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    • Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025
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      East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts
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Former Samoan prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Democracy

RSF calls on Samoan PM to lift ‘unacceptable’ ban on Samoa...

Pacific Media Watch -
November 20, 2025
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Newly elected Tongan noble Lord Ma'afu
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Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided

APR editor -
November 20, 2025
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Feroz Aswat of Auckland Copiers and Solutions Ltd
Business

Fiji Business Awards celebrate big achievements from humble beginnings

APR editor -
November 20, 2025
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President Prabowo and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign an Australia–Indonesia Security Treaty on board HMAS Canberra
Asia Report

Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua

APR editor -
November 20, 2025
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The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force
Analysis

A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means...

APR editor -
November 19, 2025
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Journalism Students' Association of USP . . . "The JSA is especially concerned that these attacks are eroding youth confidence in the [journalism] profession"
Editor's Picks

Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’

Pacific Media Watch -
November 19, 2025
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Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
Democracy

Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

Pacific Media Watch -
November 19, 2025
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Decolonisation

Minister Moutchou ends New Caledonia visit – political announcements, no new...

APR editor -
November 18, 2025
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New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil
Analysis

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

APR editor -
November 18, 2025
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The UN Security Council adopted the US-sponsored Gaza resolution 13 votes to nil
Asia Report

IDF failed on battlefield to disarm Hamas, but UN vote gives...

APR editor -
November 18, 2025
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"The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"
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Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?

APR editor -
November 18, 2025
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"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"
Democracy

Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

Pacific Media Watch -
November 18, 2025
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JAWS president Lagi Keresoma
Democracy

Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access

Pacific Media Watch -
November 18, 2025
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The pōwhiri for the start of the four-day WIPCE 2025
Culture

World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland

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November 17, 2025
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Samoan PM La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
Democracy

Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence

APR editor -
November 17, 2025
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ABC's Fiji correspondent Lice Movono (from left), RNZ Pacific manager Moera Tuilaipa-Taylor and Islands Business editor Samantha Magick speaking during a women empowerment panel at the 2024 Pacific Media International conference
Democracy

Pacific Media: A renewed commitment to research on Pacific media, development...

Pacific Media Watch -
November 17, 2025
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu portrayed on a placard at a New Zealand pro-Palestine rally
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Israeli torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners, death penalty law – yet...

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November 16, 2025
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Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland
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Australian author says shadow Gaza transit scheme company is operating ‘disaster...

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November 15, 2025
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Palestinian rally MC Lamees Elthiny speaks to a protest rally in Auckland today themed on the "BDS - Boycott Divestments Sanctions" campaign against New Zealand companies alleged to be complicit with Israel's genocide in Gaza
Asia Report

New Zealand backing Israel over two-state solution shows galling weak leadership

APR editor -
November 15, 2025
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Pacific youth climate activist at a demonstration at COP27 in 2022
Climate

COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific...

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November 15, 2025
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Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste
Asia Report

Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words...

Pacific Media Watch -
November 15, 2025
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Palau's Surangel S. Whipps Jr addresses the Climate Summit 2025, a high-Level special event on Climate Action, at COP30 in Brazil
Climate

Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane...

APR editor -
November 14, 2025
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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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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

Professor David Robievideo
Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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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Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025
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Israel has not been able to fully control the enclave
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown draws angry response from pro-Palestine advocates
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Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

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East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

November 27, 2025
Israel has not been able to fully control the enclave

Yellow lines and green zones – Israel’s de facto partition into...

November 27, 2025
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown draws angry response from pro-Palestine advocates

Activists slam Mayor Brown’s ‘free beer’ cavalier response to Palestine genocide...

November 26, 2025
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