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Fiji human rights protesters march through Suva City yesterday
Crime

Violence against children in Fiji costs nation $460m, says Unicef study

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December 11, 2024
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A "Stop the genocide now" placard at Auckland's Te Komititanga Square
Asia Report

PSNA condemns NZ welcome for ‘genocidal’ Israeli tourists while no humanitarian...

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December 11, 2024
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King Tupou VI (from left), outgoing Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu'akavameiliku and interim vice-chancellor Dr Tangikina Steen
Analysis

Tonga’s PM Hu’akavameiliku throws in the towel – behind the timeline

APR editor -
December 11, 2024
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Communities on Emau Island face extreme loss and damage from worsening climate change
Climate

Vanuatu becomes first country to partner with new UN climate loss...

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December 11, 2024
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ULMWP's Benny Wenda
Decolonisation

West Papuan leader praises People’s Tribunal ruling as proof of ‘need...

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December 10, 2024
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Fijian peacekeepers
Asia Report

Syria crisis: Fijian peacekeepers ‘secure and accounted for’ amid tensions

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December 10, 2024
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Resigned Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni
Democracy

Tonga’s Speaker confirms new PM to be chosen on Christmas Eve

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December 10, 2024
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Killed environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng
Asia Report

RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist

Pacific Media Watch -
December 10, 2024
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Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani
Asia Report

US officials talked about merits of removing $10m bounty on Syrian...

Pacific Media Watch -
December 9, 2024
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Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni
Democracy

‘Teary-eyed’ Tongan PM resigns ahead of no-confidence vote

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December 9, 2024
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Fuimaono Dr Dylan Asafo
Climate

Cook Islands seeks ‘decolonisation’ of international law at ICJ

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December 9, 2024
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Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant
Bougainville

Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine...

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December 8, 2024
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NCD Governor Powes Parkop
Asia Report

PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up...

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December 8, 2024
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Amnesty International Aotearoa's people power manager Margaret Taylor
Asia Report

Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at...

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December 7, 2024
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"USP leadership in crisis" banner at an earlier staff protest against the regional Pacific university's management
Cook Islands

Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes

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December 7, 2024
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Palau's leader Surangel Whipps Jr (left) and US President-elect Donald Trump
Climate

Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis...

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December 6, 2024
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Independent Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein
Asia Report

Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House

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December 6, 2024
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This screenshot from a video broadcast on Israeli channel Now 14 shows an officer and four soldiers of Israel’s Givati Brigade standing next to Palestinian detainees
Analysis

Israel has ‘unleashed hell and destruction’ in Gaza genocide, says Amnesty...

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December 6, 2024
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The podcast takes the listener into a room in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, where Greenpeace International leader Steve Sawyer met for the first time with Jeton Anjain
Decolonisation

How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior...

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December 5, 2024
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Nelson votes to sanction Israel
Asia Report

Nelson City Council joins NZ local bodies voting to sanction Israel

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December 5, 2024
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Guam Governor Leon Guerrero welcomes Taiwan's President Lai to Guam
Asia Report

Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam

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December 5, 2024
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The French political impasse
Decolonisation

What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia

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December 5, 2024
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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

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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Analysis

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Analysis

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

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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern
Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva
Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Papua's Tom Beanal
Analysis

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

Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi
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
Analysis

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

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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Activist Mike Smith

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

May 17, 2026
"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

May 15, 2026
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Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

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