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    • An United Israel Appeal tour
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A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July
Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

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September 4, 2026
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The coastline on Futuna Island in southern Vanuatu
Analysis

Two small Pacific islands creating one big stink with France over...

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September 4, 2026
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Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar
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Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Pacific Media Watch -
September 4, 2026
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Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo
Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

APR editor -
September 3, 2026
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Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm
Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

APR editor -
September 3, 2026
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Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10
Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

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September 3, 2026
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Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau
China

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

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September 3, 2026
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The MSG membership flags
Asia Report

Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

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September 3, 2026
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Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein
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The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

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September 3, 2026
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Fiji's Lautoka City Council says it has started in collaboration with the Fiji Police Force
Civil Society

Who is responsible? Glaring lack of clarity over Fiji operation to...

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September 2, 2026
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Colonel Nochi Mendel ordered the Israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers in April 2024
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‘Not sorry’ – will international pressure mean justice for Zomi Frankcom?

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September 2, 2026
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Pro-Palestine activists at a public meeting in Auckland last night planning for the New Zealand share of the Global March for Palestine
Asia Report

PSNA raps NZ govt over ‘haphazard’ foreign policy and mixed messages

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September 2, 2026
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US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau
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US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

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September 2, 2026
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President Surangel Whipps talking over the chairmanship of the PIF, making his remarks at the opening of the 55th PIFLM in Palau
Climate

Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

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September 2, 2026
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott
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How Free Palestine party plans to pressure NZ govt over its...

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September 1, 2026
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau
Cook Islands

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

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September 1, 2026
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
Democracy

Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale

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September 1, 2026
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West Papuan advocate Paula Makabory
Asia Report

West Papuan leader calls on Pacific Forum to ‘break its silence’...

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August 31, 2026
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
Democracy

Solomon Islands ‘dangles over the edge of political instability’ as three...

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August 31, 2026
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"Alii - welcome to Palau"
Climate

Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

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August 31, 2026
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Vanuatu Special Envoy on Decolonisation and Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Joe Natuman
Asia Report

Vanuatu special envoy calls for PIF to ‘reopen’ issue of Pacific...

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August 31, 2026
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All smiles for Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
Development

Solomon Islands PM Wale rushes home from Palau after confidence challenge...

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August 31, 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

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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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