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Indonesia's Director of Immigration Supervision and Enforcement, I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram

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Jakarta bans Papuan governor Enembe from vital medical treatment trip

September 18, 2022

Pacific Climate Warrior

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Pacific Climate Warriors win global award as struggle gets ‘personal’

Indonesian associate membership of MSG

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Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for full membership

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TPP deal signed off as thousands take to central Auckland to protest – Te Reo

Israeli embassy controversy in Wellington

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Solve ‘genocide embassy’ issue – expel Israeli ambassador, says PSNA

Co-chairs Nina Santos and Father Henry Rogo of the Te Ohu founding assembly last night

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NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...

September 7, 2023

Former Wellington mayoral candidate Graham Bloxham being arrested by police at the Venezuela solidarity rally

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Former NZ mayoral hopeful arrested at Venezuela solidarity protest

January 9, 2026

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

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Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

May 30, 2026

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) secretary Neil Scott today

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Palestine protesters challenge TVNZ over Israeli ambassador’s ‘propaganda’

Pacific Media Watch -

April 26, 2024

A photo taken by Turehou Māori Wardens Trust chairperson Mereana Peka last month showing piles of rubbish left by the side of the road in Ihumātao Rd, adjoining the Ōtuataua Stonefields Reserve

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Pile of dumped rubbish at Ihumātao sacred site in NZ as...

January 18, 2023

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Powerful quake strikes Vanuatu but tsunami alert dropped

April 29, 2016

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Pat Walsh: Ahok is innocent — Indonesia needs him and renewed...

May 16, 2017

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Crisis? What crisis? A new PNG prime minister might not signal...

May 29, 2019

The slogan "From the River to the Sea" is now a prohibited phrase in Queensland

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‘From the river to the sea’ – swimming against the Queensland...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 23, 2026

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TPP signing sparks dozens of protests across US over biggest trade...

February 6, 2016

The US military continues Guam build-up

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Guam’s indigenous people ‘feel less safe’ over US military build-up

June 6, 2023

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Four human rights groups call for Indonesian ‘truth-seeking’ inquiry, apology

Pacific Media Centre -

April 30, 2016

New Caledonia Census Chef de Mission Jean Philippe Grouthier (right) at the French national statistical institute INSEE

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New Caledonia’s population drops to below 265,000, census reveals

July 30, 2025

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Uncertainty surrounds implementation of Duterte’s smoking ban

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

July 12, 2017

The USAID controversy featured on New Zealand's 1News tonight

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Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws independent journalism into chaos

Pacific Media Watch -

February 8, 2025

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Māori lead massive TPP democracy protest in NZ + video, photos

February 4, 2016

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In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a...

June 7, 2020

Migrante Aotearoa's Dennis Maga

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Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines...

June 6, 2022

Stéphane Hessel was a leading member of the French Resistance

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Palestine Action – terrorists or the real heroes of our time?

July 18, 2025

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

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Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

May 13, 2026

Owen Wilkes speaking at a protest at the US base at Christchurch Airport

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Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance

January 17, 2023

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters (left)

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Gordon Campbell: The lack of spine in New Zealand’s foreign policy...

August 16, 2025

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Civil Society

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week

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Antisemitism envoy Segal slams ABC, SBS ‘Israel bias’, wants to vet...

Deir el Balah in 2024

Analysis

What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege

Actor Sam Neill

Culture

Sam Neill: NZ’s biggest but modest movie star dies at 78

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

EDITOR'S PICKS

Heavy police presence as Jewish Australians protest against Israel outside the Royal Commission into Antisemitism

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Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Heavy police presence as Jewish Australians protest against Israel outside the Royal Commission into Antisemitism

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Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza