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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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Associate Education Minister David Seymour
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"A holistic and structured approach to support for the news media industry, rather than the patchwork of band aid solutions"
Australia

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The recreated Christian nativity scene in Suva
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1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila
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Vanuatu quake: ‘Our shop was flattened like a deck of cards’

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Vanuatu local authorities have been working around the clock since Tuesday to try to locate and rescue people trapped in the Port Vila rubble left by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake this week
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Vanuatu quake: Rescue teams continue Port Vila hunt for survivors

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This image "will haunt history"
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West and media are ‘erasing’ Palestinian history, say critics

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Paramedic teams from ProMedical Vanuatu treat victims of the earthquake in Port Vila on Tuesday
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Vanuatu quake: Hospitals under pressure as death, damage toll grows

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December 19, 2024
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Vanuatu rescuers search for trapped people after yesterday's 7.3 earthquake struck Port Vila
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Vanuatu quake: Services still down nearly 24 hours after Port Vila...

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December 18, 2024
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Vanuatu's earthquake death toll at least 14
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Vanuatu quake: State of emergency declared, Fiji’s Rabuka offers help

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Serving an "eviction notice" on the Israeli Embassy in Aotearoa New Zealand in November 2023
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Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy...

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Screenshot from Port Vila video showing the moment the 7.3 earthquake struck
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Vanuatu quake: Death toll rises – 14 dead, hundreds hurt in...

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Rescue operations underway on a commercial building flattened by the earthquake in Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024
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Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.3 magnitude quake strikes off capital...

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Slips from Vanuatu's earthquake today
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Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila

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Recent aid arrangements are emblematic of the geopolitical tussle playing out in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies
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December 17, 2024
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US Marines run past the Camp Blaz
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December 16, 2024
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Fiji tourism . . . seven foreigners were drinking cocktails
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Fiji's Lautoka Hospital
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RNZ Mediawatch: Under the sinking lid from offshore tech companies

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Australia has tightened scrutiny of Israeli soldiers making visa applications over their possible involvement in genocidal acts
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Australia denies some Israeli soldiers visas over war crimes – PSNA...

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Lawyer and senior law lecturer Dr Myra Williamson
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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
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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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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
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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"
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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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Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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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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Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’

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