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"Don't mine the moana"
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Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?

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The Heritage Foundation
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Trump-aligned think tank proposes ‘Pacific Charter’, greater US involvement in the region

Curse of Gold
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Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

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Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
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Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining

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Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena
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Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

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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...

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Out-scooped by Trump – the US attack in Nigeria did...

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Cook Island activists peacefully confront the Nautilus at Rarotonga port last month, holding banners proclaiming "Don’t Mine The Moana"
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Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands...

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November 13, 2025
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Concern over the Pacific Ocean being hyper-militarised
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Pacific civil society warn of growing militarisation and mining pressure on...

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Cook Islands activists confront the EV Nautilus on its return to Rarotonga
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Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is...

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November 3, 2025
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Iora Open MP Theonila Roka Matbob in central Bougainville
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Bougainville woman Cabinet minister battling nine men to hold her seat

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July 27, 2025
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Thai advocate and Miss Earth Thailand, Baitong Jareerat, calls for ocean protection
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‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC

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June 16, 2025
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The Gambier Islands
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French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area

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Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
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A PNG soldier guarding Bougainville's Panguna mine in 1989
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Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave...

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West Papuan villagers fleeing fighting between the Indonesian military and pro-independence militants to Sugapa, the capital of Intan Jaya regency
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Human Rights Watch warns renewed fighting threatens West Papua civilians

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Former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna
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Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm

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May 19, 2025
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New Caledonia's Congress in Nouméa
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Indigenous Kanaks support New Caledonia’s 50-year ban on seabed mining

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May 13, 2025
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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...

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Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024
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Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed...

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"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...

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The International Seabed Authority flag
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Greenpeace activists from around the world have paddled and protested around MV Coco, a specialised offshore drilling vessel
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Greenpeace slams deep sea mining bid as ‘rogue’ disregard for global...

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Greenpeace International activists display a banner in front of the Maersk Launcher
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Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining

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April 25, 2025
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A school bombed out by Israeli forces provides some shelter to a family in Khan Younis, Gaza
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Gaza had educational justice. Now the genocide has wiped that out,...

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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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Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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