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Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands

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Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port predator fight goes on

July 30, 2026

Tuvalu police inspecting the bridge of the arrested Chinese longliner Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138

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Tuvalu deploys conservation NGO to arrest Chinese longliner

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in Palestine’s West Bank

Professor Vijay Naidu

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Fiji universities criticised for ‘great shame’ of ignoring coup impacts

An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed

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Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in Papua

Russia's Kremlin in Moscow

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Russia bars entry to 32 New Zealanders in sanctions response

July 31, 2022

Jai Ram Reddy (right) and Mahendra Chaudhry at a meeting

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Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son...

September 3, 2022

A protest at Jakarta's Parliament gates against the new Criminal Code on 5 December 2022

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Indonesia accused of using new Criminal Code to ‘colonise its own...

December 10, 2022

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Rights chief tells Arab dictatorships ‘examine yourselves’ in Gulf blockade

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July 25, 2017

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Lord Tuʻivakanō breaks silence over why king dissolved Parliament

August 29, 2017

Dismissed Madang MP Bryan Kramer

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Kramer still working on ‘unfinished’ exposure of PNG corruption

May 29, 2023

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Prasad confident NFP could be in Fiji’s post-election government

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September 11, 2018

It is important politically and economically for New Zealand to have trading relations with both G7 and developing countries

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Ian Powell: Context of the ‘New Washington Consensus’ and China ‘threat’...

August 29, 2023

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PNG Parliament erupts in chaos as Speaker rejects opposition motions

May 29, 2019

Buchtar Tabuni

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TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’

June 5, 2020

Papuan student protest Bali

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Papuan students in Bali protest over New York pact – demand...

August 17, 2020

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With a mandate to govern NZ alone, Labour must now decide...

October 21, 2020

Hon. Vuna Fā’otusia

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

January 13, 2021

TPNPB-OPM spokesperson Sebby Sambom (seated centre) and TPN commander Major-General Terrianus Satto.

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OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN

March 27, 2022

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Vanuatu’s Appeal Court upholds 10-year ban on 14 former MPs

April 19, 2016

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

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March 22, 2017

Kanak and French flags on Ouvea island

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Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without...

October 25, 2022

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More than 100 PNG border soldiers from Papua frontier for polls

June 26, 2017

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Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia

July 11, 2017

NZ's Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

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Sepuloni’s ‘historic’ appointment symbolic for NZ, say Pacific leaders

January 23, 2023

The back yard of Samoan community advocate Paul Mark's home in Mangere

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One month after Auckland floods Pasifika people still in temp housing

March 2, 2023

Twin flags of Kanaky and France

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Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of...

April 25, 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

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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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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An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed

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Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in...

Lyttelton Port . . . controversial DP World-backed Tonui Consortium proposal rejected

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Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton...

Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process

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political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".

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Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’

Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers

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Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in...

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The Daily Blog: We have secretly been taken to court and...

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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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Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers

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Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in...

Trump's bluster works once

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When Trump’s Iran ‘deal’ isn’t a deal – it’s the third...

American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

Slurs by NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters makes the global news for Al Jazeera

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Responding to NZ Foreign Minister’s racist slurs on China and Green...