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      Analysis

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

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to reporters after the Media Industry Development Act 2010 was repealed in Parliament on 6 April 2023
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The Fiji Times: Draconian media law gone – good riddance!

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April 7, 2023
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Reporter Rakesh Kumar (from left) and chief editor Fred Wesley from The Fiji Times, and editor Samantha Magick of Islands Business
Democracy

Historic day for Fiji journalism as ‘draconian’ media law scrapped

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April 6, 2023
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USP's Emalus campus in Port Vila
Climate

‘Frustrated’ USP law students were catalyst for landmark UN climate vote

Wansolwara -
April 6, 2023
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The “Jacinda effect” had switched from being a uniting force to a polarising one
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Jacinda Ardern says goodbye to parliament – how her politics of...

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Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern delivering her valedictory speech to Parliament
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April 5, 2023
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The Fiji Times headquarters on Victoria Parade, Suva
Democracy

Fiji’s longest active newsroom keen for ‘kicking out’ of tough media...

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April 5, 2023
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Rob Campbell
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Former NZ prime ministers Jacinda Ardern (left) and Helen Clark
Democracy

Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Tough times ahead but Fiji’s coalition has ‘achieved much’, says PM...

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Former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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Ex-PM Ardern named Christchurch Call envoy against online violence

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Frederica Atavi (right) with her son and husband Tom of Sisead village
Disasters

Ni-Vanuatu villagers need more help after cyclones Judy and Kevin

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Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abused security guards and airport staff at Buka
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Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence

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April 4, 2023
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The late Sir Rabbie Namaliu
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The Bali Papuan protest and clashes with Indonesian nationalists
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Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in...

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April 3, 2023
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Together with their students and graduates, academics are the university
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NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’

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April 3, 2023
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RNZ Pacific's new editor Koroi Hawkins
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Police chief General Mathius D Fakhiri
Human Rights

Indonesian police move to stem rise in Papuan freedom fighter attacks

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April 1, 2023
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Human Rights

Words matter in telling West Papuan news stories

Pacific Media Watch -
April 1, 2023
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Vanuatu journalist and editor Dan McGarry
Democracy

‘I feel vindicated’ – Vanuatu Daily Post in landmark work permit...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 31, 2023
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Vanuatu, which drove the UN move, is celebrating a global climate victory
Climate

Vanuatu hails ‘historic resolution’ in climate battle on the world stage

APR editor -
March 31, 2023
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A meeting of the Caledonian Union, one of the partners in the FLNKS
Human Rights

FLNKS message to French PM about Kanak ‘humiliation’ over referendum

APR editor -
March 31, 2023
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West Papuans in a solidarity fundraising rally to support for the victims of this month's tropical cyclones in Vanuatu
Climate

Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests

APR editor -
March 30, 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
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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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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.
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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)
APJS newsfile

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