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West Papua independence supporters in Manokwari

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A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest songs

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April 17, 2024

Mohammed Riyaz and his family after voting at Conua District School at Kavanagasau, Nadroga, in last month's Fiji general election

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Steven Ratuva: What an election in Fiji – some reflections, lessons

Indonesia's coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Fatia Maulidiyanti

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NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist in Jakarta libel case

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Auckland with the Fijian community for Fiji Day festivities

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Indo-Fijian ‘listen to us’ plea to NZ over Pacific ethnicity classification

Trump supporters marching on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021

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How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Mark Brown: Cook Islands ‘not consulted’ on NZ-China agreements

June 20, 2025

Mt Hagen's new rules

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PNG’s Mt Hagen to launch tough new rules to ‘clean up’...

April 13, 2023

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Fiji’s provident fund frees up $5.3m for natural disaster assistance

April 22, 2018

Sorong road repairs

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Damaged Papuan road rush repair after two years for Jokowi’s visit

October 5, 2021

Wafi-Golpu tailings protest

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PNG landowners protest over deep sea tailings waste plan for K18b...

October 23, 2020

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Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives

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February 19, 2019

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DiCaprio’s eco tweet from Indonesia spurs threat on visiting foreigners

April 3, 2016

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from left) and other Melanesian leaders at the MSG summit

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Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire

June 25, 2025

Pro-independence Progressist Union in Melanesia (UPM) leader Victor Tutugoro (centre with hat) and the party’s political bureau at a media conference this week in Nouméa

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New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS

November 21, 2025

Tongan Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pōhiva

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Tongasat’s appeal aimed at hindering suing former PMs, says Pōhiva

October 27, 2018

French policies over Kanaky under fire

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Pacific alliance condemns France over bid to ‘derail’ Kanaky decolonisation

May 1, 2024

Contesting the Cook Islands elections

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Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

August 11, 2026

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Phillip Miriori: Why Bougainvilleans are having their say – ‘No to...

October 13, 2017

Mourning for Pastor Allen Nafuki

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West Papua closes national mourning for Pastor Nafuki – prays for...

June 21, 2021

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

August 13, 2026

Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra

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The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

April 1, 2026

Jubi Media Papua co-founder Victor Mambor in Suva

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West Papuan media plea for Melanesian support against Indonesian media blackout

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August 22, 2025

Opposition Labour's Peeni Henare

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Opposition promises to repeal NZ marine and coastal rights law change

October 22, 2025

The Melanesian Spearhead Group pact signing in Port Vila yesterday

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Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations

August 25, 2023

Opposition Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather

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Cook Islands opposition files no-confidence motion against PM

February 13, 2025

Chinese diplomacy in the Pacific

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Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?

June 27, 2022

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Where in the world is the Pacific? NZ researchers talk strategy...

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June 29, 2018

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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

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

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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

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

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

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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.

APJS newsfile

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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

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)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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Palestine advocacy group criticises NZ failure over Gaza human rights test

Siaosi (George) Lavelua serving 'otai for his parents business

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‘We’re one people’ – a young Tongan man’s te reo Māori...

The Invercargill City Council

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Invercargill Council becomes seventh NZ local body to ban illegal Israeli...

A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa

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Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

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‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits...

A makeshift West Papuan refugee camp in Puncak Regency after dozens of villagers were displaced from their community by armed conflict in February

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‘They just have to get out’ – civilians pay the price...

Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, talks to Al Jazeera's Listening Post

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Selling the Iran war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuk

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Pacific media must bring remote communities into the conversation, says Rabuka

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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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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

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‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits...

A makeshift West Papuan refugee camp in Puncak Regency after dozens of villagers were displaced from their community by armed conflict in February

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‘They just have to get out’ – civilians pay the price...

Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, talks to Al Jazeera's Listening Post

Asia Report

Selling the Iran war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuk

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Pacific media must bring remote communities into the conversation, says Rabuka