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    • Papua's Tom Beanal
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Outgoing New Caledonia President Louis Mapou
Decolonisation

‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government

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December 27, 2024
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The burnt out vehicle with the clearly visible "Press" label in which an Israeli strike killed the five journalists in Gaza
Asia Report

Five journalists killed by Israeli air strike near hospital – media...

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December 26, 2024
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Cardinal David of the Philippines
Asia Report

Cardinal David slams Israel, says Jesus would have been born in...

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December 26, 2024
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Fiji's new magazine FijiNikua
Democracy

Publisher tells of storytelling and its role in shaping Fiji’s identity

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December 26, 2024
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Reverend Dr Munther Isaac
Asia Report

Gaza Christians pray for end of Israeli war’s ‘death and destruction’

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December 25, 2024
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Te Ao journalist, lawyer, advocate and musician Moana Maniapoto
Culture

Moana Maniapoto on the sound of the 80s to world-class journalism

Pacific Media Watch -
December 24, 2024
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Fiji

Rabuka reveals details of 1987 coup navy ‘secret weapons mission’

Pacific Media Watch -
December 23, 2024
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The newly named Z Huatoki in Ngāmotu
Business

NZ’s Z Energy renames stations with ‘correct’ kupu

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December 23, 2024
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New Zealand's Urban Search and Rescue
Disasters

Vanuatu quake: Warnings as bad weather threat looms for Port Vila

APR editor -
December 22, 2024
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By turns over his long career, Michael Leunig was a poet, a prophet and a provocateur
Australia

The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet: the sometimes...

Pacific Media Watch -
December 22, 2024
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A group of schoolchildren boarding a military aircraft
Aviation

Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu

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December 22, 2024
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A scene of utter devastation in Gaza
Asia Report

Israeli-American historian describes attacks on Gaza as ‘war of annihilation’

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December 22, 2024
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Associate Education Minister David Seymour
Democracy

NZ govt plans to make ‘heavy handed’ change to free speech...

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December 21, 2024
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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

MEAA welcomes News MAP funding ‘leg up’ for Australian journalism

Pacific Media Watch -
December 21, 2024
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The recreated Christian nativity scene in Suva
Asia Report

Fiji pro-Palestine nativity scene exposes Gaza as ‘hell on earth’ at...

APR editor -
December 21, 2024
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1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila
Disasters

Vanuatu quake: ‘Our shop was flattened like a deck of cards’

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December 20, 2024
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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
Disasters

Vanuatu quake: Rescue teams continue Port Vila hunt for survivors

APR editor -
December 19, 2024
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This image "will haunt history"
Asia Report

West and media are ‘erasing’ Palestinian history, say critics

APR editor -
December 19, 2024
0
Paramedic teams from ProMedical Vanuatu treat victims of the earthquake in Port Vila on Tuesday
Disasters

Vanuatu quake: Hospitals under pressure as death, damage toll grows

APR editor -
December 19, 2024
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Vanuatu rescuers search for trapped people after yesterday's 7.3 earthquake struck Port Vila
Disasters

Vanuatu quake: Services still down nearly 24 hours after Port Vila...

APR editor -
December 18, 2024
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Vanuatu's earthquake death toll at least 14
Disasters

Vanuatu quake: State of emergency declared, Fiji’s Rabuka offers help

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December 18, 2024
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Serving an "eviction notice" on the Israeli Embassy in Aotearoa New Zealand in November 2023
Asia Report

Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy...

APR editor -
December 18, 2024
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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
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

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...

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

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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.
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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The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka
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New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

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EDITOR'S PICKS

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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
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MOST COMMENTS

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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Papua's Tom Beanal
Analysis

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Asia Report

Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military
Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
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Editor's Picks

Papua's Tom Beanal

Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

May 18, 2026
Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

May 18, 2026
A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

May 17, 2026
Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

May 16, 2026
A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

May 15, 2026
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Scenes from the Bondi Royal Commission

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May 14, 2026
Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

May 13, 2026
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