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The joint Keris Woomera 26 exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Australian Defence Force (ADF)

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Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence over Papua’

October 19, 2026

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

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Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says it has become PIF partner

Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis

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Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

Pro-Palestinian protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire

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Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ

Badly beaten photographer Heidi Levine in hospital

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Masked settler assault on Washington Post photographer a snapshot of Israel’s toxic reality today

Ok Tedi Mine

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After PNG’s mines run out – what then? An ominous warning

October 21, 2022

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Why data power of social media giants like Facebook troubles human...

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April 3, 2018

Indonesia's coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Fatia Maulidiyanti

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NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist...

June 14, 2023

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Don’t lump Pacific issues into ‘Asia Pacific’, warns PNG’s Juffa

February 9, 2019

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Philippines faces call for UN rights inquiry into war-on-drugs killings

July 10, 2019

Former AG Christian Porter 210621

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Journalists are not going to stop tweeting. But should media outlets...

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June 21, 2021

NZ apology for the Dawn Raids

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Ardern speaks of remorse and regret during formal Dawn Raids apology

August 1, 2021

New Caledonian custom Senate president Yvon Kona

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Covid deaths soar in New Caledonian crisis – 16 in one...

September 23, 2021

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Newspapers claim neutrality along with right to be partisan, says Fiji...

February 14, 2016

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How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency...

May 2, 2022

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Unitech boycotts classes, Tabar slams UPNG students’ actions

May 11, 2016

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Unitech students continue ‘indefinite’ boycott as PM’s reply falls short

May 23, 2016

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PNG opposition lose no-confidence vote but challenge gagged debate

July 23, 2016

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Vanuatu motion of no confidence fails to make full hearing

November 30, 2016

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PNG Media Council blasts assault on EMTV election news crew

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May 17, 2017

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95bFM, VICE media team up to offer ‘authentic, credible’ NZ news...

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July 13, 2017

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Deported Chinese nationals alleged to be sex workers, not fraudsters

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October 6, 2017

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Philippine mining company wins Bougainville search licence

February 10, 2018

A woman's rights rally in Jakarta last week. Image: Yudha Baskoro/Jakarta Globe

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Step up efforts to support Indonesian women’s rights plea to Jakarta

March 12, 2018

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China takes up Australia’s former radio frequencies in Pacific

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June 23, 2018

Members of the Indonesian delegation at the Melanesian Leaders' Summit pre-meeting of the Foreign Ministers' in Port Vila last month

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Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

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September 5, 2023

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Oslo, 2017

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Victims and survivors of nuclear testing honoured in Marshall Islands

March 1, 2024

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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...

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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

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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

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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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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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PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

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PIF Secretary-General Baron Divavesi Waqa with Israeli Ambassador Maya Yaron

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Israel joins Pacific Islands Forum as development partner

Oceanographers deploy a buoy inside the Rose Atoll in American Samoa waters

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Environmental groups, chiefs file lawsuit as US pushes American Samoa deep...

Children at the Global March for Palestine in Queen Street

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Palestine Forum calls for NZ action as 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza...

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Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

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Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food

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Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

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‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

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Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says...

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

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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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“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

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Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

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Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food

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Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

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‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...