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Showing how it's done in Dili - Wang Yi media conference
Analysis

Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers

David Robie -
June 5, 2022
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China is clearly in the Pacific for the long haul
Democracy

To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to...

APR editor -
June 4, 2022
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Papuan protesters against the autonomous carve-up of provinces
Human Rights

Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag...

APR editor -
June 4, 2022
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)
China

China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals

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June 3, 2022
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi
Democracy

RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour

Pacific Media Watch -
June 3, 2022
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Kontras coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti
Asia Report

Kontras criticises military officers being made regional heads as ‘return to...

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June 3, 2022
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Reece Walsh of the NZ Warriors wearing a jersey designed by Tairāwhiti artists
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Te Amokura – Tairāwhiti artists behind Warriors indigenous jersey

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June 3, 2022
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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi
Democracy

Petition to officially name country Aotearoa delivered to Parliament

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June 2, 2022
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Amnesty International Indonesia hands over its report on human rights in Wabu Block
Human Rights

Amnesty says police forced Papuans to cut hair and beards in...

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June 2, 2022
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Women in Australian cabinet
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Australia has more women in cabinet than ever before: what difference...

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"Wrong timing", says former Prime Minister Peter O'Neill
China

O’Neill warns Marape over ‘improper’ eleventh hour China meeting

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June 2, 2022
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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong
Australia

As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government...

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June 1, 2022
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
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Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence

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June 1, 2022
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A mob set fire to these vehicles during PNG Energy Minister Saki Soloma's visit
Crime

PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack

APR editor -
June 1, 2022
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Human Rights

Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case

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June 1, 2022
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French reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff
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French reporter ‘paid with his life’ for reliable Ukraine war coverage

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June 1, 2022
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Pacific Affairs Minister Aupito William Sio
China

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May 31, 2022
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The leaked drafts are just that: drafts
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May 27, 2022
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President David Panuelo of the Federated States of Micronesia
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China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president

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May 27, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Harvard
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May 27, 2022
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Oscar Temaru
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Tahitian pro-independence leader Temaru detained over funding

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May 27, 2022
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Head of the University of the South Pacific's journalism programme Dr Shailendra Singh
Australia

Defend media freedom in Pacific, says USP’s journalism head

Pacific Media Watch -
May 27, 2022
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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

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
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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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Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
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Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday
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Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
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