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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

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Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli interception

May 3, 2026

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack

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

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi

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NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says PSNA

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

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

Auckland clinician Dr Andrew Old

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‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid...

March 11, 2022

Twenty years on for Boris Léontieff

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Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight

May 24, 2022

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Fiji rights coalition calls for review of MP’s suspension for democracy

June 6, 2016

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PNG police in firearms refresher training to ward off public allegations

June 22, 2016

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Duma, Pok step aside in PNG’s Manumanu defence land probe

February 7, 2017

PNG Prime Minister James Marape - Singapore visit

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Marape’s ‘mystery’ green energy Singapore trip explained at midnight

August 15, 2022

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki, founder of the Freedoms NZ party

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Refusing to rule out working with Brian Tamaki, Luxon gives NZ’s...

August 26, 2022

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Amnesty challenges Australian claim over shooting on Manus Island

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May 15, 2017

ICW coordinator Agus Sunaryanto

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Indonesian ex-graft convicts active again in political parties ‘nothing new’

January 9, 2023

NZ's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and deputy Carmel Sepuloni

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NZ’s incoming PM Chris Hipkins singles out ‘global inflation pandemic’ as...

January 23, 2023

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Philippine media freedom riskier, traumatic under Duterte, says PCIJ director

December 5, 2017

Labour leader Chris Hipkins

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Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise

September 2, 2023

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Thousands join women’s march in Jakarta for justice, gender equality

April 28, 2019

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‘We can’t control the demons’: Tonga mulls Facebook ban

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August 14, 2019

Dr Biman Prasad

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NFP’s Dr Prasad accuses Fiji of threatening stability of USP

September 27, 2020

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Take action to save lives in West Papua, activists tell Forum

November 23, 2020

Poverty

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The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality

December 23, 2020

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Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled...

February 9, 2021

Papua media freedom

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Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into...

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May 6, 2021

Police guard at Samoa's Supreme Court

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Samoan A-G recalls statement critical of judiciary as ‘olive branch’ offered...

May 28, 2021

Jet Park Hotel

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‘I wouldn’t wish this on anyone’: Life inside Jet Park with...

September 11, 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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Fiji has climbed from 40th place in 2025 in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index

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Political reforms drive Fiji’s big press freedom gains, says RSF

Singer, documentary maker, storyteller and TV presenter Moana Maniapoto

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Moana Maniapoto: Why trashing the BSA is a sign of journalism...

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

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NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila

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New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

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Singer, documentary maker, storyteller and TV presenter Moana Maniapoto

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Moana Maniapoto: Why trashing the BSA is a sign of journalism...

NZ Media and Communications Minister Minister Dr Paul Goldsmith

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Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of NZ’s enforceable media...

Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila

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UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila

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New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

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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

Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump

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Iran war almost over . . . and the end...

Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila

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UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila

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New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

Two foreign activists -- Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Spanish Palestinian Saif Abukeshek -- from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were kidnapped and taken to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May 3 and again two days later

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Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution