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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

Pro-Palestine and anti-war protesters picket the US Consulate in Auckland during today's "US Invasion Day" rally

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July 4th anniversary – speakers at NZ rally slam American ‘freedom built on bones of colonised’

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

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Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

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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FPI leader calls for withdrawal of banknotes with ‘communist symbol’

January 26, 2017

Former Tahitian President Gaston Flosse

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French judiciary drop forgery, fraud case against Tahiti’s Flosse

December 5, 2022

Former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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Ask Fiji military about ‘guns on plane’ claims, says Sayed-Khaiyum

March 24, 2023

Former Kopassus general Prabowo Subianto

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Presidential hopeful Prabowo urges people to accept election bribes

June 25, 2018

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Fiji authorities caught out by social media trolls, poll fake news

Sri Krishnamurthi -

November 15, 2018

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Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua

December 9, 2018

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NZ bans military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles

March 21, 2019

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has shown no sign he is capable of leading the rejuvenation policy the party needs

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NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with...

October 2, 2023

Natalius Pigai

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State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’

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January 27, 2021

John Pulu & Jacinda Ardern

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Getting the message through: How are South Aucklanders staying informed about...

March 23, 2021

Samoan PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa and former PM Tuilaepa

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Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the...

August 26, 2021

Wailea crime scene

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Fiji human rights activist concerned over ‘dead bodies, missing people’

December 22, 2021

The Norfolk Island protest site

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Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted

May 9, 2022

PNG's police chief David Manning names Mendi suspects

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PNG police probe into Mendi mayhem names four rival political suspects

August 22, 2022

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Fretilin’s win ‘victory for all’ but coalition will rule Timor-Leste

Pacific Media Watch -

July 24, 2017

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The Daily Blog: Why we’re giving 13 NZ political parties a...

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September 18, 2017

Kanak and French flags

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New Caledonia referendum offers chance to turn page, says journo

May 30, 2018

Some of the PNG teachers and their families after beating the kidnap bid

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‘Heroic efforts’ save 7 PNG teachers and families in kidnap attempt

June 27, 2023

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3 killed in West Papua clashes as military pursue elusive rebel...

November 10, 2018

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FijiFirst wins second four-year term in office in Fiji general election

November 18, 2018

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Thousands of NZ students demand urgent climate action

March 15, 2019

Ihumatao Eru Rakena

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Ihumātao: Powerful powhiri welcomes state ministers to protest site

July 27, 2019

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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

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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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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Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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

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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

A "Stop RIMPAC forever" poster.

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RIMPAC 2026: Part 2 – Hawai’ian activist torpedoes lies about US...

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

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Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

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

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Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

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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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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...

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

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

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Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity

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