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Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville – but some say it’s a cash grab

Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics Kemueli Naiqama
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Fiji government sacking of chief statistician branded ‘shameful’

Solomon Islands capital Honiara
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US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base in Solomons

Olayan Olayan, who was born in the village of Battir in 1941, overlooks a valley in which a new Israeli settler outpost is built
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Israel’s rampant ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinian communities

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A potential pathway for transformative change in Indonesia, aiming to forge a new social contract for Papuans
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Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

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A personal perspective on USAID as an organisation
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Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID

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Papuan People’s Solidarity members protest in Sorong last month against President Prabowo Subianto’s plan to resume a transmigration programme
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West Papuan outcry over Prabowo’s plan to revive transmigration

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Samoan photographer wins ‘changing lives’ artist residency in Apia

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The Melanesian Spearhead Group pact signing in Port Vila yesterday
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Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations

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Simona Marinescu (right) with former Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
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UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’

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November 29, 2021
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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (centre) flanked
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Protesters at an Auckland rally against Israel's genocidal two-year war on Gaza target alleged complicity by RocketLab and BlackSky
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NZ minister warned on possible risk over Israeli use of satellites

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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

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CNMI and Guam activists stage a rally protesting against the US military buildup in the Marianas
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‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters

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French President Emmanuel Macron visits Kanak villagers yesterday in an area near Tuoho
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Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
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Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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John Mitchell: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times

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Rotuman culture and language
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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

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Air Niugini operates special ‘hub’ flight services to FSM

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French policies over Kanaky under fire
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Pacific alliance condemns France over bid to ‘derail’ Kanaky decolonisation

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Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024
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Then French prime minister Lionel Jospin (centre) shakes hands
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Tributes pour in for Lionel Jospin, ‘father’ of the Nouméa Accord

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Jailed leader Marwan Barghouti . . . Palestine's "Nelson Mandela"
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Tavini’s historic leader Oscar Temaru (from left), French Polynesia’s current President Moetai Brotherson, and Tematai Le Gayic
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Rift widens within French Polynesia’s ruling party following municipal election losses

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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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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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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

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