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      Analysis

      West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

      Stanford Daily editor-in-chief George Porteous
      Analysis

      Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

      PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora
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      Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora

      Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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      No-confidence motion against Solomon Islands PM withdrawn

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      Development

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Deported businessman Jamie Pang
Australia

PNG warns foreigners to respect laws as businessman Pang blacklisted, deported

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May 5, 2023
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The three alleged gun runners arrested in border village raid
Crime

PNG politician orders police to ‘shoot to kill’ drug runners along...

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May 4, 2023
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A free, thriving, and diverse Pacific press
Democracy

Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear

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May 4, 2023
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A free press in Fiji at last
Fiji

Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks

APR editor -
May 4, 2023
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Flooding in Tahiti's Teahupo’o village
Disasters

Tahiti disaster expected to be called after Teahupo’o village flooded

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May 4, 2023
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A Fiji news media conference
Fiji

Fiji Times: Fiji media freedom’s big win against ‘imperious rule’

Pacific Media Watch -
May 4, 2023
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Journalist José Belovideo
Australia

Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index

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May 3, 2023
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Mereana Reid Arbelot
Democracy

Brotherson’s new cabinet for Tahiti expected to be mainly women

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May 3, 2023
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Samoan local media in a doorstep with former police commissioner, Fuiavaili'ili Egon Keil
Democracy

Samoa Observer: 2023 World Press Freedom Day – reflection, celebration

APR editor -
May 3, 2023
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RSF's World Press Freedom Index 2023 launching today
Fiji

Pacific eyes on media as Blinken joins RSF’s 2023 World Press...

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May 3, 2023
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PNG anti-corruption campaigner Bryan Kramer
Democracy

‘Calm before the storm’ – PNG’s Bryan Kramer vows to fight...

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May 3, 2023
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A jubilant Oscar Temaru
Democracy

Historic pro-independence party poll victory in French Polynesia – video

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May 2, 2023
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President-to-be Moetai Brotherson
Democracy

Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win

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May 2, 2023
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Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni
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‘Dawn raid’ tactics still happening despite NZ government apology

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May 2, 2023
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Pro-independence leader and former president of French Polynesia Oscar Temaru celebrates victory
Elections

French Polynesia set for president who favours independence after election

APR editor -
May 2, 2023
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A fragment of the 1840 Tiriti o Waitangi
Analysis

Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal

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May 2, 2023
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Author and human rights advocate Jim Aubrey
Asia Report

Open letter: Canberra must call on UN to ‘rectify breaches’ over...

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May 1, 2023
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Tahitians cast their votes in the second round of the French Polynesian territorial elections
Elections

Tahitian voters go to polls for crucial run-off territorial election

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May 1, 2023
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McDonalds Fiji managing director Marc McElrath
Fiji

‘Drunkards urinating, fights – Nadi is like Beirut’, says McDonalds Fiji...

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April 30, 2023
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Health Secretary Dr James Fong (right) speaks to Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica
Development

Mass migration of Fiji nurses may be curbed soon, says health...

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April 30, 2023
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Professor Michael Baker
Coronavirus

Smaller covid waves in NZ, but still ‘major uncertainties’ – professor

APR editor -
April 30, 2023
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The Porgera "killing fields" front page in the PNG Post-Courier yesterday
Crime

Porgera mine ‘killing fields’ – 21 Papua New Guineans die since...

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April 29, 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

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
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...

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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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Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

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Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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No-confidence motion against Solomon Islands PM withdrawn

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora
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West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

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September 7, 2026
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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