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West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

September 7, 2026

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

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‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign minister Peters

Rescue teams in Nepal are working around the clock to reach workers trapped

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Tibetan community shocked by devastation from Nepal flash flood

PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora

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Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora

KNPB international spokesperson Victor Yeimo

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West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on UN visit

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Timor-Leste turns 20: Colonial past feeds problems of neocolonial present

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August 30, 2019

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Accused Papuans ‘flew Morning Star flag’, police chief tells Jakarta court

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February 5, 2020

A French policeman on guard in a Nouméa street

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Kanaky New Caledonia: Amnesty calls on France to ‘uphold rights’ of...

May 18, 2024

Armed Constabulary at Parihaka.

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Crosbie Walsh: Parihaka, a Stuff apology to Māori and seeking truth

December 6, 2020

The landslide at Yambali village

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PNG landslide buried ‘more than 2000 people alive’: Rescue teams navigate...

May 27, 2024

Professor Pal Ahluwalia 2

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Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ expulsion of USP head

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February 4, 2021

CCAT leader Christian Téin, organiser of a series of marches and protests, mainly peaceful

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Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Shock over pro-independence leader charges, transfer to...

June 24, 2024

CI Health Secretary Bob Williams

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Wellington travellers to Rarotonga offloaded ‘in error’ over covid scare

June 26, 2021

Greenpeace protest

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Reporting Greenpeace to police shows KPK has become authoritarian, says watchdog

July 23, 2021

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Queenstown

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‘Warmest welcome you can imagine’ – Ardern opens NZ doors to...

March 18, 2022

The Anzac Day ceremony at the Wellington war memorial

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Anzac Day remembered at dawn services across the Pacific

April 25, 2022

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Port Moresby Governor Parkop pledges ‘normalcy’ during strike day

May 19, 2016

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Ian Shirley: The NZ budget that has failed Auckland

May 31, 2016

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Media coverage of war atrocities opens debate on INFOCORE research

November 23, 2016

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Indonesia and Japan agree to step up maritime security, plan rail...

January 17, 2017

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10 reasons why NZ will still get a Labour-NZ First-Green government

September 26, 2017

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K150m released to PNG’s earthquake-ravaged districts in more relief efforts

March 6, 2018

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PNG court overturns loggers ban on custom landowners entering own land

April 4, 2018

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Duterte holding bilateral talks with PNG prime minister O’Neill

May 16, 2018

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Detained Freedom Flotilla journalist speaks out over Israeli illegal actions

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August 23, 2018

James Marape

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Scott Waide: My message to PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape

May 31, 2019

NZ armed police

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NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says commissioner

June 9, 2020

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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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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

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West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

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Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced they would ban imports of Israeli products which originated from the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank

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Peters’ ‘hot air’ over Israeli settlement trade ban rules out of...

Islanders in outrigger canoes selling tropical fruits off Dobu in the Solomon Sea

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Debt in the Pacific – systemic and current threats to regional...

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Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

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Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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‘Treasury can write what it likes’, says Peters defending Pacific Islands...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Caitlin Johnstone: Three major revelations about the Gaza holocaust in the...

"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror

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Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Koror – heavy on reaffirming but...

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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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Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

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Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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‘Treasury can write what it likes’, says Peters defending Pacific Islands...

"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror

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Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Koror – heavy on reaffirming but...

Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists

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‘Take Thailand Back’ – Thais protest against ‘disrespectful’ Israeli tourists in...