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The Israeli version of shock and awe has long been a default policy

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A war without headlines: Israel’s shock-and-awe campaign in the West Bank

January 18, 2026

Palestine advocate Leeann Wahanui-Peters

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Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ

Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin

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Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel

Executive director of B’Tselem Yuli Novak

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Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head

The Iranian protests

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Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on and the ‘invisible hand’ of Israel?

Marian Rivera as Mirama

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Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines

January 16, 2026

French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou

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FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New...

January 16, 2026

"Terror on Bondi Beach" last month

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Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective

January 15, 2026

Iranian security forces keep watch on a rally in Tehran.

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Israel tries to drag US into ‘fighting wars on its behalf,’...

January 15, 2026

Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston

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Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

January 15, 2026

ICE agents in Minneapolis after the shooting of Renee Good last week

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From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent...

January 15, 2026

China's ambassador to Samoa Fei Mingxing (left) hands over a ceremonial cheque for US$200,000 to SPREP director of legal services and governing bodies Aumua Clark Peteru in Apia

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China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after...

January 15, 2026

FLNKS president Christian Tein (centre) with Arnaud Chollet-Leakava and Laurie Humuni

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FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week

January 14, 2026

Tehran mural . . . a massive Vali Asr Square image of the pro-government national protests

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Iran protests – why this upheaval is fundamentally different from 1979

January 14, 2026

Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

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Indonesia accused of being ‘unfit’ for UN rights council presidency

January 13, 2026

Adelaide Writers' Week Festival Board members who resigned

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Adelaide Writers Week: Cancelled – no decorum without a quorum

January 13, 2026

"Terror is the engine that empowers dictatorships"

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Chris Hedges: The global machinery of terror

Pacific Media Watch -

January 13, 2026

A potential pathway for transformative change in Indonesia, aiming to forge a new social contract for Papuans

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Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

January 12, 2026

CNMI territory approaching a critical eoonomic point

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CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in...

January 12, 2026

The Sydney Harbour Bridge "March for Humanity" on 3 August 2025

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Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t

January 12, 2026

Sāmoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt

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Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy

January 11, 2026

Former UNDP adninistrator Helen Clark

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Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’

January 11, 2026

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong

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NGOs warn of catastrophic impact in Gaza – Penny Wong doesn’t...

January 10, 2026

Venezuelans mobilise in Caracas against US violent aggression and abductions this week

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Ian Powell: The Nicolás Maduro kidnapping, US imperialist expansion and implications...

January 10, 2026

An Australian protest rally and march on the South Australian Parliament

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Albanese bows to relentless pressure for Bondi royal commission but scepticism...

January 9, 2026

The central conceit of the good cop, bad cop narrative is that both the US and Israel are the ones upholding the law and fighting the criminals

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Jonathan Cook: From Gaza to Venezuela, the US has been unmasked...

January 8, 2026

Sir Tim Shadbolt

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‘An extraordinary, charismatic man’: Sir Tim Shadbolt dies at 78

January 8, 2026

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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

CORONAVIRUS

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

BEARING WITNESS

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

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

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

Bearing Witness

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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Marian Rivera as Mirama

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Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines

FLNKS president Christian Tein (centre) with Arnaud Chollet-Leakava and Laurie Humuni

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FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week

Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston

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Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin

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Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for...

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The Israeli version of shock and awe has long been a default policy

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A war without headlines: Israel’s shock-and-awe campaign in the West Bank

Executive director of B’Tselem Yuli Novak

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Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head

Marian Rivera as Mirama

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Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines

French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou

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FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New...

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

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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President Emmanuel Macron

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Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks

The Israeli version of shock and awe has long been a default policy

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A war without headlines: Israel’s shock-and-awe campaign in the West Bank

Palestine advocate Leeann Wahanui-Peters

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Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in...

Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin

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Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for...