‘unity and credibility’ congress

APR editor -
March 20, 2023
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End of an era . . . a reader looks at the last online edition of Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes
Media

New Caledonia’s lone daily newspaper ceases publication after 52 years

Pacific Media Watch -
March 20, 2023
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Peace Action cover detail
China

Lessons from peace activists – and action is up to the...

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March 20, 2023
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Defence lawyer Eddie Lloyd with Violet Coco after last week's big court win
Analysis

Climate activist ‘Violet’ Coco’s quashed jail sentence highlights police lies

Wendy Bacon -
March 20, 2023
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Ratu Epenisa Cakobau receives a "tabua"
Culture

Traditional chiefs still have strong place in Fiji, says linguist

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March 20, 2023
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama being taklen into the Totogo police remand centre
Crime

How the USP political saga may end the era of Bainimarama...

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March 20, 2023
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Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw
Climate

Greens lay down NZ climate change election challenge to other parties

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March 19, 2023
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PNG Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr on the police staffing crisis
Crime

‘Sleepless nights’ admits PNG’s security minister over stretched police

APR editor -
March 19, 2023
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to the media
Australia

No subs with nuclear arms for Fiji waters, says PM Rabuka

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March 18, 2023
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden
Analysis

As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions...

APR editor -
March 18, 2023
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To describe Beijing’s engagement as “neocolonial” is to invite comparisons with the activities of the Western coalition
Analysis

Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing...

APR editor -
March 11, 2023
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Draft PNG National Media Development Policy "flies in the face of global norms for self-regulation"
Analysis

PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest

Pacific Media Watch -
March 11, 2023
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Outgoing FSM President David Panuelo
China

Micronesia’s president Panuelo claims spying and bribery by China

APR editor -
March 11, 2023
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PNG Defence Force soldiers keep watch after running riot in the Port Moresby suburb of Boroko
Crime

PNG soldiers shock with Boroko street takeover in security uproar

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March 11, 2023
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama entering the Suva Magistrates Court 10 March 2023
Crime

Fiji’s Bainimarama granted bail, ordered to remain in country

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March 10, 2023
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New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens, flying for Susi Air, appears in new video 100323
Asia Report

Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t...

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March 10, 2023
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama arrives at the Police CID headquarters in Suva last night before being charged and held at Totogo Police Station
Crime

Fiji’s Bainimarama, suspended police chief plead not guilty to abuse of...

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March 10, 2023
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Suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho (right in shadows walking outside Suva's CID headquarters)
Crime

Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended police chief charged

APR editor -
March 9, 2023
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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali
Fiji

Fiji police apologise for West Papua politics ‘mix-up’ before Reclaim the...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 9, 2023
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PNG deputy opposition leader Douglas Tomuriesa
Crime

Plea to PNG prime minister to tell truth about ransom paid...

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March 9, 2023
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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

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
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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)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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