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Tahiti's President Moetai Brotherson

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‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence

June 8, 2023

Vanuatu PM Ishmael Kalsakau

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Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM

The US military continues Guam build-up

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

The Melanesian Spearhead Secretariat office in Port Vila

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West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG

French Overseas Minister Gerald Darmanin speaking on Caledonia TV

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French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes

Hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens

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Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’

June 4, 2023

"Whakaako Kia Whakaora - Educate to Liberate" - Polynesian Panthers

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Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy

June 1, 2023

If the New Zealand pilot does get out alive, he deserves the media attention lavished on the Australian

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Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua?...

June 1, 2023

New Caledonia's Territorial Assembly President Roch Wamytan

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Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote

May 30, 2023

Head of the Caledonian Union Daniel Goa

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No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor

May 29, 2023

Veteran Tahitian pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru

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Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case

Pacific Media Watch -

May 25, 2023

New Caledonia's Congress President Roch Wamytan

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Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult

May 24, 2023

"Unfree flags" . . . Kanaky New Caledonia (from left), West Papua and Aboriginal.

Decolonisation

Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’...

May 24, 2023

French Interior Minister Gérald

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France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse

May 23, 2023

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘We’re victims of global power play’ – Pacific backs India, says...

May 22, 2023

University of Papua New Guinea students protest against the US-PNG defence pact

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Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

May 22, 2023

West Papuan Morning Star flag at burial

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OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending...

May 17, 2023

A section of the Girmit Day holiday crowd in Suva yesterday

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Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and...

May 16, 2023

Palestinian-Kiwi children at the Nakba Day rally in Auckland's Aotea Square yesterday

Decolonisation

Nakba Day – 75 years of Palestinian statelessness, but also persistence

May 15, 2023

Tahiti's new President Moetai Brotherson

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Brotherson ushers in bold new era of Tavini governance for Mā’ohi...

May 13, 2023

West Papua National Committee international spokesperson Victor Yeimo

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Amnesty calls on Jakarta to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo

May 11, 2023

A section of the Café Pacific front page

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Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website

Pacific Media Watch -

May 10, 2023

Noumea Accord signatory Victor Tutugoro about the 2021 Kanak referendum boycott

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‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner

May 10, 2023

CLIMATE AND COVID

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

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

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

Climate

How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

Dr Collin Tukuitonga

Analysis

Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

CORONAVIRUS

Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

Coronavirus

King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade

Covid reaches Tokelau

Coronavirus

Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends

Professor Michael Baker

Coronavirus

WHO covid-19 status changed but still NZ’s infectious ‘number one killer’

Professor Michael Baker

Coronavirus

Smaller covid waves in NZ, but still ‘major uncertainties’ – professor

Professor Michael Baker's covid-19 fourth wave warning

Coronavirus

‘Mask up’ – warns epidemiologist over NZ’s rising fourth wave...

The “Jacinda effect” had switched from being a uniting force to a polarising one

Climate

Jacinda Ardern says goodbye to parliament – how her politics of...

BEARING WITNESS

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

Bearing Witness

Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

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APJS NEWSFILE

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While PNG promotes APEC big money, youth are building grassroots resilience

APJS newsfile

40 luxury Maseratis for PNG, but little effort put into climate...

APJS newsfile

Tukuitonga goes into battle on behalf of Pacific for WHO position

APJS newsfile

Memo NZ: ‘Get on the right side of history’ over West...

POPULAR POSTS

PNG's stood down Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko

Democracy

20 MPs walk out as PNG’s Tkatchenko apologises for ‘media trolls’...

South Australian MPs rally against the draconian new anti-protest law

Australia

South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest

The US military continues Guam build-up

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

Hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens

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Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’

EDITOR'S PICKS

PNG's stood down Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko

Democracy

20 MPs walk out as PNG’s Tkatchenko apologises for ‘media trolls’...

Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

Coronavirus

King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade

South Australian MPs rally against the draconian new anti-protest law

Australia

South Australia adopts draconian new law curbing peaceful climate protest

This image of Tui O'Sullivan is a portrait painted by Professor Welby Ings

Culture

Obituary: Tui Rererangi Walsh O’Sullivan, the ‘flying bird in the sky’

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

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

Panguna mine . . . the flooding

Bougainville

Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities

The US military continues Guam build-up

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

The Melanesian Spearhead Secretariat office in Port Vila

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West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG

Kamahl Santamaria at Al Jazeera

Asia Report

Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The...