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A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

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Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees

May 10, 2026

Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen

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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

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Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack on his own citizens

Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

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Lord Tuʻivakanō breaks silence over why king dissolved Parliament

August 29, 2017

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Tahiti incumbent defies corruption cloud to easily win election

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May 9, 2018

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Vanuatu court orders release of ‘wanted’ Fiji man, seeks papers

June 1, 2018

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Amnesty calls on Fiji election parties, candidates to uphold human rights

November 11, 2018

ULMWP president Benny Wenda (left) at a prayer vigil and flag-raising in Suva

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Pacific churches reaffirm support for West Papua MSG membership bid

July 17, 2023

Cabinet Minister David Parker has thrown a real spanner in the works for Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more...

August 1, 2023

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Janet Tupou: Speaking life into your goals and seeing dreams come...

January 30, 2019

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Post-referendum options raised in New Caledonia

July 29, 2019

Hon. Vuna Fā’otusia

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Did sense of betrayal lead Tonga’s Fā’otusia to miss confidence vote?

January 13, 2021

Papuan students protest

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Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free...

February 26, 2021

Covid vaccine booth

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NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine

March 12, 2021

Papuan protesters at Papua govt office

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Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe

June 28, 2021

Filipino journalist Nonoy Espina

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Veteran Filipino journalist and media rights advocate Nonoy Espina, 59,...

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July 8, 2021

NZ's Director of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield

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Six million vaccine doses given in NZ as officials report 55...

October 13, 2021

Protesters outside Parliament

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‘We’ve had enough’ call to NZ capital protesters from city ‘who’s...

February 18, 2022

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COP21: Pacific battles for recognition in new Climate Change agreement

December 4, 2015

Protesters clashed with police during the 23-day occupation of Parliament grounds

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Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive

March 7, 2022

A PNG polling booth during a general election

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PNG’s political system ‘being hijacked’ by leaders, warns analyst over election

April 19, 2022

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UPNG medical students at Taurama continue boycott for ‘patriotism’

June 6, 2016

Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte

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Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory

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June 20, 2022

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Authors of new book call for full inquiry into SAS ‘betrayal’...

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March 22, 2017

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AUT journalists head off to Fiji for Bearing Witness climate project

April 13, 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

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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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Fijian Jone Vakarisi

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Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

Pacific media in action .

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Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

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Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

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Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

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Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

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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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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

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Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

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Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...