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The leaked drafts are just that: drafts
Analysis

Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help...

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May 27, 2022
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President David Panuelo of the Federated States of Micronesia
Asia Report

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
Democracy

‘Democracy can be fragile’: Ardern uses Harvard speech to call out...

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May 27, 2022
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Oscar Temaru
Democracy

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

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May 27, 2022
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China's regional Pacific ambitions
China

Kiribati ‘forced’ to allow China visit on Pacific mission, says journalist

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May 27, 2022
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Laurens Ikinia (right) is advocating for a group of Papuan students
Education

West Papuan students fight on for rights to education in Aotearoa

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May 26, 2022
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MASI's Georgina Kekea
China

Solomons media condemns ‘secrecy’ controls over China delegation

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May 26, 2022
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People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka
Elections

FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no...

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May 26, 2022
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PNG's Electoral Commission headquarters
Democracy

PNG elections: People’s National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates

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May 26, 2022
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Black oil shipments
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PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments

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May 26, 2022
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi
China

Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton

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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in New York
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PM Jacinda Ardern launches US tour with NZ ‘open for business’...

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The University of Technology in Lae
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Police warn PNG public about robbers after attack on Unitech students

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May 25, 2022
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Australia's new Foreign Minister Penny Wong
Australia

‘We’re listening and we’ll do better’, new minister Wong tells Pacific

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May 24, 2022
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Beachcomber Resort
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Fiji tourism back on its feet with a fresh focus on...

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi
China

China’s high-level ‘milestone’ visit to the Pacific ahead of schedule

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Twenty years on for Boris Léontieff
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Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight

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May 24, 2022
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Angoram candidate Dulciana Somare-Brash
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Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash

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May 23, 2022
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Port Moresby Governor Powes Parkop
Elections

‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd

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May 23, 2022
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New Caledonian politician Vaea Frogier
Elections

New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race

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May 23, 2022
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Students carry a mock coffin as they hold a symbolic funeral for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Asia Report

Reflections on Shireen Abu Akleh: Two assassinations, four funerals and no...

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May 23, 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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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
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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
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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.
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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...

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