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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

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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

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 to China

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

West Papuan support for the Melanesian Spearhead Group

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MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for West Papua

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Tongan Democrat landslide delivers numbers for Pohiva government

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Several transport groups staged a strike yesterday in support of a better deal for jeepney owners and drivers as part of the Philippines government's modernisation programme

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Days are numbered for iconic Filipino jeepneys – ‘kings of the...

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Journalists work ‘in fear’ in PNG, says media freedom advocate

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Chinese president bound for PNG as controversy mounts over APEC 2018

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Journalist David Robie talking in a live cross to ABC News in Australia from the Rainbow Warrior dawn memorial service for Fernando Pereira on the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland

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Dawn service held 40 years on from Rainbow Warrior bombing

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May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on...

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Lawyer Clooney welcomes dismissal of second libel suit against Maria Ressa

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Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

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Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’

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NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield

March 22, 2022

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UPNG security guards allege police used ‘heavy handed force’ on campus

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New Zealand's mega public media initiative

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Gavin Ellis: Heavy work ahead on Aotearoa NZ’s Public Media Bill

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Green Party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson

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‘A bit of a surprise’ – Greens co-leader James Shaw’s job...

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Indonesian women march for equal rights and protection

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PNG police launch communications command centre for general election

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People's Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji elections: SODELPA has ‘sold its soul’, says Rabuka

December 10, 2022

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Challenge Tongan king’s royal dissolution in court, says adviser

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Indonesian court convicts mining protester over ‘communist’ symbol

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Marites Vitug: Duterte’s dangerously zero idea of independent journalism

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Words matter in telling West Papuan news stories

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April 1, 2023

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

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Operation Earnest Will, 1987, when the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers for free

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Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

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NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...

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How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event