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Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

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Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being attacked. Guess who’ll pay?

April 27, 2026

PSNA secretary Neil Scott

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Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies

A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today

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PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war graves in Gaza

Southern Lebanon journalist Amal Khalil

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Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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Vanuatu PM says election result shows people want change

February 16, 2016

Efika Kora, Papuan student

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West Papuan students’ dreams dashed after scholarships suddenly cancelled

April 23, 2022

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Students reach out to public in ‘awareness day’ over PNG crisis

May 12, 2016

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PNG’s two universities contrast in management style over protests

May 25, 2016

A mob set fire to these vehicles during PNG Energy Minister Saki Soloma's visit

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PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack

June 1, 2022

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Indonesia’s Jokowi still owes resolution of past rights abuses

December 10, 2016

French nuclear weapons tests Bruno Barrillot

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Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia

August 19, 2022

A helicopter landing at Pekoa airport in Santo with ballot boxes

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Lobbying begins for new coalition government in Vanuatu after vote

October 15, 2022

Palika's Charles Washetine

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Pro-independence Palika ready to join dialogue on future of Kanaky New...

November 2, 2022

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O’Neill accepts outcome in spite of Morobe election losses to Pangu

July 19, 2017

Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua

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Fiji minister’s assurance after military chief expresses ‘shortcut’ concerns

January 18, 2023

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Indigenous advocacy group calls on Jokowi to revoke forests decree

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October 16, 2017

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Renewed Papuan independence call amid alleged ‘hostage’ standoff

November 17, 2017

PNG's draft national media development policy

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Information chief defends PNG’s draft policy as ‘strengthening’ media

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February 24, 2023

Indonesian military and police personnel surround a helicopter in Kenyam district, Nduga regency, Papua Highlands, in February

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West Papuan rebels claim 9 soldiers killed in Jakarta bid to...

April 17, 2023

New Caledonia's Assembly President Roch Wamytan talking to news media in Baku

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Time for France to grant New Caledonia independence, says Wamytan

July 13, 2023

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‘The President does not lie’ – and Duterte’s proven untrue claims

May 5, 2019

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Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining...

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January 22, 2020

Labour Day in NZ

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Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness

October 26, 2020

Suva police roadblock

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NGOs, MPs warn ‘draconian’ draft bill will turn Fiji into police...

March 13, 2021

Papua New Guinea's empty Parliament

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Parliamentarians ‘no show’ in PNG – session adjourned

August 11, 2021

Goroka Hospital morgue

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All of PNG’s 252 covid virus deaths ‘unvaccinated’, says health minister

October 14, 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

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

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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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A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

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Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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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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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel