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KNPB calls on OPM, Jakarta to halt armed conflict in Papua
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The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has declared that it rejects the violent approach which Indonesia continues to push in the land of...
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Tongan King calls for unity as he vows to rebuild amid...
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Tonga's King Tupou VI is urging his people to unify and rise from the ashes of the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami which...
Why no warning sirens before Tonga’s deadly tsunami hit? Minister unclear
By Kalino Latu in Auckland
The managing director of Radio FM Broadcom, Katalina Tohi, asked Tonga's disaster minister during last Sunday’s media conference to explain...
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Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence
ANALYSIS: By Michael Field in Auckland
Within a day of the massive volcanic eruption that rocked Tonga and severed the archipelago's communications with the rest...
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International aid starts to flow into volcano tsunami-hit Tonga
Al Jazeera's report on Tonga from Auckland.
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It has been a week since the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami near Tonga destroyed large...
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KNPB calls on OPM, Jakarta to halt armed conflict in Papua
Suara Papua
The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has declared that it rejects the violent approach which Indonesia continues to push in the land of...
Mass eviction back on again near UPNG as police give green...
PNG Post-Courier
Deputy Police Commissioner Operations Anton Billie has given the green light for Papuan New Guinean police in the National Capital District to carry...
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Global Papuan student body condemns Jakarta’s disruption of study funds
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A global Papuan student welfare advocacy group has condemned the Indonesian government's disruption of autonomous local education grants supporting studies abroad,...
Kiribati confirms more than 100 covid-19 cases – new rules
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific regional correspondent
The Kiribati Health Ministry has confirmed that the atoll island nation has surpassed 100 covid-19 cases after it...
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International aid starts to flow into volcano tsunami-hit Tonga
Al Jazeera's report on Tonga from Auckland.
Al Jazeera News
It has been a week since the Hunga volcanic eruption and tsunami near Tonga destroyed large...
Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka –...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An RNZAF P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over the small Tongan island of Nomuka showing the heavy ash fall from last Saturday's...
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World’s highest paid rugby player delighted he can be picked for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
The world’s highest paid rugby player, Charles Piutau, is delighted he will be eligible to play for Tonga now...
Critics condemn INEOS and Altrad as ‘not a good fit’ for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Both the INEOS and Altrad logos will be emblazoned on the All Blacks jerseys and shorts for the next...
SOCIO-ECONOMICS
James ‘Jimmy’ O’Dea: How he upheld Te Tino Rangatiratanga and many...
OBITUARY: By Tony Fala
James “Jimmy” O’Dea (18 October 1935-27 November 2021) was a mighty activist, community organiser, family man, and working-class defender. He died...
Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion
ANALYSIS: By Transform Aqorau
The riots in Honiara yesterday, disturbing the city’s normally quiet atmosphere, were unexpected but not surprising.
Someone made reference to a possible...
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The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom
By Moale James
“West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly...
Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Young Pasifika performers and artists came together last week for Moana Loloto, a night of indigenous storytelling to explore four pressing...
Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the...
Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a...
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Eruption renews debate on lack of backup for Tongan communications
By Kalino Latu and Philip Cass in Auckland
Lack of backup satellite and cable links in the wake of Tonga's volcanic eruption at the...
Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...
ANALYSIS: By Shane Cronin, University of Auckland
The kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on...
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