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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

Pacific Elders' Voice chair Anote Tong

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Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not ‘morally defensible’

A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists

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Tracy Campbell: Democracy, Israeli-style: Bring your gun to the polling station

"'Ungrounding' is a kind of destruction that we have not seen anywhere else

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‘Ungrounding’ – Eyal Weizman on Gaza genocide and Israel’s ‘architecture of control’

Fiji Military commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military chief urges accountability to the people amid coup immunity debate

350.org's Fiji community organiser George Nacewa

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Pacific climate activists join 180+ groups calling on COP30 hosts Brazil...

April 12, 2025

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Electoral Commission nullifies Unitech student vote in new PNG twist

May 13, 2016

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PNG Opposition leader Polye calls for ‘democratic’ no-confidence vote

July 14, 2016

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier

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Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law

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October 6, 2022

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Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ killings spark row during NZ human rights...

May 31, 2017

Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abused security guards and airport staff at Buka

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Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence

April 4, 2023

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NZ's Chris Hipkins

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Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders

April 22, 2023

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Protesters in PNG’s Highlands torch plane, shut Mendi airport

June 14, 2018

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Second expat vice-chancellor flees ‘for safety’ as PNG universities turn nasty

August 20, 2018

Prisoner George Speight speaking to inmates in 2011

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2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon

May 31, 2023

A Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) banner

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Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

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July 1, 2023

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Former PM Sir Mekere blasts ‘lavish staging’ and ‘ridicule’ of APEC

November 20, 2018

The United Nations has called for an independent international investigation into a devastating blast at the packed Al Ahli Arab Hospital

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Mediawatch: Media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims

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October 22, 2023

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PNG’s Marape asks China for free trade deal and debt re-financing

August 7, 2019

NZ level 4 lockdown

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High Court rules some of NZ’s covid-19 level 4 lockdown was...

August 19, 2020

Assassinated Hamas political leader Ismael Haniyeh

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Assassinated – Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian refugee who became the political...

July 31, 2024

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

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Trans-Tasman bubble opens – data key to other bubbles opening,...

April 19, 2021

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

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Binoy Kampmark: Bitter harvests – the killing of Yahya Sinwar and...

October 28, 2024

NFP president Parmod Chand (left) and Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry

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NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance

November 18, 2024

The Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network

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Fiji solidarity network welcomes Gaza ceasefire but calls for ‘justice, accountability’

January 24, 2025

New Zealand peace protesters target a local company branch of an Australian armaments manufacturer

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NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian...

March 3, 2025

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins

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Stays in MIQ to be halved under NZ’s new system –...

October 28, 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

“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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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

Activist Achmat Eesau

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Palestine genocide protesters in NZ condemn ‘Balfour betrayal’

Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military seeks end to constitutional immunity, pledges neutrality

Pasifika voters discuss what's important to them this NZ election

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‘Our people don’t want handouts’ – Pasifika voters seek action on...

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The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

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PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

US midterm elections in the Pacific

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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders

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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

Gold medal weightlifter George Speight

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Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji

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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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The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

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PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

US midterm elections in the Pacific

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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders

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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

Gold medal weightlifter George Speight

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Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji