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PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

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PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian grandfather evicted in Hebron

October 27, 2026

Ocean Partnership Roundtable at Ngarachamayong Cultural Center in Koror, Palau,

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Pacific Elders’ Voice calls for reversal of Forum partnership with Israel

Moruroa files

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The Moruroa Files – how cutting edge science, secret documents and journalism exposed a Pacific lie

Firearms and ammunition seized in a counter-terrorism operation by PNG police in Southern Highlands province

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West New Britain governor speaks out about raskols as 12 killed in Kimbe

The BBC still runs its story on six-year-old Hind Rajab, killed by Israeli forces, under the headline "Hind Rajab, 6, found dead

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UN puts media giants on notice over Gaza as journalists’ death toll spirals

Papua's former Governor Lukas Enembe in court

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Former Papuan governor Enembe’s corruption trial ends – verdict soon

September 28, 2023

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MEAA protests over police raid on Canberra journalist’s home

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June 4, 2019

'Akilisi Pohiva in Tuvalu

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Tongan PM blasts Pacific regionalism ‘myth’ and silence over West Papua

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August 16, 2019

Kiribati justice

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Australia-born judge facing potential deportation from Kiribati

April 24, 2024

A fire at the height of the Noumea protests over the planned French electoral changes making indigenous Kanaks more marginalised

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Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrest

May 15, 2024

Vanuatu's Elections Minister Johnny Koanapo

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Vanuatu minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis

May 23, 2024

Lieutenant-General Dodik Widjanarko

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Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide...

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December 27, 2020

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Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua

March 4, 2021

Professor Vijay Naidu

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Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism

Pacific Media Watch -

July 23, 2024

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono

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Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group

May 7, 2021

UPNG harassment protest 190621

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‘We’re not sending our daughters to be punching bags at uni,’...

June 19, 2021

Masked office workers in Jakarta

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Java, Bali brace for covid emergency lockdown as Indonesia’s cases surge

July 2, 2021

Fernando Pereira - Image by David Robie

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Case #017 RNZ podcast – The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

July 16, 2021

NZ's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield

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41 new covid cases in New Zealand community, says Bloomfield

August 24, 2021

Lionel Aingimea

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Nauru president Aingimea accuses Fiji of being ‘divisive’ over USP funding

September 12, 2021

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‘Equal rights but we’re not using it,’ says new Samoan woman...

March 8, 2016

Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy

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The value of virtue: 7 reasons why Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s crisis leadership...

May 1, 2022

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Philippines President-elect Duterte ‘browbeats’ media in test of will

Pacific Media Watch -

June 24, 2016

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad

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Prasad criticises NZ, Australia over not addressing ‘democratic deficit’ in Pacific...

July 26, 2022

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PNG’s general election faces ‘limbo’ threat over preparations, says Polye

February 9, 2017

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PNG election officials face big ‘one day’ voting challenge in capital

Pacific Media Centre -

June 27, 2017

People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji elections: ‘Whoever it is, accept poll result’, says Rabuka

December 15, 2022

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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

“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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APJS NEWSFILE

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

POPULAR POSTS

Another four years of far-right rule would pose an immediate threat to Palestinian communities and their rights inside Israel

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Why Palestinian citizens of Israel can vote, but can’t expect any...

New Zealand electon voting papers being printed

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New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (centre) has promised to press on with tabling the bill

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Fiji PM Rabuka under pressure ahead of crucial vote on constitutional...

Israel has been added to the Pacific Islands Forum list as a sectoral partner

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‘Strengthening ties’ or ‘shameful’? – why Israel’s new Pacific status is...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (centre) has promised to press on with tabling the bill

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Fiji PM Rabuka under pressure ahead of crucial vote on constitutional...

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

Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military seeks end to constitutional immunity, pledges neutrality

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (centre) has promised to press on with tabling the bill

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Fiji PM Rabuka under pressure ahead of crucial vote on constitutional...

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

Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military seeks end to constitutional immunity, pledges neutrality