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In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

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John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

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July 5, 2026

An artists' impression of the controversial Southland AI "data factory"

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Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says CAFCA

Minuteman III test launch, California

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Jeremy Rose: The nuclear-free Pacific and hypersonic hypocrisy

President Trump's so-called "Board of Peace"

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Gaza’s future stuck in diplomatic limbo as ‘Board of Peace’ blocks progress for self-determination

Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

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Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

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Rainbow Warrior takes on fresh eco mission to Papua, Indonesia

March 13, 2018

Colourful campaigning for French Polynesian elections

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French Polynesia election campaigning now in final week for Sunday’s vote

April 11, 2023

Helen Clark

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NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark

Jessica Marshall -

September 2, 2018

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Bainimarama, FijiFirst take strong lead in provisional election count

November 15, 2018

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WCC mission criticises Papua rights violations in plea for ‘openness’

February 28, 2019

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Only two women elected in Solomon Islands – no new females

April 8, 2019

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PNG journalists, media unite against ‘unacceptable’ Choi sacking

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August 21, 2019

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PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill

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October 16, 2019

Elite 1 percenters

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We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts...

January 27, 2021

University of Goroka

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Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order

May 20, 2021

Maria Ressa of Rappler

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#HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria...

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August 14, 2021

NZ Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare

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‘Covid-19 is on the doorstep of your houses,’ warns Henare...

October 19, 2021

Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily

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CPJ demands Facebook restore ‘censored’ press freedom awards video

Pacific Media Watch -

November 25, 2021

A Pacific protester blows a conch shell horn at the anti-mandate occupation atNZ Parliament

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NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost...

February 13, 2022

At least two GP clinics and a pharmacy are among the casualties of the flooding in Lismore, northeast NSW

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After Australia’s floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat

March 14, 2022

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Landmark NZ climate change conference opens to ‘unite Pacific’

February 15, 2016

West Papua

West Papua leader- ‘it’s time to take this to the UN’

September 8, 2016

PNG Post-Courier reports the Enga election crisis 150722

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50 missing PNG ballot boxes spark ‘failed’ election warning in Enga

July 17, 2022

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Sharon Bhagwan Rolls: Feminists face shrinking spaces at UN

March 24, 2017

Female life under the Taliban

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How the Taliban’s return has robbed Afghanistan’s women and girls of...

August 30, 2022

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Fretilin denounces ‘acts of terror, intimidation’ on Timor election eve

Pacific Media Watch -

July 22, 2017

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Clock ticking for Vanuatu’s state broadcaster – 6 months to reform

Pacific Media Watch -

August 28, 2017

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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

Analysis

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

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

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

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APJS NEWSFILE

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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If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace

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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

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‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’...

Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

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‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...

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French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

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Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

Australia

Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...

The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London

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The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he...

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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

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

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Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

Ex-coup convict George Speight

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Former coup leader re-enters Fiji political debate with challenge to immunity...

Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

Australia

Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...