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A NZ Defence Force operation begins to uplift New Zealand tourists and visitors stranded by the New Caledonia crisis
Aviation

Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home

APR editor -
May 21, 2024
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Some of Dr David Robie's books
Decolonisation

Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator

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May 21, 2024
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Palestine's justice advocate Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
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How Palestine fights ecocide with biodiversity and sustainability resistance

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May 20, 2024
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Flags of an independent Kanaky fly at a barricade near Nouméa
Aviation

Kiwis trapped in Nouméa: Air NZ won’t fly from New Caledonia...

APR editor -
May 20, 2024
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Radio Djiido's Andre Qaeze
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Young people will ‘never give up’ –...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 20, 2024
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The burnt out remains of a car seen near the University of Caledonia
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: NZ student in Nouméa taught to use...

APR editor -
May 20, 2024
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French security forces clearing roadblocks on the road to Tontouta International Airport today.video
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: French politics rocked as leaders plead for...

APR editor -
May 19, 2024
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The shrine at Uvanu in northern New Caledonia where a ceremony was held yesterday to mark the anniversary of the execution of 10 Kanaks resisting French colonial rule in 1868
Decolonisation

Pacific civil society groups condemn ‘heavy-handed’ French crackdown over Kanaky unrest

APR editor -
May 19, 2024
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Former journalist and media publisher Jo Nata, spent 24 years in jail for his role in the 2000 Fiji coup
Crime

Fiji’s Jo Nata reflects on the 2000 coup: ‘We let the...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 19, 2024
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A French policeman on guard in a Nouméa street
Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia: Amnesty calls on France to ‘uphold rights’ of...

APR editor -
May 18, 2024
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Piled up . . . burnt out cars block a road near Nouméa
Decolonisation

New Caledonia riots: Tear gas, stun grenades used as protesters swarm...

APR editor -
May 18, 2024
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"No to neocolonialism" say Christian Tein of the protest group CCAT and thousands of Kanak protesters
Analysis

Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots

David Robie -
May 17, 2024
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Poindimié resident Jeanne Pourouda talks to a Caledonia NC television reporter
Decolonisation

Tourists trapped by New Caledonia unrest feel ‘abandoned’ by NZ

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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Air New Zealand scheduled Saturday flight to Nouméa's Tontouta International Airport off
Aviation

New Caledonia’s Nouméa airport closed until Tuesday, says Air New Zealand

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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French military reinforcements arrive at Nouméa
Decolonisation

Vanuatu, MSG chief reaffirms support for FLNKS, blames France over unrest

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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A gendarme on guard in Nouméa
Decolonisation

Home detention for New Caledonia’s unrest ringleaders, Tiktok banned

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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In contrast, today it is the youth taking the lead and using violence because they feel they have no other choice.
Analysis

Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the...

APR editor -
May 17, 2024
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Nakba Day in Auckland this week
Asia Report

Open letter challenges Zionist advert missing Gaza ‘injustices’ in Herald

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May 16, 2024
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French security forces in Nouméa engage with rioters
Decolonisation

NZ families worried as loved ones shelter from violent unrest in...

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May 16, 2024
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A Kanak pro-independence protester banner declares "No to 'unfreezing' (the electoral rules)"
Decolonisation

‘Deadly spiral’ – state of emergency in Kanaky New Caledonia and...

APR editor -
May 16, 2024
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French riot police outside a torched shop in the New Caledonian capital Nouméa
Decolonisation

Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells...

APR editor -
May 16, 2024
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Devastation on a Nouméa road as security forces try to clear pro-independence barricades
Decolonisation

France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia – four die...

APR editor -
May 16, 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
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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.
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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)
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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

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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
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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

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A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military
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Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

May 18, 2026
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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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Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

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May 18, 2026
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