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The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran

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Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law

March 2, 2026

Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands

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Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend

Indonesian soldiers and equipment next to a civilian aircraft in West Papua. Image: ULMWP

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Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane

Physicist and peace advocate Dr Peter Wills

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NZ rally slams Five Eyes intelligence ties hours before US-Israel attack on Iran

"The terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 150 children this week"

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Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump

RNZ and TVNZ

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

March 31, 2021

Impromptu FAST swearing in ceremony

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FAST to ask Samoa judges to recognise impromptu swearing in

July 8, 2021

New covid-19 omicron variant

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NZ’s new covid traffic light settings unveiled – omicron variant in...

November 29, 2021

A Noumea demonstration over mandatory vaccination against covid-19

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Protesters in New Caledonia target state vax mandates, health card

January 11, 2022

The scene in the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament early on in the anti-vaccine mandates protest

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Anti-media sentiment among NZ protesters big concern, say experts

February 18, 2022

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Vanua’aku Pati political bloc confident of forming Vanuatu government

January 25, 2016

The Norfolk Island protest site

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Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted

May 9, 2022

Justice for Palestine did a "guerilla projection" of the Palestinian flag on Te Papa

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Memo MFAT, media and Mayor Foster, time to outgrow your Jewish...

May 18, 2022

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PNG’s national court orders temporary stay on student eviction

May 27, 2016

Amnesty International Indonesia hands over its report on human rights in Wabu Block

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Amnesty says police forced Papuans to cut hair and beards in...

June 2, 2022

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Hides landowners sign MOU with PNG government to end blockade

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August 19, 2016

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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Bougainville independence issue a ‘unity test’ for PNG, says Marape

August 14, 2022

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

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IFJ condemns Solomons threat to ban ‘disrespectful’ foreign journalists on China

August 26, 2022

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

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May 15, 2017

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Sogavare appoints eight new ministers in effort to consolidate government

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November 2, 2017

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Move to sack Tongan police chief lays bare ‘prohibited’ guns imports

March 6, 2018

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Frustrated PNG tribesmen capture 2 policemen – seize vehicles, weapons

June 17, 2018

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To conserve West Papua, start with land rights and forget past...

October 10, 2018

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Couple remanded in big Vanuatu human trafficking, slavery case

November 23, 2018

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Staff, students demand transparency over USP ‘whistleblower’ allegations

May 17, 2019

"Free Palestine" protesters have demonstrated outside the White House in Washington

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John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’

October 10, 2023

Nuclear-free rally

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Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy

July 5, 2019

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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

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

"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

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

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Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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 sports hall in Lamerd, southern Iran, where dozens of teenage girls were attending training sessions

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After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos...

The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities

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Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran

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165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes...

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

Asia Report

Luxon defends NZ’s position on Iran attacks – same as Australia

EDITOR'S PICKS

A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran

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165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes...

“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

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War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

Mourners dig graves for the funeral of 170 children killed in a US-Israeli strike on a primary school

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This illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran is also an assault on...

Community members in Iowa protest against the US-Israeli war on Iran

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New Zealand ‘shameful’ over Iran stance, says Peace Movement Aotearoa

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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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A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran

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165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes...

“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

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War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

An oil tanker docked at the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand

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US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific

Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands

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Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum...