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A screenshot on video on social media involving a Fijian high school student threatening a bus checker
Education

Fiji bus drivers criticise bullying by school student video – ‘we’re...

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Pacific Islander protesters at one of the pro-Palestine demonstrations
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APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -
April 4, 2024
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Indonesian police disperse Papuan demonstrators at the gate of the Jayapura University of Science and Technology
Asia Report

Sydney group slams ‘unjust’ Jakarta crackdown on Papuan torture protests

APR editor -
April 3, 2024
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A pro-independence protest march en route to central Nouméa
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French Senate endorses new election rules for New Caledonia – but...

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April 3, 2024
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Israel's Knesset passes law to enable the government to ban foreign news outlets
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Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold

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April 2, 2024
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New Zealand hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens (centre front in blue)
Asia Report

Indonesian military deny bombing Papua district in bid to free NZ...

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April 2, 2024
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A Pacific research treasure trove
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Asia Pacific community and media research group goes online

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April 2, 2024
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The container ship Dali
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Baltimore bridge crash ship carrying toxic waste to Sri Lanka, says...

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April 2, 2024
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West Papua . . . Indonesia is claiming to oppose genocide in Gaza
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From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...

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April 1, 2024
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Recent Indonesian military images showing torture of indigenous Papuans
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Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over...

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New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou
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French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed

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April 1, 2024
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Kia Ora Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla
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Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break...

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March 31, 2024
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Protesters at Auckland's Aotea Square today
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‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire

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March 31, 2024
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The Islands Business cover story on the University of the South Pacific this week
Education

USP faces a ‘gathering storm’ over leadership and a looming strike

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March 30, 2024
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Supporters of justice for Palestine are being "shadow banned" and censored
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Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza

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How Al Jazeera reported the global reaction to the viral video of Indonesian military torture
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Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan...

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March 29, 2024
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NZ's former deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni
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March 29, 2024
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Gazan journalist Bayan Abusultan
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RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital...

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Indonesian soldiers board a transport ship for Papua
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March 28, 2024
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama in a more jovial mood
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Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case

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March 28, 2024
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A Jewish Voice for Peace rally
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Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire...

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...

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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

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Asia Report

Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

Papua's Tom Beanal
Analysis

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Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi
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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

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Asia Report

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Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

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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

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May 16, 2026
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May 17, 2026
Niue's Dalton Tagelagi

Close vote sees Niue’s Dalton Tagelagi back in as prime minister

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