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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
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      Asia Report

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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini
Civil Society

Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, dies

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May 26, 2025
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Deputy Chief Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan
Asia Report

Fiji lawyer Nazhat Khan takes up acting top prosecution role at...

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May 26, 2025
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New Zealand's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, with journalist and educator Dr David Robie at the investiture ceremony
Civil Society

Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

Pacific Media Watch -
May 26, 2025
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Although New Caledonia is one of New Zealand’s closest neighbours, the French colony feels very isolated from the rest of the Pacific
Decolonisation

While Pacific is target of geopolitics, many nations still fight for...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 26, 2025
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The Cook Islands has declared an outbreak of the viral infection dengue fever
Cook Islands

Pacific dengue cases surge but don’t cancel your holiday yet, says...

APR editor -
May 25, 2025
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"Israel is starving us" in Gaza, says the protest placard in Auckland
Asia Report

‘Starving’ masked Palestine protesters condemn Luxon’s Gaza ‘appeasement’

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May 23, 2025
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Air New Zealand is resuming its Auckland-Nouméa service
Aviation

Air New Zealand to resume Auckland-Nouméa flights from November

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May 23, 2025
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The 1 May 2025 report by Talamua Online that led to the criminal libel case
Civil Society

Punitive criminal libel charge against Samoan journalist draws flurry of criticism

Pacific Media Watch -
May 23, 2025
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NZ Finance Minister Nicola Willis
Business

Budget 2025: Pacific Ministry faces major cuts, yet new initiatives aim...

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May 22, 2025
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Talamua Online editor Lagi Keresoma
Global

Legal academic says Samoa’s criminal libel law should go after charge

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May 22, 2025
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Media Council of PNG president Neville Choi
Business

PNG journalists warned over lawfare – ‘we don’t have any law...

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May 22, 2025
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Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers
Asia Report

Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

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May 22, 2025
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It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985
Civil Society

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against...

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May 22, 2025
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New Zealand is hurtling towards a sharply divided country of extreme wealth and extreme poverty
Analysis

Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t

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May 22, 2025
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A growing list of countries -- including New Zealand and Australia -- have denounced Israel's weaponising of aid
Asia Report

Australia’s Wong condemns ‘abhorrent, outrageous’ Israeli comments over blocked aid

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May 22, 2025
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Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste
Asia Report

The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...

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May 21, 2025
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A poster highlighting the issue of political prisoners depicting the Kanak flag after the pro-independence unrest and riots
Decolonisation

New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili

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May 21, 2025
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If the West so wished, it could be putting more economic pressure on Israel
Analysis

Gordon Campbell: NZ’s silence over Gaza genocide, ethnic cleansing

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May 21, 2025
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NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters
Asia Report

NZ ‘running out of patience’ – Peters lashes Israel over Gaza...

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May 21, 2025
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The people of Gaza are desperate. No food has entered Gaza for more than 76 days
Analysis

Starvation of Gaza – a distressing continuation of a decades-old plan

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May 21, 2025
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‎Recognising and respecting local value systems is not about compromising press freedom
Analysis

Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific

Pacific Media Watch -
May 21, 2025
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New Director-General of Health Audrey Sonerson
Health and Fitness

Health chief ‘conductor of an orchestra who’s never played an instrument’

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May 20, 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

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...

Tweet to @DavidRobie
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

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

Forty current and former soldiers of the Israel "Defence" Forces (IDF) will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through

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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...

Fiji's Lautoka City Council says it has started in collaboration with the Fiji Police Force
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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
Climate

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

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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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein
Analysis

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

Colonel Nochi Mendel ordered the Israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers in April 2024
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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

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
Climate

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

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Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

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

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

September 2, 2026
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

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

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

Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

September 2, 2026
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott

How Free Palestine party plans to pressure NZ govt over its...

September 1, 2026
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott

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