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French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews
French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days...
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Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in...
COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta
Pope Francis has completed his historic first visit to Southeast Asian and Pacific nations.
The papal apostolic visit covered Indonesia,...
New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's domestic carrier Air Calédonie is set to launch a biweekly international connection to neighbouring...
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Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics
COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta
The Land of Papua is widely known as a land full of milk and honey. It is a name...
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Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels
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Vietnam’s famous Củ Chi tunnel network was on our bucket list for years.
For me, it was for more than half a...
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French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews
French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days...
Seven Pacific no votes in ‘historic’ UN General Assembly demand for...
Asia Pacific Report
The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding that the Israeli government end its occupation of Palestinian territories within 12...
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French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews
French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days...
West Papuan fighters who kidnapped Kiwi pilot propose terms of release
RNZ Pacific
Pro-independence fighters in the Indonesian-ruled West Papua region have proposed the terms of release for the New Zealand pilot taken hostage almost 18...
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RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam...
Pacific Media Watch
A month before the anniversary of the death of photojournalist Issam Abdallah -- killed by an Israeli strike while reporting in southern...
West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News
West Papuan independence advocate Octovianus Mote is in Aotearoa New Zealand to win support...
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Breaking bad: Why Australia’s Raygun scored zero in Olympics debut
By Amit Sarwal
The Paris Olympics might be over, but in a stunning turn of events on the last weekend Australian breakdancing champion Rachael Gunn,...
French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Polynesia's homeboy Kauli Vaast has won the Olympic gold medal in the men's shortboard finals...
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Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place
By Paul Gregoire in Sydney
One year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to San Diego to unveil the AUKUS deal the news came that...
PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum
By Lawrence Fong in Port Moresby
Cheaper loans will be a key agenda for Papua New Guinea officials when Prime Minister James Marape leads a...
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People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media
Asia Pacific Report
An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International...
FestPAC 2024: Delegates wrap up with standing ovation for Kanaky, Vanuatu and West Papua
RNZ Pacific
The director of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture Dr Aaron Sala says "it's up to all Pacific nations and their ancestors...
FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai'i
"One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific" was Samoa's powerful statement during the parade of nations...
Te Whānau-a-Apanui take Te Matatini kapa haka title 2023
RNZ News Te Ao Māori
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui from Mātaatua have been crowned Te Matatini champions for the third time in Aotearoa...
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Protesters mobilise to greet Australia’s ‘Land Forces’ merchants of death
COMMENTARY: By Binoy Kampmark in Melbourne
Between tomorrow and Friday, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) will host a weapons bazaar that ought to...
Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum
COMMENTARY: By Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva
Regional leaders will gather later this month in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Tonga...
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Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in...
By Jai Bharadwaj of The Australia Today
A pivotal book, Waves of Change: Media, Peace, and Development in the Pacific, has been released at the...
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