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Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

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‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned at Stop Wars rally

August 8, 2026

West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join MSG

An Auckland protest against Rocket Lab's implication in the Gaza genocide earlier this year

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Palestinian Kiwis, Māori doctor file claim against NZ govt over Gaza spy satellites

A Rising Tide climate protest with a Newcastle Port blockade

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Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges

Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team

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Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’ storytelling

Pandora Papers

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Pandora Papers: Mystery names hold bulk of Philippine-linked offshore accounts

October 5, 2021

PNG Prime Minister James Marape being vaccinated

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Only half of PNG’s MPs vaccinated against covid, reveals Post-Courier

October 16, 2021

Tonga's first covid-19 positive case

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Prepare for potential lockdown over covid case, says Tongan PM

October 30, 2021

Covid-19 montage RNZ

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NZ covid restrictions ease for Auckland and Northland – 190 new...

November 8, 2021

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins montage

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Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case

December 31, 2021

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War Reporters and RSF book pay homage to Robert Capa

January 30, 2016

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Unity Group says it has the numbers for government in Vanuatu

February 11, 2016

We in New Zealand see shapeless body bags

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Gavin Ellis: Show us the full horror of war in Ukraine

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April 19, 2022

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Indonesian forces arrest 15 Papuan activists in Kaimana, wreck office

April 18, 2016

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PNG police in firearms refresher training to ward off public allegations

June 22, 2016

The authorities deal with the stabbing attack at Bloody Ridge, Solomon Islands

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Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event

August 8, 2022

Cartoon: Wes Mountain/The Conversation

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Morrison’s multiple portfolios: why the law has nothing to do with it

August 18, 2022

Fiji Prime Minister's son Meli Bainimarama faces 17 charges

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Fiji leader’s son faces domestic violence charges in Sydney

September 17, 2022

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa

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Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos

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October 14, 2022

Accused suspect Francis Stein . . . first charged in 2019, but won an appeal

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Man accusing of killing a Tahiti journalist faces renewed charges

October 31, 2022

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Vanuatu plans cyber crime law to target Facebook ‘false claims’

June 26, 2018

"Unfree flags" . . . Kanaky New Caledonia (from left), West Papua and Aboriginal.

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Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’...

May 24, 2023

Striking Victoria University of Wellington staff and supporters protest over wages and conditions last October

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Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research...

June 22, 2023

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta

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UN nuclear watchdog boss defends position on Japan’s wastewater dump

July 11, 2023

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500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security

November 15, 2018

António Guterres in Vanuatu

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UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations

May 23, 2019

Fiji parliament video frame

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Video showing Fiji PM seizing opposition MP goes viral

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August 26, 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

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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

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...

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...

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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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The New Arab's report in Arabic with a photograph of a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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New Zealand faces lawsuit over technology use during Gaza war

The Cook Islands Parliament

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Polling booths open in Cook Islands election

Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba

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Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

ABC people get replaced by non-ABC people - and sooner rather than later we have Sinophobic news specials

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The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible...

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Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn

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Church owning historic Carlile House talks with Auckland Council about demolishing...

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

The New Arab's report in Arabic with a photograph of a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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New Zealand faces lawsuit over technology use during Gaza war

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

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Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

An Auckland protest against Rocket Lab's implication in the Gaza genocide earlier this year

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Palestinian Kiwis, Māori doctor file claim against NZ govt over Gaza...

Australian Antiosemitismn Commission Jillian Segal (centre) with husband John Roth (right)

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The Segal State 2 – the mask, the children, the money...

Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin

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Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin