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United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) vice-president Octo Mote

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West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’

September 13, 2024

Kiribati dropped a bombshell at the Pacific Islands Forum

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NZ should show real solidarity with the Pacific by embracing climate action

Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau

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MSG a ‘building block’ for stronger Pacific cooperation, says Kalsakau

Porgera goldmine . . . in April, tribal violence led to the closure of schools and businesses

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‘Let your children live in peace’ plea by PNG’s Marape over Porgera goldmine

New Caledonia's Assembly President Roch Wamytan talking to news media in Baku

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‘Ambitious’ French political document presented to New Caledonian parties

NZ's Foreign Minister Winston Peters now more optimistic

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US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister

March 21, 2025

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Philippines tries to reverse trend in new HIV detections

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March 16, 2017

The UN General Assembly

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Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on...

September 17, 2024

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Chinese President Xi’s early PNG arrival upstages APEC rivals

November 16, 2018

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Gary Juffa: How we can stop criminal cartels stealing our PNG...

March 17, 2018

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Gallery: Palestinian musicians, poets and solidarity partners in vibrant celebration

November 29, 2024

Chinese diplomacy in the Pacific

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Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?

June 27, 2022

A demonstration placard last weekend against Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's weakness over Palestine and condemning Israeli oppression against Gazan journalists

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Facing up to genocide – a New Zealand journalist bears witness...

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August 22, 2025

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Mysterious Australian businessman swoops on Bougainville’s minerals

February 1, 2019

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Early elections cannot become the norm in Timor-Leste, says Alkatiri

February 24, 2020

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Aid groups call on Pacific leaders to end Nauru refugee ‘stain...

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September 1, 2018

Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics Kemueli Naiqama

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Fiji government sacking of chief statistician branded ‘shameful’

September 17, 2021

A pro-Iranian protest in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, yesterday

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Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time

June 29, 2025

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Vanuatu’s Chief Kalsakau lifts coastal fisheries ban at Blacksands for Easter

April 14, 2017

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Indonesia must step up over Papuan development, says ELSAM

May 19, 2017

Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji 12072022

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Empty seats mark first Pacific Islands Forum summit meeting

July 12, 2022

Solomon islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

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Dan McGarry: It’s how, not who in Melanesian politics

November 29, 2021

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognises the right of Indigenous peoples to self-determination

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Te Tiriti: The history and implications of the Treaty Principles Bill

December 13, 2024

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Chris Overland: O’Neill’s ‘monstrous’ plan trashes traditional land legacies

January 26, 2018

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The world climate leaders’ summit you didn’t hear about

July 16, 2017

Myanmar’s democracy movement wants the international community to impose tough sanctions on the junta

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China’s influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in...

November 21, 2022

Protesting students believe that there is a high chance that their new president, Claire Shipman, handed over information about Mahmoud Khalil

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Jewish students chain themselves to Columbia gates to protest over ICE...

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April 4, 2025

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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

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

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

In the Eye of the Storm

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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

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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

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

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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

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

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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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Indonesian military forces conduct operations in Intan Jaya, Papua province

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Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands

A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today

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PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war...

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

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Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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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

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel