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French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne

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French PM meets New Caledonia’s anti-independence leaders in Paris

November 1, 2022

The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year

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French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

FLNKS president Christian Tién

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Pro-independence FLNKS ‘unequivocally’ reject latest agreement for New Caledonia

Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr

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‘Act responsibly for humankind’ – Palau president on deep sea mining order

PNG's Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby Cardinal Sir John Ribat welcomes Pope Francis during his four nation Pacific and Southeast Asian tour

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Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in Pacific political struggles

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First report tracking Samoan youth unemployment to help policy

Brandon Ulfsby -

June 28, 2017

Flying high . . . the Morning Star ensign -- banned in Indonesia -- flying alongside the Vanuatu national flag in Port Vila

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‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders...

August 24, 2023

Republic of Marshall Islands President David Kabua

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‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity

February 21, 2023

Pacific election promises in NZ

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NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power

September 14, 2023

China's ambassador to Samoa Fei Mingxing (left) hands over a ceremonial cheque for US$200,000 to SPREP director of legal services and governing bodies Aumua Clark Peteru in Apia

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China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after...

January 15, 2026

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

March 12, 2025

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Consider government of national unity, suggests former PM Ham Lini

April 20, 2020

A BDS - boycott, divestment and sanctions - placard

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NZ Palestine protesters condemn govt over failure to impose sanctions against...

November 8, 2025

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PNG’s Marape asks China for free trade deal and debt re-financing

August 7, 2019

FLNKS president Christian Tein (centre) with Arnaud Chollet-Leakava and Laurie Humuni

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FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week

January 14, 2026

Maata Wharehoka . . . Parihaka Matriarch

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Parihaka’s matriarch, champion of tikanga and peace advocate Maata Wharehoka dies...

February 25, 2025

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Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different

September 22, 2020

A My Lai massacre display in the Vietnam War Remnants Museum

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The fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was...

April 21, 2025

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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Climate crisis top Pacific agenda item and it’s a security issue,...

July 12, 2022

BenarNews former Pacific editor Stefan Armbruster

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Pacific editor welcomes US court ruling in favour of Radio Free...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 25, 2025

Pacific Islands climate justice protesters among those demonstrating at The Hague

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Deep freeze: Pacific ‘alarm’ as Trump leaves US diplomats with little...

January 29, 2025

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PNG court overturns loggers ban on custom landowners entering own land

April 4, 2018

Lorena Sigua

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NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino...

January 4, 2022

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Pacific’s brightest minds gather for Oceans and Islands research summit

November 29, 2018

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Gary Juffa: Why these PNG elections are taking us towards dictatorship

July 2, 2017

Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra

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

April 1, 2026

Jubi chief editor Victor Mambor

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Bombs fail to silence West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor

Pacific Media Watch -

August 24, 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

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

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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...

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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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.

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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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Charges dropped for FLNKS president Christian Téin

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Latest Paris court ruling triggers polarised reactions in New Caledonia

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‘Sodomised’ and ‘tortured’ – family of Fijian man allegedly beaten by...

FLNKS president Christian Téin

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Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

Kanaky, Palestinian and West Papua flags flying at the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre last week during a protest against the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Suva

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Te Kuaka advocacy group calls for NZ transparent, independent ‘Pacific foreign...

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Charges dropped for FLNKS president Christian Téin

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Latest Paris court ruling triggers polarised reactions in New Caledonia

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An Iran-China freight train

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The train that changes everything – the Silk Road railway beats...

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

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Paying the price for US-Israeli wars – and NZ’s shameful stance...

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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

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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

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Mark Naglazas: Blaming immigrants when we need to look inside for...

Fiji police on duty

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‘Sodomised’ and ‘tortured’ – family of Fijian man allegedly beaten by...

Kanaky, Palestinian and West Papua flags flying at the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre last week during a protest against the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Suva

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Te Kuaka advocacy group calls for NZ transparent, independent ‘Pacific foreign...

An Iran-China freight train

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The train that changes everything – the Silk Road railway beats...