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      Analysis

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

      Stanford Daily editor-in-chief George Porteous
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      Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

      PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora
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Port Vila-based journalist Dan McGarry has a big clean up on his hands
Disasters

Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days

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New Zealand's Sky Television
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NZ’s Sky TV plans to outsource 200 jobs to India, Philippines

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March 4, 2023
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Jakarta 2022
Fiji

Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West...

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March 4, 2023
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Climate

Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government

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Transparency International PNG chair Peter Aitsi
Democracy

Free media ‘underpins justice’ message to PNG government by united media

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March 3, 2023
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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Fiji

Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader

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March 3, 2023
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Disasters

PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...

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Civil Society

An important book exposing problems immigrants – especially Muslims – face...

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March 3, 2023
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Pilot hostage Philip Mehrtens with one of his West Papuan rebel captors
Human Rights

Papuan rebels deny asking for money, weapons to free NZ pilot...

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March 2, 2023
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The back yard of Samoan community advocate Paul Mark's home in Mangere
Disasters

One month after Auckland floods Pasifika people still in temp housing

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March 2, 2023
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PNG's draft national media development policy
Democracy

PNG Post-Courier: Let’s talk first on media policy and transparency

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March 2, 2023
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Police and protestors clash at the conclusion of the 2022 occupation at NZ's Parliament grounds
Documentaries

RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an...

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March 2, 2023
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Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr
Crime

K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...

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March 2, 2023
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Reverend Benny Giai (left) and Reverend Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman at the Papuan Church Council
Human Rights

Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ...

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March 1, 2023
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"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures
Australia

‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

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March 1, 2023
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Flooded properties in Hawke's Bay.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurer says 20,000 NZ homes at risk of severe...

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March 1, 2023
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Ni-Vanuatu RSE workers helping unload donations after Cyclone Gabrielle
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials

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March 1, 2023
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Protesters against the Rotorua Lakes Council's proposed representation bill
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Rotorua council’s scrapped Māori ward representation bill ‘done and dusted’

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February 28, 2023
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Ousted Te Whatu Ora Health NZ chair Rob Campbell
Democracy

Health NZ chair fired over ‘political’ post, but says govt ‘overreacted’

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February 28, 2023
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Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa
Development

Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...

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February 28, 2023
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Democracy

The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media

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February 28, 2023
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PNG's founding father Sir Michael Somare
History

UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare

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February 28, 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

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

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern
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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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