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The Rainbow Warrior III in action against industrial longlining fishing in the South Pacific

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Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation

June 12, 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

Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say opposition parties

A child victim of the Indonesian military raids in Sugapa district

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More deaths reported out of Sugapa in West Papua clashes with military

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters gave the game away

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NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing nothing

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers

June 11, 2025

The Gambier Islands

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French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area

June 11, 2025

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer at a pro-Palestinian rally outside the NZ Parliament

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Te Pāti Māori condemns Israel for Gaza ‘horrific violence’ over Madleen...

June 10, 2025

Nine of the 12 Madleen crew members before they were kidnapped by the Israeli military

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Amnesty slams Israel for flouting international law with ‘chilling contempt’ over...

June 10, 2025

Gaza Freedom Flotilla peace activist Thiago Ávila in an interview with journalist Abby Martin before being kidnapped by Israeli forces

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Why Israel’s ‘humane’ propaganda is such a sinister facade

June 9, 2025

French-Palestinian MEP parliamentarian Rima Hassan

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Palestinian supporters in NZ accuse Israel of ‘state piracy’ and condemn...

June 9, 2025

Brazilian activist Thiago Avila wearing a life jacket

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Israeli forces intercept Gaza freedom aid boat Madleen – cut communications

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June 9, 2025

"It is hard to argue with the conclusion genocide is happening"

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New Zealand’s foreign policy stance on Palestine lacks transparency

June 8, 2025

For more than 20 months, Israeli authorities have barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military have killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists

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Gaza plea: RSF, CPJ and 150+ media outlets call on Israel...

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June 8, 2025

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...

June 7, 2025

Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps

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Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

June 7, 2025

Gaza Freedom Flotilla peace activist Thiago Ávila

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‘They cannot block us,’ says activist on Madleen flotilla aid ship...

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June 7, 2025

Half of the Marshall Islands' 50,000-strong population live in the capital city of Majuro

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Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research

June 6, 2025

Te Pāti Māori's Rawiri Waititi (from left), Hana Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer . . . punished

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Punishment for Te Pāti Māori over Treaty haka stands – but...

June 5, 2025

The lone US vote against Gaza peace

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Analyst condemns US ‘utter isolation’ after fifth Israel veto at UN...

June 5, 2025

How the Lae edition of the PNG Post-Courier reported the crisis

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Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis

June 5, 2025

Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments

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Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

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June 5, 2025

Former staffer in New Caledonia's Congress Frédérique Muliava

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Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia

June 4, 2025

Taeri MP and former journalist Ingrid Leary

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Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

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June 4, 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

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

June 3, 2025

Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua

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Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

June 2, 2025

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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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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

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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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Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

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Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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

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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

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters gave the game away

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers