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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

March 5, 2026

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 the United Nations

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

Iranians mourning the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Australia and the ‘Epstein Coalition’ – invasion of Iran a disaster

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 reconstruction of the murder and mutilation of four West Papuans

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Papuan families’ lawyer criticises murder reconstruction, calls for independent probe

September 8, 2022

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Trump’s pullout from Paris climate pact ‘threatens lives’ of Pacific people

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June 2, 2017

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New York Times condemns ‘misguided’ attempt to silence Al Jazeera

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June 22, 2017

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Attorney-General Siromi Turaga

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Rabuka’s ‘wasteful spending’ spotlight now turns onto FBC, Fiji Sun

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January 9, 2023

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RSF condemns ‘gag’ of Tonga’s state broadcaster ahead of general election

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November 1, 2017

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Family of inspiring journalist Yasmine Ryan issue details of her memorials

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December 4, 2017

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Fiji authorities caught out by social media trolls, poll fake news

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November 15, 2018

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NZ bans military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles

March 21, 2019

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Marape unveils new-look PNG cabinet with reformist aims

June 7, 2019

Papua police

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NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting

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March 31, 2020

Fiji at 50 years

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Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji

October 10, 2020

French security forces in Nouméa engage with rioters

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NZ families worried as loved ones shelter from violent unrest in...

May 16, 2024

Natalius Pigai

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State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’

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January 27, 2021

John Pulu & Jacinda Ardern

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Getting the message through: How are South Aucklanders staying informed about...

March 23, 2021

FAST deputy leader, La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao with lawyers

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Samoa’s Fale Fono convenes Monday as court rules against HRPP appeal

May 21, 2021

Sebby Sambom TPNPB-OPM

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Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by...

June 2, 2021

Takubar School destroyed by fire

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PNG teacher helpless as vandals fire ravages Takubar classrooms

August 3, 2021

Samoan PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa and former PM Tuilaepa

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Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the...

August 26, 2021

Papuan protesters in Jayapura 300821

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Medical treatment for Victor Yeimo after police break up Papua protest

September 3, 2021

Acting PM Soroi Eoe

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PNG covid lockdown plans ‘not ready’ – strict protocols instead

September 25, 2021

NFP's Dr Biman Prasad

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Bainimarama’s covid bragging rebuked as ‘shameful and despicable’ by Prasad

October 8, 2021

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

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Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots

November 25, 2021

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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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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

A mourner holds up a picture of one of the victims of the US-Israeli attack on Iran at Minab

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Alternative Jewish Voices: Stop this Iran catastrophe!

Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins

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NZ’s opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal

Pacific Island fuel prices are generally high and volatile

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‘A global energy crisis’ – Fuel price hike looms for Pacific...

New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie

Cook Islands

‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage...

EDITOR'S PICKS

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...

Densely populated parts of Tehran are being pounded by wave after wave of US and Israeli bombs. Shahid Hamedani School in Tehran was struck on the day of the funerals of he schoolgirls from Minab

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The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of...

Protesters wave flags and banners reading “Stop Bombing Iran” and “Stop Bombing the Middle East” as they gather at Victoria Tower Gardens in London

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Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war...

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...

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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

A draft US military training document for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands provides for joint military training exercises

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US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint

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

Politics

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and...

Densely populated parts of Tehran are being pounded by wave after wave of US and Israeli bombs. Shahid Hamedani School in Tehran was struck on the day of the funerals of he schoolgirls from Minab

Politics

The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of...

Protesters wave flags and banners reading “Stop Bombing Iran” and “Stop Bombing the Middle East” as they gather at Victoria Tower Gardens in London

Politics

Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war...