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Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport

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Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal at hands of Israeli military

May 24, 2026

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

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‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend

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Gaza freedom flotilla – reluctance of the West to protest Israel’s thuggery enabled the abuse

Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast

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West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu

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Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade concerns

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Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby

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Why is NZ turning its back on human rights abuses in...

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Rival OPM leaders dispute Papuan ‘independence’ declaration

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SOE Controller David Manning

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Spate of PNG covid-19 cases include national pandemic chief

February 23, 2021

Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese

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Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis

May 23, 2021

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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Ardern says NZ at one of covid’s ‘most challenging moments’ –...

October 11, 2021

Let's Talanoa series

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129 new covid cases in NZ community – Pacific talanoa series...

October 22, 2021

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

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Solomon Islands: The painful reality – my day on the road...

November 28, 2021

Palika pro-independence activist Aile Tikoure

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‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’

December 20, 2021

Author F Sionil Jose

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Filipino national artist, critic and columnist F Sionil Jose dies at...

January 7, 2022

The current occupation of Parliament grounds this month has seen disturbing references to Nazism and the Holocaust

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The NZ anti-vax movement’s exploitation of Holocaust imagery is part of...

February 25, 2022

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Rethinking journalism for supporting social cohesion and democracy: Case study of...

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Iwi don’t have Treaty right on TPP issues, says Turei –...

February 4, 2016

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Russians hand over equipment to Fiji military

February 17, 2016

Former Fiji Health Minister Dr Neil Sharma

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Fiji ministers ‘held on tight leash’ – afraid to speak up,...

April 12, 2022

NZ health worker strike

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‘We’re not paid fairly for the work we do’, say striking...

May 16, 2022

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Philippines Communist Party: We’ll issue ceasefire if govt does same

August 1, 2016

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Philippines students urged to never forget Martial Law atrocities

September 22, 2016

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Indonesia blocks websites circulating #LetWestPapuaVote petition

January 31, 2017

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Indonesia’s military and police locked in presidential tug-of-war

March 31, 2017

The aftermath of a dawn raid yesterday in Eastern Highlands province 200922

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Tense Goroka town under lockdown after brutal slaying of PNG Ports...

September 20, 2022

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PNG’s forests authority chief granted another five years at helm

May 23, 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...

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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

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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

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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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Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport

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NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio

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Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

Moana Pasifika head coach Tana Umaga sings and dances along to a cultural song after Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific Round 15 match

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‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

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Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

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Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

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Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

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How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

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Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...

Five Palestinian journalists from Gaza imprisoned in Israeli jails

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Palestinian journalists from Gaza ‘treated inhumanely’ by Israeli army and Shin...