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    • Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
      Civil Society

      Who is a ‘Fijian’?: Constitution reform reignites identity debate

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      Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa
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A woman makes her feelings over the US Supreme Court decision overturning abortion rights
Democracy

NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion...

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June 28, 2022
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The Fiji capital Suva
Business

Fiji’s new investment law leads to ‘confusion and risk’, say lawyers

APR editor -
June 28, 2022
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Abortion rights activists march on Constitution Avenue to the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC
Gender

Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay –...

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June 27, 2022
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Tuvalu's Foreign Minister Simon Kofe
China

Tuvalu’s Kofe quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks...

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June 27, 2022
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Seven containers seized by PNG police
Elections

PNG police stop seven trucks and seize ‘sensitive’ election materials

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June 27, 2022
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naom
Democracy

Samoa becomes first Pacific country to host next CHOGM meeting in...

APR editor -
June 27, 2022
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Chinese diplomacy in the Pacific
Analysis

Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?

APR editor -
June 27, 2022
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Fiji's first coup leader and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka with RNZ
Democracy

Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand

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June 26, 2022
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Gender

Personal beliefs ‘shouldn’t rob women of choice’, says Ardern on Roe...

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June 26, 2022
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Polarising times in the US
Democracy

Roe v Wade shows why abortion is at the heart of...

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June 26, 2022
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Kiwis defeat Mate Ma'a Tonga 26
New Zealand

Police investigate fans outrage incident at Kiwi-Mate Ma’a Tonga game

APR editor -
June 26, 2022
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Analysis

Gavin Ellis: An open letter to the incoming media minister

APR editor -
June 26, 2022
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Disappearing Palestine
Asia Report

John Minto: NZ joining IHRA a weak, cowardly decision over Israel

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June 26, 2022
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Abortion regulation has now been returned to the individual states
Gender

US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade – but for abortion...

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June 25, 2022
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Papua New Guinean police question a PNGDF soldier stationed at Pares
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PNG security forces on alert in Hela over ‘illegal army’ tip-off

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June 25, 2022
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Madang's Sir Peter Barter (centre) passes on
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PNG statesman Sir Peter Barter a strong supporter of the free...

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June 25, 2022
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Matariki dawn
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‘This is when we came of age’, says Māori leader on...

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June 24, 2022
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Matariki
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Matariki falls during a quiet retail season – but NZ businesses...

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June 23, 2022
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Education

Social justice research network awards trophy to Papuan student advocate

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June 23, 2022
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Draft legislation for NZ's new public broadcaster unveiled
Media

RNZ-TVNZ mega-entity named ‘Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media’ in draft law

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June 23, 2022
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Candidate Michael Malabag
Elections

Outgoing PNG minister challenges impartiality of officials in demand for fair...

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June 22, 2022
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Papuan students, with their body and face painted with the colours of the banned Morning Star flag
Culture

Indonesia’s new plans for Papua can’t hide its decades of failures

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June 22, 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

“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
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...

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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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Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa
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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern
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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis
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The joint Keris Woomera 26 exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Australian Defence Force (ADF)
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Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence...

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa
Democracy

Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

Editor's Picks

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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October 20, 2026
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Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

October 19, 2026
Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa

Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

October 19, 2026
A still from the feature films De Gaulle

De Gaulle: Résistance and the subjective history of anti-Nazi struggle during...

October 18, 2026
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
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