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A controversial Fiji and Israeli plan to cooperate in security training has triggered criticism

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Fiji joins global Israel allies network, security plan slammed as ‘shameful’

July 20, 2026

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as he looked three years ago

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‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed over ignoring plea

The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World

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Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people and handed to predator companies

"FBI Director Kash Patel sounds super stoked about the chance to become a 21st century J Edgar Hoover"

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Caitlin Johnstone: They’re launching a new COINTELPRO for the 21st century

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal court in The Hague

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‘We crossed 11 rivers with water up to our necks to...

June 30, 2017

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Indonesian crackdown on peaceful West Papuan UN vote petition signers

July 14, 2017

Tongan Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pōhiva

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Tongasat’s appeal aimed at hindering suing former PMs, says Pōhiva

October 27, 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

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Indonesian journalists ‘bought, broken and soul searching’, says researcher

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August 23, 2019

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Indria Fernida: Long road to see justice over Munir’s murder

September 8, 2020

Sebby Sambom TPNPB-OPM

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Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by...

June 2, 2021

Fiji health workers 040721

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Fiji reports record 522 new cases of covid-19 – three more...

July 4, 2021

Bombed Mabugi village church

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‘We’ll be extinct,’ warns West Papuan churches, call for halt to...

July 20, 2021

Takubar School destroyed by fire

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PNG teacher helpless as vandals fire ravages Takubar classrooms

August 3, 2021

Benny Wenda

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‘A day of betrayal’, says Wenda about 1962 secret pact over...

August 15, 2021

Acting PM Soroi Eoe

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PNG covid lockdown plans ‘not ready’ – strict protocols instead

September 25, 2021

A Noumea demonstration over mandatory vaccination against covid-19

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Protesters in New Caledonia target state vax mandates, health card

January 11, 2022

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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NZ to move to red light setting tonight at midnight over...

January 23, 2022

Anti-mandate protesters in Northcote gathering for the Auckland Harbour Bridge march

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NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge

February 26, 2022

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Vanua’aku Pati political bloc confident of forming Vanuatu government

January 25, 2016

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Opposition Leader Basil challenges UPNG, supports student ballot

May 15, 2016

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Death of PNG student denied, protest action continues at 3 campuses

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June 14, 2016

Australia's new Foreign Minister Penny Wong

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Pacific security should be a matter for ‘Pacific family’, says Wong

June 16, 2022

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Iranian refugee detained ‘aggressively’ in Fiji, flown back to PNG

February 3, 2017

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New Bougainville vice-president faces BFM criticism over mining policy

February 26, 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

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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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

POPULAR POSTS

A Nile crocodile, the creature to be deployed in Israel's Ketziot Prison moat

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Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

The Fiji diaspora in Niue meet a government delegation

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Fiji finalising diaspora policy to ensure citizens abroad ‘keep coming back’

Iranian missile attack on US base in Jordan

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Two US soldiers dead in Jordan – Trump’s ego has restarted...

One of the capsized boats off the coast of PNG's East New Britain

Disasters

27 missing, including 11 children, after two boats capsize off Papua...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

Asia Report

New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear –...

The world spent 40 years building an oil reserves shock absorber for exactly this war

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The illegal US war on Iran – and now the economic...

MOST COMMENTS

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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

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Politics

Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

Asia Report

New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear –...

Dr Anna Naupa

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Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...