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    • MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives
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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (left) and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape met at APEC Haus
Decolonisation

Jokowi visit strengthens PNG ties but sidelines West Papua human rights

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July 10, 2023
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The University of Otago is one of the New Zealand universities which have signed an agreement to open new pathways for Indian students
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NZ universities eye new tie-ups with Indian institutions to attract international...

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July 10, 2023
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Former Komnas HAM chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik
Asia Report

Jakarta’s rights commission criticised for ‘failure’ over NZ pilot hostage case

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July 9, 2023
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Victor Yeimo (seated and wearing glasses), in a detention vehicle after attending a treason trial at Jayapura District Court, on 4 July 2023
Asia Report

Jayapura court finds Yeimo guilty of ‘treason’ in appeal – longer...

APR editor -
July 8, 2023
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Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads
Climate

UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

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July 8, 2023
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Investigative author Antony Loewenstein . . . he has "brought a book to a gunfight,
Analysis

Palestine a testing ground for Israeli ‘occupation war tech’, says author

APR editor -
July 8, 2023
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A West Papuan mother, Kapusina Gwijangge, was shot by the Indonesian military in Nduga on 25 March 2019
Australia

Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities

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July 6, 2023
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Minister for Pacific Peoples Barbara Edmonds
Global

Radio station develops app to spread Gagana Samoa to the world

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July 6, 2023
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The tougher new legislation has been introduced to target 'domestic terrorism"
Civil Society

Tough new PNG police powers won’t work, says Transparency chief

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July 5, 2023
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby
Analysis

How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’...

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July 5, 2023
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Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe in court in Jakarta
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Court rejects Papua governor Enembe’s objections but suspends proceedings over his...

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July 5, 2023
0
Burnt-out cars in the Northern suburbs of Paris, Sarcelles
Analysis

French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight

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July 4, 2023
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Journalists say they have been directly fired at by Israeli troops
Asia Report

NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine

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July 4, 2023
0
The Bougainville Parliament
Bougainville

Minister dismisses Bougainville criticism over independence vote

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July 4, 2023
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Green MP for Auckland Central Chloë Swarbrick
Civil Society

Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty –...

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July 4, 2023
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Mourners pay their respects at the wake for PNG businessman Sir Kostas Constantinou
Australia

Sir Kostas ‘touched the lives’ of many Pacific people, says Samoan...

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July 3, 2023
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Husband and wife duo Lauren and Matt Barus perform under the stage name Terrible Sons
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First-ever recipients of ‘outstanding’ Asian music funding unveiled

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July 3, 2023
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According to Stats NZ, around 155,000 households feel their incomes aren’t sufficient to meet everyday basic needs
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NZ’s housing market drives inequality – why not just tax houses...

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July 3, 2023
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An Eastern Star cartoon paying tribute to Vanuatu's support for West Papua
Analysis

Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...

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July 1, 2023
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Fiji's 2023 Budget
Development

Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on...

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July 1, 2023
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A Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) banner
Decolonisation

Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

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July 1, 2023
0
NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and the trade delegation at the product launch in Beijing
Business

PM on China visit: ‘Door wide open for NZ products and...

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July 1, 2023
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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
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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
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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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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...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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No adversary has damaged Western civilisation as profoundly as Israel
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Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

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MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives
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MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives
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MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

October 18, 2026
Fiji's Tui Nayau, Ratu Tevita Mara

Fijian chief warns coup immunity debate must address inequality and social...

October 18, 2026
"The intifada is global now"

Eight ways to spot toxic hasbara trolls and being a keyboard...

October 17, 2026
A protester ahead of the Global March for Palestine up Auckland's Queen Street

Free Palestine Party slams ‘shameful’ NZ stance at UN, calls for...

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Call for criminal groups to be declared ‘terrorists’, as PNG police...

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