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Polling was scheduled to begin yesterday but was pushed back a day to allow time to dispatch ballot papers

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‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push for independence

September 5, 2025

Former NZ politician Aupito Tofae Su'a William Sio

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‘Huge relief’ in Samoa post snap general election, says Aupito

Thousands of Bougainvilleans flocked to the polls on 23 November 2019 to vote in the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea

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Bougainville 2025 election: What’s at stake?

Samoa's Electoral Commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo Alexander Stanley briefing the media on election day

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Samoa snap election: No results just yet, says electoral commissioner

More than 100,000 registered voters are heading to the polls to decide Samoa's next government.

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Polls open in Samoa’s 2025 general election with one seat declared

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama

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Bougainville’s President Ishmael Toroama candid and relaxed a week out from...

August 27, 2025

Assisting the elderly at Samoan pre-polling

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Samoa general election: Pre-polling kicks off

August 27, 2025

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

Bougainville woman politician Elizabeth Tako Palin

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‘I believe I can’: Elizabeth Palin runs for Bougainville North women’s...

August 15, 2025

Local body election candidates

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‘We need to be involved’: Pasifika candidates running in Auckland local...

August 15, 2025

New Caledonia Census Chef de Mission Jean Philippe Grouthier (right) at the French national statistical institute INSEE

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New Caledonia’s population drops to below 265,000, census reveals

July 30, 2025

Iora Open MP Theonila Roka Matbob in central Bougainville

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Bougainville woman Cabinet minister battling nine men to hold her seat

July 27, 2025

Former PNG national Parliament regional representative for Bougainville Joe Lera . . . "We will try to make big changes in addressing sustainable development"

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Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development

July 23, 2025

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama

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Bougainville election: More than 400 candidates vie for parliament

July 16, 2025

ABG House Speaker Simon Pentanu will has issued the writs for the fifth general elections in September

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Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll

July 8, 2025

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

July 6, 2025

President Emmanuel Macron (right) with New Caledonia Congress former presidents Louis Mapou (left) and Roch Wamytan (centre) last yea

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Macron invites all New Caledonia stakeholders for Paris talks

June 25, 2025

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

Prime Minister Fiāme Naomi Mata'afa on the floor of Parliament earlier this year

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Samoa parliament formally dissolved after months of uncertainty

June 3, 2025

Rassemblement National's Marie Le Pen

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French politicians in New Caledonia to stir the political melting pot

May 30, 2025

Samoa on election day in 2016

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Samoa parliament to be dissolved in June, election date to come

May 29, 2025

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

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Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

May 28, 2025

French gendarmes on guard at Noumea's central Place des Cocotiers

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France tightens security for riots anniversary after aborted New Caledonia political...

May 12, 2025

Siome of the participants in the Aotearoa Philippines national assembly in Auckland yesterday

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Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election...

May 11, 2025

"News Corp and its media bedfellows rely on snark, shrillness and outrage gimmickry

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In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with...

May 5, 2025

Advance director Sandra Bourke (left) and Roslyn Mendelle

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Australia ‘Islamic Caliphate’? Dark money and the 11th hour election propaganda...

May 2, 2025

"Don't let the Teals trick you"

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Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals...

May 2, 2025

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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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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) held bilateral discussions with the United Nations Secretary-General

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UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit

Polling was scheduled to begin yesterday but was pushed back a day to allow time to dispatch ballot papers

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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

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Polling was scheduled to begin yesterday but was pushed back a day to allow time to dispatch ballot papers

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‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push...

Gazan journalist Mariam Dagga in a last note to her son

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Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza....

Indonesian authorities say the group were transferred due to "security concerns"

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Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) held bilateral discussions with the United Nations Secretary-General

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UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit