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Minuteman III test launch, California

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Jeremy Rose: The nuclear-free Pacific and hypersonic hypocrisy

July 7, 2026

A "Stop RIMPAC forever" poster.

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RIMPAC 2026: Part 2 – Hawai’ian activist torpedoes lies about US ‘security and respect’

The tino rangatiratanga flag

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He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let go

The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London

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The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he hasn’t got a clue

Pro-independence Tahitian MP in Paris Moetai Brotherson

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France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’

October 18, 2022

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Fretilin’s win ‘victory for all’ but coalition will rule Timor-Leste

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July 24, 2017

Major-General Mark Goina

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PNG military chief warns troops to ‘shape up or ship out’

December 20, 2022

Operation Stabilising Oro police operation

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Fight against crime in PNG’s Oro gains momentum – 22 suspects...

January 20, 2023

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Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent

October 23, 2017

Media freedom in Fiji . . . media law reform a priority

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‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 1, 2023

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FijiFirst wins second four-year term in office in Fiji general election

November 18, 2018

Palestinians and community supporters mourn the deaths in the Gaza hospital bombing

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War on Gaza: Bombed hospital a turning point? Hegemonic security v...

October 19, 2023

Former Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) director Nga Puna

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Cook Islands deputy PM, 2 former officials found guilty of corruption

February 2, 2024

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Rights advocate says security chief’s ‘garbage’ slur will open Papua wounds

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February 13, 2020

Papuan protesters

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Jakarta court finds 6 activists guilty of treason for holding Papuan...

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April 25, 2020

RNZ and TVNZ

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Experts appointed to oversee NZ’s new public digital media plan

March 31, 2021

Andriana Supandy (left) and James Marape

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Indonesia pressures PNG over militant video by West Papuan supporters

May 15, 2021

Aupito William Sio

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Pacific peoples minister warns over Auckland ‘hard to reach pockets’

October 1, 2021

Magenta vaccination centre

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New Caledonia seeks French military support to deal with covid-19 outbreak

October 13, 2021

NZ covid-19 delta variant

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NZ reports 139 new community covid cases – 64 in hospital

November 4, 2021

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‘With togetherness, we overcome,’ says NZ’s Ardern on Waitangi Day

February 6, 2022

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Vanua’aku Pati political bloc confident of forming Vanuatu government

January 25, 2016

Australia's new Foreign Minister Penny Wong

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Pacific security should be a matter for ‘Pacific family’, says Wong

June 16, 2022

Covid-19 in Niue

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Niue enters covid-19 red alert level as case numbers rise to...

July 31, 2022

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Keith Jackson on Turnbull in PNG — media snubs, refugee jitters...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 12, 2017

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Armed men ’cause confusion’ in PNG capital – election observers announced

Pacific Media Watch -

May 15, 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

Analysis

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

Coronavirus

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

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...

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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You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death

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Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace

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Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

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Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

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Actor Sam Neill

Culture

Sam Neill: NZ’s biggest but modest movie star dies at 78

You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death

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Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week

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Antisemitism envoy Segal slams ABC, SBS ‘Israel bias’, wants to vet...

Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi

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Samoa opposition leader says treason inquiry delayed over lack of evidence

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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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Actor Sam Neill

Culture

Sam Neill: NZ’s biggest but modest movie star dies at 78

You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death

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Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week

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Antisemitism envoy Segal slams ABC, SBS ‘Israel bias’, wants to vet...

Protesters from Americans Abroad Against the War (AAAW) taking part in a recent Auckland march against the US war on Iran

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‘Profound strategic misjudgment’ – why Iran may have upper hand in...