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Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

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A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests
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Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

Film director Dandhy Laksono
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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on Papua documentary

PNG's Parliament Haus in Port Moresby
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New bid to tackle Papua New Guinea’s chronic lack of women MPs

Papua's Tom Beanal
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Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
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A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media
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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear
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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

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May 13, 2026
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Rotuman culture and language
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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

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May 11, 2026
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Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom
Pacific Voices

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

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May 9, 2026
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Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017
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Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

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May 9, 2026
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"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

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Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration
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Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

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April 18, 2026
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French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson (left) and his father-in-law Oscar Temaru, president of the ruling Party Tavini Huiraatira
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Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party

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April 6, 2026
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Tavini’s historic leader Oscar Temaru (from left), French Polynesia’s current President Moetai Brotherson, and Tematai Le Gayic
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Rift widens within French Polynesia’s ruling party following municipal election losses

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March 27, 2026
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The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack
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From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

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Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and internal displacement of West Papuans
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Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw

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March 21, 2026
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TVNZ 1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
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‘There’s volatile times ahead’ for the Pacific, warns Barbara Dreaver

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March 13, 2026
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (far left) at the inaugural meeting of Trump's so-called Board of Peace
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West Papua’s humanitarian crisis stalls Prabowo’s ‘global peacemaker’ credibility bid

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March 10, 2026
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Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast
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West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and...

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March 8, 2026
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Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands
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Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum...

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March 5, 2026
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New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie
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‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage...

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March 5, 2026
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Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau
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Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

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March 3, 2026
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Community and social justice activist Roger Fowler
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Roger Fowler’s legacy – and the Polynesian Panthers connection

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February 24, 2026
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Activist, community strategist and musician Roger Fowler
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Roger Fowler, a legend of the Aotearoa solidarity movement, dies at...

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February 22, 2026
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Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels
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Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’...

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February 22, 2026
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The council president is not merely a passive moderator but a pacesetter, agenda-shaper, balance-keeper
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Indonesia’s human rights law being revised under a global spotlight

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February 21, 2026
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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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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Pacific Voices

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
Pacific Voices

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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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
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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
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
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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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