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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PNG Prime Minister James Marape sign the US-PNG Defence Cooperation pact in Port Moresby 22May23

‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests

May 23, 2023

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape

PNG’s Marape confident of pulling off PNG-US defence pact in spite...

May 18, 2023

Former PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill

O’Neill says defence pact giving US forces ‘immunity’ threatens PNG sovereignty

June 16, 2023

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby

Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests

May 23, 2023

PNG's Finance Minister Rainbo Paita

UPNG student protesters call for ‘transparency’ over US defence pact

May 22, 2023

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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong

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A deradicalisation that would make it preposterous for Shabana Mahmood, Britain’s Home Secretary, to call demonstrations against a two-year genocide “fundamentally un-British”

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An "Israel-USA - blood on your hands" banner at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland last Saturday

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Author David Robie with his latest book, Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior.

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July 11, 2025

New Zealand protesters in Auckland yesterday condemning the genocide in Gaza

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Some of the 100 PNG Defence Force personnel who deployed to Australia to help fight bushfires in January 2020

Experts split on Australia’s Papua New Guinea military recruitment plan

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The International Seabed Authority flag

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"Don't let the Teals trick you"

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May 2, 2025

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth

Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

March 29, 2025

Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson

Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty

March 10, 2025

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (left) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for NZ to sit...

February 9, 2025

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