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Vanuatu airport runway repairs usher in new tourism era

May 8, 2016

Kiribati MP Ruth Cross Kwansing

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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NZ’s Christopher Luxon condemns Israel’s West Bank settlement plan

It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985

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40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against nuclear colonialism

Dark Times Academy's Mandy Henk speaking at the Asia Pacific Media Network event

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How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and truth

New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou

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French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed

April 1, 2024

Protesters at Molodoï, Strasbourg, demanding the release of Kanak indigenous political prisoners being detained in France

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UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding...

October 26, 2024

The Conflict islands in Milne Bay province

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PNG orders investigation into Conflict islands ‘sale’ – no deal, says...

September 1, 2022

French security forces preparing to enter Saint Louis tribe area near the capital Nouméa 09April24

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Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact

April 10, 2024

A Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) rally held during the 2025 Samoan general election campaign

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Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?

August 25, 2025

The Pacific Islands Forum troika delegation visits New Caledonia’s Congress President Veylma Falaéo

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Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission

October 28, 2024

Pacific Islander students have led the campaign for the ICJ to consider states' obligations to prevent climate change

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ICJ to begin hearings in landmark Pacific climate change case started...

December 2, 2024

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Royals talk empowerment, gender and climate advocacy with USP students

October 26, 2018

Māori Pati president John Tamihere

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‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’, says Māori Pati critic of...

June 9, 2022

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Clock ticking for Vanuatu’s state broadcaster – 6 months to reform

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August 28, 2017

New research argues the priority now should be addressing the real driver of multiple ecological crises

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Slow solutions to fast-moving ecological crises won’t work – changing basic...

October 23, 2023

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Timor-Leste president to make first official visit to Indonesia

June 25, 2018

Feroz Aswat of Auckland Copiers and Solutions Ltd

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Fiji Business Awards celebrate big achievements from humble beginnings

November 20, 2025

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

February 24, 2020

UniSaver New Zealand

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‘Divest from genocide’ call by NZ university workers to UniSaver

November 5, 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi

February 6, 2026

Emmanuel Tjibaou speaking after his election as new president of the oro-independence Union Calédonienne party

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Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party

November 26, 2024

The implications of greylisting are far-reaching for PNG

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PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist...

June 1, 2025

"Changing" by the artist Alisa Singer IPCC

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IPCC report: ‘Last gasp’ warning on climate response for NZ, the...

August 10, 2021

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

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Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

February 17, 2026

Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum 2025

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NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...

July 15, 2026

An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed

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Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in...

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July 30, 2026

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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

BEARING WITNESS

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

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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...

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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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US President Dionald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia

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Kanaky New Caledonia's new Territorial President Milakulo Tukumuli

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‘Kingmaker’ candidate elected new president of New Caledonia’s government

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Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers

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American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

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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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Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers

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Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in...

Trump's bluster works once

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When Trump’s Iran ‘deal’ isn’t a deal – it’s the third...

American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

Slurs by NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters makes the global news for Al Jazeera

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Responding to NZ Foreign Minister’s racist slurs on China and Green...