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Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Sashi Kiran (second from left) with Fiji Women's Rights Movement staff during the launch of the research report "Beyond 33 percent"

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Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new report

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NFP president Parmod Chand (left) and Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry

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NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance

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Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

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New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities

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50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to Trump

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Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc

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Finance Minister Grant Robertson

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NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare

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Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Sashi Kiran (second from left) with Fiji Women's Rights Movement staff during the launch of the research report "Beyond 33 percent"

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Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new...

March 5, 2023

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PNG bid to buy Rio Tinto’s shares in mine company ‘unacceptable’...

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New Caledonia celebrates Bastille Day and thinks about independence

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A two-year investigation by Inland Revenue

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Rich-lister supports NZ capital gains tax as new research opens fresh...

April 27, 2023

Air NZ aircraft

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Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom

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Epidemic Response Committee

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NZ lockdown – Day 9: How many Covid-19 cases does nation...

April 3, 2020

"Bread and bullets" by Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the Fourth of July

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Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...

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NZ Climate Change Minister James Shaw

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COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but...

November 2, 2021

Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba

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Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

August 9, 2026

Democracy Now host Amy Goodman interviewing economist Dr Laleh Khalili

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End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global...

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West Papua: Mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

December 16, 2015

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron

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Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

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COP21: Indonesian forest fires hot issue for global climate summit

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The port of Noumea in New Caledonia . . . unions had sought an across-the-board pay increase of 6 percent in the private sector to offset inflation

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New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners

December 20, 2022

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap

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Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems...

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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

Coronavirus

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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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

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Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

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Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live...

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

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The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...