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A section of the cover of New Zealand author Peter Macky's new book, Gaza: Anatomy of a Genocide

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NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide

November 1, 2026

Ocean Partnership Roundtable at Ngarachamayong Cultural Center in Koror, Palau,

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Pacific Elders’ Voice calls for reversal of Forum partnership with Israel

Firearms and ammunition seized in a counter-terrorism operation by PNG police in Southern Highlands province

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West New Britain governor speaks out about raskols as 12 killed in Kimbe

Pacific Elders' Voice chair Anote Tong

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Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not ‘morally defensible’

A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists

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Tracy Campbell: Democracy, Israeli-style: Bring your gun to the polling station

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United ULMWP executive confident of O’Neill’s West Papua support

February 5, 2018

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Fiji Times sedition trial assessors give unanimous ‘not guilty’ opinion

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May 18, 2018

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘We’re victims of global power play’ – Pacific backs India, says...

May 22, 2023

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Plea to Jokowi: Free all Maluku and West Papuan political prisoners

September 20, 2018

The tougher new legislation has been introduced to target 'domestic terrorism"

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Tough new PNG police powers won’t work, says Transparency chief

July 5, 2023

A scene from Jane Campion's 1989 debut film Sweetie

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John Minto: Kudos to Jane Campion for saying no to apartheid...

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July 23, 2023

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Thousands of NZers share messages of hope for Muslim whānau

March 20, 2019

Palestinian demonstrators protesting in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank against Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in the aftermath of the death of activist Nizar Banat

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‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on...

September 17, 2023

Papua's former Governor Lukas Enembe in court

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Former Papuan governor Enembe’s corruption trial ends – verdict soon

September 28, 2023

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MEAA protests over police raid on Canberra journalist’s home

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June 4, 2019

'Akilisi Pohiva in Tuvalu

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Tongan PM blasts Pacific regionalism ‘myth’ and silence over West Papua

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August 16, 2019

Flashback to 15 March 2019:

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Christchurch attacks 5 years on: terrorist’s online history gives clues to...

March 18, 2024

Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama in a more jovial mood

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Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case

March 28, 2024

Kiribati justice

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Australia-born judge facing potential deportation from Kiribati

April 24, 2024

A fire at the height of the Noumea protests over the planned French electoral changes making indigenous Kanaks more marginalised

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Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrest

May 15, 2024

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Civil rights groups raise concerns about Jokowi’s next police chief

January 25, 2021

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Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua

March 4, 2021

Professor Vijay Naidu

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Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism

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July 23, 2024

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono

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Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group

May 7, 2021

Samoan Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?

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May 29, 2021

UPNG harassment protest 190621

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‘We’re not sending our daughters to be punching bags at uni,’...

June 19, 2021

Masked office workers in Jakarta

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Java, Bali brace for covid emergency lockdown as Indonesia’s cases surge

July 2, 2021

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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

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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

BEARING WITNESS

“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

Asia Report

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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A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists

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A section of the cover of New Zealand author Peter Macky's new book, Gaza: Anatomy of a Genocide

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NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide

A Lakapi Samoa billboard in Apia

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A press conference at the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) office in Jayapura on 2 November 2026 discussing the shooting of three civilians in Nduga Regency on 23 October 2026

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Nduga shooting victims’ families ask Papua Legal Aid Institute to oversee...

Fiji Military commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military chief urges accountability to the people amid coup immunity...

The Solomon Islands coat of arms on Parliament buildings in Honiara

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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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A press conference at the Papua Legal Aid Institute (LBH Papua) office in Jayapura on 2 November 2026 discussing the shooting of three civilians in Nduga Regency on 23 October 2026

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Nduga shooting victims’ families ask Papua Legal Aid Institute to oversee...

Fiji Military commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military chief urges accountability to the people amid coup immunity...

The Solomon Islands coat of arms on Parliament buildings in Honiara

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Solomon Islands government moves to end ‘unstable coalitions, party defections’

Journalist Mohamed Hassan

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