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An Israeli tank in an intimidating move in the occupied West Bank
Asia Report

Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western...

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March 2, 2025
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The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua
Asia Report

Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

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March 2, 2025
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An Israeli soldiers "not welcome" placard at the Palestine solidarity rally and march in the heart of New Zealand's largest city Auckland today
Asia Report

Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations

APR editor -
March 1, 2025
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Rongelap Islanders on board the Rainbow Warrior bound for Mejatto in May 1985
Climate

Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear...

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March 1, 2025
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Aotearoa Tongan Response Group's Anahila Kanongata'a (from left), Pakilau Manase Lua and Karlo Mila
Culture

Tongan advocates condemn Treaty Principles Bill, slam colonisation

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February 28, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Cook Islands

Cook Islands government to seek update on China’s naval exercises

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February 28, 2025
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Relatives and supporters protest outside Goroka
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Relatives of slain PNG police officer block Highlands Highway over unresolved...

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February 27, 2025
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Once you recognise this manipulated media environment
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Manipulated media: The weapon of the Right

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February 27, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says...

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February 27, 2025
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University students in Adelaide protesting over Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition

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February 26, 2025
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Political symbols in opposition
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J’accuse!… the Jew who accuses his fellow Jews of being antisemites

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February 26, 2025
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"It's got some usefulness to achieve."
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PNG govt’s latest ID plan unlikely to be achieved, says academic

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Irish popular support for a free Palestine remains strong
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Barred European Union politician brands Israel as ‘a rogue state’

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February 26, 2025
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame survives in resounding no-confidence vote

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February 25, 2025
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Maata Wharehoka . . . Parihaka Matriarch
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Parihaka’s matriarch, champion of tikanga and peace advocate Maata Wharehoka dies...

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February 25, 2025
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French Overseas Minister Manuel Valls (centre) clashes
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Valls faces Kanak ‘first people’ clash with loyalists over independence talks

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February 24, 2025
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Marape’s message to PNG men, boys: ‘Stop the violence against women’

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February 23, 2025
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Avera Mengistu, a 37-year-old Ethiopian Israeli dual national, being released
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Hamas handover spectacles are demo to world of ‘keeping captives safe’,...

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February 23, 2025
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Abdullah Al-Yazouri, the 13-year-old boy who acts as narrator
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Critics condemn ‘cowardly’ BBC for pulling Gaza warzone youth survival documentary

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February 22, 2025
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Al Jazeera's senior political and media analyst Marwan Bishara
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Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy

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February 22, 2025
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French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls
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France’s Minister Valls faces tough talks in New Caledonia over future

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February 21, 2025
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Fij's planned Jerusalem move . . . illegal under international law
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Fiji’s diplomatic move to Jerusalem sparks controversy with Palestine

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February 21, 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
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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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Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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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
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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"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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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
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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

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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)
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May 17, 2026
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May 15, 2026
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