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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda with Vanuatu and Papuan officials

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Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua

January 23, 2023

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Philippines tries to reverse trend in new HIV detections

People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum in 2019

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Bougainville takes the initiative in mediation over independence

Big stick diplomacy – the willingness to use the military – was increasingly unleashed to assert US hegemony and business interests

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Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?

Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands

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Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend

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Talks soon on second phase of Chinese-funded Vanuatu roads

May 2, 2016

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PNG government faces mounting pressure over Maseratis splurge

October 15, 2018

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Jokowi’s investment vision worrying environmental activists

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July 18, 2019

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Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure

November 15, 2017

PNG Prime Minister James Marape meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo

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Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West...

September 8, 2023

Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra

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

April 1, 2026

A pro-Palestine rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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NZ must take robust Gaza stance – ‘stop tip-toeing’ around Trump,...

February 9, 2025

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Air Niugini operates special ‘hub’ flight services to FSM

September 6, 2016

People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum

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PNG’s ruling party supports 15-year transition period for Bougainville

June 22, 2026

Three flags in Tahiti

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French Polynesia’s economy on ‘good path’, says Paris-based institute

May 9, 2023

Part of the "inclusiveness" wall at Marshall Islands High School

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Trump’s racist, corrupt agenda – like a bank robbery in broad...

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April 16, 2025

Challenges facing journalism - Dr David Robie's wide-ranging keynote address

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‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media...

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July 14, 2024

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono

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Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new...

September 20, 2024

The author, Joe Hendren, stands in Martyr's Square, Beruit

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Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of...

November 21, 2024

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair

July 20, 2024

Envoy for Women, Children and Youth to Marshallese President, Senator Daisy Alik-Momotaro

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‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall...

July 27, 2024

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

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August 28, 2017

Brimob in Intan Jaya

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The Intan Jaya conflict 3: New autonomous region, new conflict

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January 12, 2021

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Veteran climate scientist forecasts loss of all coastal cities

April 17, 2016

Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process

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The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

July 30, 2026

What lies ahead at Baku?

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COP29: Pacific countries cannot be conveniently pigeonholed

November 10, 2024

New French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu

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French Senate endorses postponement of New Caledonia’s provincial elections

October 17, 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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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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