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Latest stories about New Zealand

8 April 2010

Fiji: New media oversight proposed

Written by Michael Hartsell · Freedom of Speech, Law

Fiji's journalists have been working under tough conditions since the country's military government abrogated the constitution last year. Now, that government has released plans to oversee Fiji's media.

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27 March 2010

Japan: A whale of a controversy

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Written by Scilla Alecci · Environment, Law

Only a few days after The Cove was awarded the Oscar as best documentary, drawing public and media attention around the world to the hunting of cetaceans issue, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd’s leader Peter Bethune was arrested in Tokyo, re-igniting the controversy between Japan and Australia-New Zealand.

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Video posts
The Virtual Choir: Technology, Collaboration and Music

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Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Ideas, Arts & Culture

Composer Eric Whitacre , after seeing a Youtube video of a young soprano singing his song "Sleep" wondered: What if he could get people, regardless of where they were in the world, to record themselves signing all the other parts of his a capella choir piece? So he did, and following, you will be able to see the various results of this great experiment of online collaboration with the Virtual Choir.

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9 December 2009

Indonesia: Movie ban puts freedom of speech in question

Written by Carolina Rumuat · Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture

The Indonesian Censorship Board has banned the public screening of Balibo, a film about a group of Australians who were murdered during the 1975 Indonesian military invasion of East Timor. Indonesia-based bloggers share their reactions

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14 September 2009

Fiji: Bloggers debate Amnesty International findings

Written by Michael Hartsell · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Bloggers in Fiji and around the Pacific are debating a recent Amnesty International report chronicling the island nation’s human rights record since the country’s president abrogated the constitution April 10

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3 September 2009

Commonwealth suspends Fiji

Written by Michael Hartsell · Freedom of Speech, Elections

The Commonwealth of Nations has suspended Fiji from the 53-nation body for failing to hold elections by October 2010

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21 August 2009

East Timor: Celebrating Global Solidarity for Freedom

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Written by Janet Gunter · Freedom of Speech, History

Ten years after the referendum, global voices are again spreading the word for East Timor, but this time celebrating the strong international solidarity that back then culminated in the country's recognized self-determination.

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17 July 2009

Fiji finds foreign friends?

Written by Michael Hartsell · Indigenous, International Relations

Leaders of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands will lobby the 15-member Pacific Islands Forum to consider lifting Fiji’s suspension to re-start dialogue with the country to provide its military backed government time to complete reforms.

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3 July 2009

Fiji: New constitution or delaying tactic?

Written by Michael Hartsell · Elections, International Relations

Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama outlined the plan to create a new constitution that will take the country to its next scheduled elections in September 2014.

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3 June 2009

Fiji: ‘A Christian state'?

Written by Michael Hartsell · Governance, History

Fiji’s government has canceled this year’s conference of the Methodist church, claiming the week-long meeting would foster instability. The move was announced from a statement from government police and military...

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