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    • How Newsroom covered the Kerrin Leoni gang controversy
      Analysis

      The lynching takes 48 hours – whiteness, the NZ press, and…

      "It takes an enormous amount of courage and a reservoir of humility (to think less of oneself and more of others) to say the things needed to be said about violence, injustice and hypocrisy"
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The joint Keris Woomera 26 exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Australian Defence Force (ADF)
Asia Report

Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence...

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October 19, 2026
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa
Democracy

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

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

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

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October 18, 2026
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Badly beaten photographer Heidi Levine in hospital
Asia Report

Masked settler assault on Washington Post photographer a snapshot of Israel’s...

Pacific Media Watch -
October 18, 2026
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MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives
Australia

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

Pacific Media Watch -
October 18, 2026
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Fiji's Tui Nayau, Ratu Tevita Mara
Culture

Fijian chief warns coup immunity debate must address inequality and social...

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October 18, 2026
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"The intifada is global now"
Asia Report

Eight ways to spot toxic hasbara trolls and being a keyboard...

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October 17, 2026
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A protester ahead of the Global March for Palestine up Auckland's Queen Street
Asia Report

Free Palestine Party slams ‘shameful’ NZ stance at UN, calls for...

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October 17, 2026
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Round 1 to the PNG Chiefs in NZ High Court
Australia

High Court declines NZ Rugby’s bid for interim injunction on PNG...

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October 16, 2026
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Firearms and ammunition seized in a counter-terrorism operation by PNG police in Southern Highlands province
Crime

Call for criminal groups to be declared ‘terrorists’, as PNG police...

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October 16, 2026
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A focus on information-sharing between countries, which, on Fiji's part, requires a reform programme "to address fragmentation"
China

NZSIS to support Fiji intelligence review amid foreign ‘interference’ claims

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October 15, 2026
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Te Pāti Māori's co-leader Rawiri Waititi (left) landed a "killer blow" to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters in last night's TVNZ election debate
Commentary

Rawiri shines at Kingmaker debate as Māori voters set to rock...

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October 15, 2026
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A scene from NAZA . . . the controversial documentary on Israel's industrial scale murder in the Gaza genocide
Analysis

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

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October 15, 2026
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Delphina Soti. the general manager of Vinnies Tāmaki Makaurau
Civil Society

‘Poor becoming poorer’ – South Auckland foodbanks warn poverty is deepening...

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October 15, 2026
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The Election Scorecard on the Palestine issu
Civil Society

Vote progressive parties – if you seek justice for Palestine

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October 15, 2026
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No adversary has damaged Western civilisation as profoundly as Israel
Analysis

Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

APR editor -
October 14, 2026
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Candidates Alani Fisher Taione, Lemauga Lydia Sosene, and Vicky Hau
Civil Society

Māngere voters left ‘wanting more’ as local candidates pitch for support

APR editor -
October 14, 2026
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay
Australia

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia

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October 13, 2026
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UNGA adopts the political declaration on pandemic prevention
Global

‘Humiliating’ – former PM Helen Clark slams NZ abstention on United...

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October 13, 2026
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Masked Kumul 23 elite police tactical force members
Crime

Eight dead in September violence at Papua New Guinea’s troubled Porgera

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October 13, 2026
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The Global March for Palestine in Auckland
Asia Report

What is happening to Palestine is the tip of the spear...

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October 12, 2026
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Fiji Times chair Kirit Prabhudas Patel
Democracy

Fiji Times reaffirms commitment to truth, fairness and accountability

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October 12, 2026
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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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Tweets by DavidRobie

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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Jacinda Ardern
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“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.
Analysis

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"It takes an enormous amount of courage and a reservoir of humility (to think less of oneself and more of others) to say the things needed to be said about violence, injustice and hypocrisy"
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Aisake Casimira: How Christian Zionism has become hitched to the chariot...

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"It takes an enormous amount of courage and a reservoir of humility (to think less of oneself and more of others) to say the things needed to be said about violence, injustice and hypocrisy"

Aisake Casimira: How Christian Zionism has become hitched to the chariot...

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