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Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year

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Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham

June 12, 2025

Operation Peace Cartenz investigators at the scene where New Zealand helicopter pilot Glen Malcolm Conning was reportedly shot dead

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Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua

Bougainville' President Ishmael Toroama

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‘What are you afraid of?’ Toroama asks PNG about independence vote

Māori entities have grown from contributing $17 billion to New Zealand's GDP

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Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report

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Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent

Papua New Guinea

PNG landowners shut down the LNG project with ‘no hope’ to...

KINJAP Peter S. -

August 8, 2016

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PM Luxon talks doubling RSE in PNG – plane breakdown almost...

June 17, 2024

President Prabowo Subianto

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Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua

October 23, 2024

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Elizabeth Cox: Bring back a revitalised Radio Australia to all rural...

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August 4, 2018

"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version

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Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

September 17, 2024

Powes Parkop

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Parkop blasts PNG Lands Department for failing to protect public parks

August 19, 2021

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China plans ‘greener, cleaner’ industry but faces complex challenges

June 20, 2016

Vlad Sokhin documents violence against PNG women

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PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence

Pacific Media Watch -

October 6, 2022

Papuan Governor, Lukas Enembe

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Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua

March 31, 2022

The UN General Assembly

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

September 17, 2024

The village on Serua Island, Fiji

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Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood...

January 10, 2023

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WJEC16: Educators warn of looming crises within journalism, stress ‘better practice’

July 15, 2016

Film director Dandhy Laksono

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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on Papua...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2026

The People's National Congress (PNC) campaigning ahead of the PNG general election

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PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill

July 5, 2022

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka talking to Tagata Pasifika

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Fiji’s coalition trinity means ‘more cooks’ but Rabuka confident on future

January 26, 2023

Retired Major-General Jerry Singirok

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Retired PNG military chief furious over ‘witchhunt’ charge for Capital Markets...

July 25, 2024

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New ‘Resource Roulette’ report exposes deep-sea mining risks for Pacific

June 7, 2016

A PNG Post-Courier newsboy on the streets in Port Moresby

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Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or...

Pacific Media Watch -

June 16, 2023

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine

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Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

August 5, 2025

Maybrat, West Papua, refugees

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Indonesia accused of forcing mass flights of Papuans ‘for business’

September 8, 2021

Former Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) director Nga Puna

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Cook Islands deputy PM, 2 former officials found guilty of corruption

February 2, 2024

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Philippines at risk of ‘full-blown’ HIV epidemic

February 10, 2016

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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

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

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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

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

Analysis

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...

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.

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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Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

Climate activist Violet Coco

Asia Report

‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

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Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...

A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home

Asia Report

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

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Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels

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Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

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US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

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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

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio

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Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet