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PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war graves in Gaza

April 25, 2026

Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

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Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being attacked. Guess who’ll pay?

PSNA secretary Neil Scott

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Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies

Southern Lebanon journalist Amal Khalil

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Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

Indonesian military forces conduct operations in Intan Jaya, Papua province

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Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands

Philippines academic freedom

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Don’t touch academic freedom – why the Philippine military action is...

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Dear President Widodo, be honest with Papua about the military...

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NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta

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‘Don’t put all eggs in one basket with China,’ warns Mahuta

April 20, 2021

Samoan Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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Samoa leadership talks fail to resolve political impasse

June 8, 2021

Covid-19 testing centre in Sydney

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NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why

June 30, 2021

Bastille Day rehearsal

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France’s Bastille Day parade takes place in shadow of covid pandemic

July 14, 2021

Fagaloa Bay Samoa

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Michael Field: On Sāmoa’s change of government

July 27, 2021

Police stop Rev Benny Giay

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Papuan pro-independence activist Yeimo to stand trial next week

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Jayapura prosecutor's house SP

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Protest call at prosecutor’s home to demand hospital care for Yeimo

August 30, 2021

"Papua Merdeka"

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Prayer events to mark 60 years since West Papuan ‘birth’ in...

November 22, 2021

NZ omicron outbreak projections

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Omicron: Modelling suggests NZ could face peak of 80,000 daily infections

January 27, 2022

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Marshall Islands v Big Nuclear – will Pacific people get the...

March 19, 2016

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

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Sogavare adamant deal with China won’t undermine regional security

April 21, 2022

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Duterte pulls off huge Philippines win, Marcos trailing narrowly

May 11, 2016

A street artist adds to a mural of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh

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John Minto: Exposing Israel’s horrific record in targeted killing of journalists

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Bill McKibben: Stop swooning over Justin Trudeau – he’s a disaster...

April 18, 2017

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‘With or without you, we’ll sail in both worlds’ – 50...

September 14, 2022

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa

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Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber...

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PNG Media Council seeks opinion over Cybercrime Act’s ‘free speech’ impact

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June 30, 2017

Manual counting underway at the National Counting Centre in the National Gymnasium in Suva

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Fiji elections: Alliance leads early vote tally – Bainimarama heads candidates

December 16, 2022

More than half of Afghanistan's population rely on humanitarian aid

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Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers

December 27, 2022

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Indonesian universities ‘ban’ niqab over fundamentalism fears

March 13, 2018

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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

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

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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

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

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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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Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026

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Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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