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    • "That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme
      Analysis

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      PSNA's Anna Lee
      Asia Report

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      Civil Society

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      Mousa Taher
      Analysis

      Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

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US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

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May 26, 2026
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting
Aviation

PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

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May 26, 2026
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Climate activist Violet Coco
Asia Report

‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 26, 2026
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New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend
Analysis

Gaza freedom flotilla – reluctance of the West to protest Israel’s...

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May 25, 2026
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Moana Pasifika head coach Tana Umaga sings and dances along to a cultural song after Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific Round 15 match
Editor's Picks

‘We always stay hopeful’, says Umaga on Moana Pasifika’s future

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May 25, 2026
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Cuban doctors arriving back from Italy following the covid outbreak in 2020
Analysis

The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

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May 25, 2026
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Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans
Civil Society

Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

APR editor -
May 25, 2026
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Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport
Asia Report

Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal...

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May 24, 2026
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"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."
Analysis

Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

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May 24, 2026
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The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies
Asia Report

Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

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May 24, 2026
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A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home
Asia Report

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

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May 23, 2026
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New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu
Crime

Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

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May 23, 2026
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Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield
Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

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May 23, 2026
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"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades
Analysis

Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

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May 23, 2026
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Analysis

Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...

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May 22, 2026
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New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

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May 22, 2026
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Spanish MEP Irene Montero
Asia Report

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

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May 21, 2026
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New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections
Decolonisation

French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

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May 21, 2026
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Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026
Asia Report

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

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May 21, 2026
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video
Asia Report

Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

APR editor -
May 21, 2026
0
Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives
Asia Report

Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...

APR editor -
May 21, 2026
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Mousa Taher on board Ksar Sabadad
Asia Report

87+ Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel now on hunger...

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May 21, 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

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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
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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Culture

Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out
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EDITOR'S PICKS

"That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme
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Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now...

PSNA's Anna Lee
Asia Report

Pro-Palestinian activists plan protest against ‘Israeli pond’ diplomacy push in Pacific

Among Pasifika awardees in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours List
Civil Society

NZ King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Pasifika people among those recognised

Mousa Taher
Analysis

Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

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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

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Taiwan Day event in Suva
Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

"That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme
Analysis

Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now...

PSNA's Anna Lee
Asia Report

Pro-Palestinian activists plan protest against ‘Israeli pond’ diplomacy push in Pacific

Voting in the last Kanaky New Caledonian provincial elections in 2019 - before the covid pandemic
Democracy

French Constitutional Council approves changes to New Caledonia’s electoral roll

Mousa Taher
Analysis

Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

Editor's Picks

"That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme

Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now...

June 1, 2026
PSNA's Anna Lee

Pro-Palestinian activists plan protest against ‘Israeli pond’ diplomacy push in Pacific

June 1, 2026
Among Pasifika awardees in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours List

NZ King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Pasifika people among those recognised

June 1, 2026
Mousa Taher

Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

May 31, 2026
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

May 30, 2026
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