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A section of the cover of New Zealand author Peter Macky's new book, Gaza: Anatomy of a Genocide

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NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide

November 1, 2026

“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

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Shameful Israel move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

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‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits back after Netanyahu’s attacks during UN speech

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

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Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

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‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US midterms

Media company NZME proposes to close 14 of its community newspapers

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Call for expanded Local Democracy Reporting scheme as NZME plans to...

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November 15, 2024

Former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III

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Yellow lighting, ribbons display across Philippines in honour of Aquino

June 27, 2021

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Covid-19 cases on board Viking Bay: Agent says NZ officials ‘jumped...

July 8, 2021

PNG Police Commissioner David Manning

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PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security

November 30, 2021

Water supplies for Tonga

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International aid starts to flow into volcano tsunami-hit Tonga

January 23, 2022

PNG's former Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato

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Any poll delay ‘unconstitutional’, warns former PNG elections chief

April 26, 2022

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No improvement in Papua human rights – UN must help, says...

May 3, 2016

PNG's Sir Julius Chan

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Twice PM, but state failure prompts Sir Julius in last shot...

June 28, 2022

MRP Chair Timotius Murib

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Indonesian official admits new Papua provinces are to ‘counter OPM, exploit...

July 7, 2022

Te Maruata chair Bonita Bigham

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NZ local government: ‘We’re ready for change – it’s about youth...

July 23, 2022

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PNG orders in security forces to quell Hela’s ‘gun-toting cowboys’

December 16, 2016

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Cook Islanders get ready to go to the polls – choice...

July 31, 2022

Prayer meeting against sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV)

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‘Her screams pierced our hearts, I knew I was going to...

August 21, 2022

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Investigation into Fiji Times sedition charge steps up with search warrant

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April 4, 2017

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win...

February 1, 2023

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HRW condemns failure to end abusive ‘virginity tests’ in Indonesia

November 23, 2017

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Philippine bishops call for vigilance amid ‘creeping dictatorship’

February 26, 2018

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‘Time of anxiety’ – a depressing new normal for local journalists...

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May 9, 2018

NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

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NZ pledges almost $36m to USP — signs 10 year partnership

April 20, 2023

Green MP for Auckland Central Chloë Swarbrick

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Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty –...

July 4, 2023

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Jubilee Australia accuses Bougainville over ‘reckless land grab’ law changes

February 13, 2019

PNG's Major-General Mark Goina

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PNG suspended defence chief claims ‘political interference’ in court

October 11, 2023

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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

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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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Flashback: Early days of the three-year Israeli war on Gaza

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Getting rid of the influence of US apologists for the tragedy...

US midterm elections in the Pacific

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Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones

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Journalism cannot survive where attacks on journalists go unpunished

The Global March for Palestine in Auckland on October 10

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How freedom of expression and democracy are denied in Aotearoa when...

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Flashback: Early days of the three-year Israeli war on Gaza

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji govt being ‘hammered’ by media, says Rabuka – defends repeal...

$A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what to watch$

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A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what...

Al-Abd Abu Beid prepares a meal of lentils from food rations distributed by the World Food Programme

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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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Flashback: Early days of the three-year Israeli war on Gaza

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Getting rid of the influence of US apologists for the tragedy...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji govt being ‘hammered’ by media, says Rabuka – defends repeal...

Al-Abd Abu Beid prepares a meal of lentils from food rations distributed by the World Food Programme

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‘This is catastrophic’ – Gaza hit hard by UN food cuts...

The Global March for Palestine in Auckland on October 10

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How freedom of expression and democracy are denied in Aotearoa when...