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Gaza's UNSC Resolution 2803

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Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel failed to gain through brute force

November 21, 2025

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

Trailblazing BenarNews

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Trump funding cuts on media impacts on independent Asia Pacific outlet

The average household in PNG was five people, according to the 2024 Census final figures

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Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals

Simona Marinescu (right) with former Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

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UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’

Former UNDP adninistrator Helen Clark

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Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’

January 11, 2026

Simona Marinescu (right) with former Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

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UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’

November 29, 2021

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Chris Overland: O’Neill’s ‘monstrous’ plan trashes traditional land legacies

January 26, 2018

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Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby

November 17, 2018

Solomon Islands capital Honiara

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US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base...

April 27, 2022

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€4.5m plan to build El Niño resilience in FSM, Marshall Islands...

July 20, 2017

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

PNG village

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What are the lessons with Covid-19? Seeing the ironies through a...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 24, 2020

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Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change

Sri Krishnamurthi -

November 30, 2018

Papua New Guinea's fuel crisis

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Puma Energy shuts down PNG nationwide – seeks US$100m to resume...

February 20, 2023

An aerial view of New Caledonia's Koniambo (KNS) mine site

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New Caledonia’s mothballed nickel plant starts mass sackings process

July 29, 2024

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Cuba boosting ‘Pacific connection’ in defiance of US blockade

Michael Andrew -

April 3, 2019

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Investments minister ‘rules out’ more palm oil plantations in Papua

March 3, 2020

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

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Rabi landslide? Not a big problem, horseback and walking the answer

April 26, 2018

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence flies higm among dozens of climate activists - from both the Netherlands and abroad - gathered on a square outside the court

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UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...

July 24, 2025

Cleaning up Tonga's volcano ashfall

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Why no warning sirens before Tonga’s deadly tsunami hit? Minister unclear

January 27, 2022

Pro-independence Kanaks

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FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia

May 10, 2022

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

The French political impasse

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What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia

December 5, 2024

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Pioneering Samoan academic wins key social sciences role at UNESCO

August 22, 2018

Dame Jacinda Ardern, Special Envoy for Oceania and former prime minister of Aotearoa New Zealand (right) and Coral Pasisi, Director of Climate Change and Sustainability at the Pacific Community (SPC)

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Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in...

November 10, 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

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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

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...

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

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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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Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

New Zealand pro-Palestine protesters stage a rally in Te Komititanga Square

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The Gulf tollbooth that demands real recognition – Iran closes the...

Minuteman III test launch, California

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Jeremy Rose: The nuclear-free Pacific and hypersonic hypocrisy

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You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death

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Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week

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Antisemitism envoy Segal slams ABC, SBS ‘Israel bias’, wants to vet...

Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi

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Samoa opposition leader says treason inquiry delayed over lack of evidence

Protesters from Americans Abroad Against the War (AAAW) taking part in a recent Auckland march against the US war on Iran

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‘Profound strategic misjudgment’ – why Iran may have upper hand in...

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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

You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week

Asia Report

Antisemitism envoy Segal slams ABC, SBS ‘Israel bias’, wants to vet...

Protesters from Americans Abroad Against the War (AAAW) taking part in a recent Auckland march against the US war on Iran

Asia Report

‘Profound strategic misjudgment’ – why Iran may have upper hand in...

New Zealand pro-Palestine protesters stage a rally in Te Komititanga Square

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The Gulf tollbooth that demands real recognition – Iran closes the...