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    • The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
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      ‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

      The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
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      Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

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      YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran
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      Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

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Journalists "targeted" says author as death toll of media workers in Gaza rises to 210
Asia Report

Israel ‘deliberately targeting’ journalists in Gaza, says Australian author after latest...

Pacific Media Watch -
April 7, 2025
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Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape pictured in September 2024
Bougainville

Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape

Pacific Media Watch -
April 7, 2025
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Red Crescent rescue workers recover bodies of the 15 Palestinian ambulance and first responder crews killed by Israeli forces
Analysis

The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows

APR editor -
April 7, 2025
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South Africa's first fully democratic President Nelson Mandela
Analysis

Ian Powell: When apartheid met Zionism – the case for NZ...

APR editor -
April 6, 2025
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Trailblazing BenarNews
Culture

Trump funding cuts on media impacts on independent Asia Pacific outlet

Pacific Media Watch -
April 6, 2025
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"Stop bombing kids" . . . a banner at the solidarity rally in Auckland's "Palestine Corner"
Asia Report

100 children killed or wounded every day since Gaza ceasefire broken

APR editor -
April 5, 2025
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Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Hossam Shabat reporting from Gaza
Analysis

With Hasbara failing, Israel placed Hossam Shabat on a kill list

Pacific Media Watch -
April 5, 2025
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President Trump and Vice-President Vance’s disgraceful bullying of Zelenskyy in the White House as he struggled in his third language to explain the plight of his nation was as remarkable as it was appalling
Analysis

NZ’s refreshingly candid ex-envoy Phil Goff – why I spoke out...

APR editor -
April 4, 2025
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Protesting students believe that there is a high chance that their new president, Claire Shipman, handed over information about Mahmoud Khalil
Asia Report

Jewish students chain themselves to Columbia gates to protest over ICE...

Pacific Media Watch -
April 4, 2025
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The Norfolk Island flag at the 2023 Pacific Games
Australia

‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s...

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April 4, 2025
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An evicted mother and baby selling betelnut in their temporary tent village on the outskirts of the capital, Port Moresby
Crime

Evicted PNG settlement fears collective punishment over gang rape and killing

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April 4, 2025
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Previous tariff announcements by the Trump administration dropped sand into the cogs of international trade
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New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs –...

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April 3, 2025
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Fiji's port in the capital of Suva
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Fiji slapped with Trump’s highest tariffs among Pacific countries

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April 3, 2025
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Chief Human Rights Commissioner Dr Stephen Rainbow
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Stoush breaks out between NZ Human Rights Commissioner and Jewish leader...

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April 3, 2025
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Recovering the bodies of the 14 first responders from the shallow graves where they were executed by Israeli forces in Rafah, southern Gaza
Analysis

Red Crescent Palestinians massacre: Global rule of law masquerade is over

APR editor -
April 2, 2025
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PNG Parliament . . . Supreme Court ruling
Democracy

Supreme Court orders a recall of PNG parliament for no confidence...

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April 1, 2025
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Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, being treated for injuries
Analysis

It will take more than an Oscar to stop Israel’s West...

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April 1, 2025
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From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear...

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March 31, 2025
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The Rainbow Warrior ship entering port in Majuro, Marshall Islands
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‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ –...

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March 31, 2025
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"Journalism is not a crime"
Asia Report

NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 29, 2025
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Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth
Asia Report

Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

Asia Pacific -
March 29, 2025
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"Guilty" . . . Filipino protesters in New Zealand at the Black Friday vigil had no doubts on the accountability and fate of former President Rodrigo Duterte
Asia Report

Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to...

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March 28, 2025
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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

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

Professor David Robievideo
Asia Report

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

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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

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QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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EDITOR'S PICKS

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
Asia Report

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
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YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
Asia Report

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
Asia Report

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Analysis

Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...

YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

Editor's Picks

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

April 17, 2026
The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

April 17, 2026
US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...

April 17, 2026
YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

April 16, 2026
The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"

NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...

April 16, 2026
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