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Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel

Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine activists made strong pleas for stronger boycotts of Israeli products today and again demanded that the New Zealand government sanction Tel Aviv over its Gaza genocide. In...

Top 30 NZ news media you should follow this election and the Top 5 you should ignore – The Daily Blog

COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog This New Zealand general election on November 7...

NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’ over Gaza genocide

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Four opposition party spokespeople today condemned the New Zealand coalition government’s...

Never again for anyone: Why the NZ Holocaust Centre shouldn’t be involved in developing a new curriculum

Rick Sahar, a former board member of the New Zealand Holocaust Centre, soldier in the IDF, and son...

China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Some years ago when I headed the Pacific Media Centre...

2022 wrap: Pacific political upheavals eclipse fierce Tongan volcano

2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...

Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’

Asia Pacific Report Fiji’s Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration has invited the Commissioner of Police to resign, citing concerns on matters of confidence in...

Fiji lawyer Imrana Jalal’s warning: ‘No victimisation or targeted prosecutions’

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji lawyer and former human rights activist Imrana Jalal has offered a “warning” to her motherland that should people be...

Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university debt

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Exiled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he is thrilled at the prospect of returning to...

Benny Wenda: A West Papuan Christmas message

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: By Benny Wenda As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this...

A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a chance to bring back real democracy

ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...