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A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today

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

April 25, 2026

Assassinated Amal Khalil

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Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel

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

Deputy PM Grant Robertson on the right to protest

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Right to protest lost for those who ‘threaten, harass and disrupt’,...

February 12, 2022

An anti-vaccine leaflet delivered to households in Wellington by the anti-vax movement Voices for Freedom

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Parliament protest: Questions remain on funding sources and where the money...

March 14, 2022

Firearms in Papua New Guinea

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PNG police order crackdown on illegal firearms as deadline looms

May 13, 2022

PNG's Electoral Commission headquarters

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PNG elections: People’s National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates

May 26, 2022

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Somare condemns police for firing on UPNG students – 8 wounded

June 8, 2016

Vanuatu opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu

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MPs boycott forces delay in Vanuatu constitution amendments debate

June 10, 2022

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PNG appoints retired judge Andrew to head university violence probe

June 29, 2016

Former NZ Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins

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Bellis apology doesn’t mean MIQ was unjustified, says Hipkins

June 22, 2022

Last minute PNG pre-election clean-up at the weekend

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Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from...

July 4, 2022

Papuan protesters sit on the ground in Meepago

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Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces

July 16, 2022

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Vanuatu motion of no confidence fails to make full hearing

November 30, 2016

Dawn breaks over Honiara for 80th anniversary of Battle of Guadalcanal celebrations

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Solomon Islands marking 80 years of WWII Battle of Guadalcanal

August 7, 2022

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Walden Bello: When we defied China over the Spratlys

April 17, 2017

Professor Pal Ahluwalia on his deportation flight in 2021

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Exiled USP chief, Dr Lal now free to enter Fiji, says...

December 26, 2022

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Deported Chinese nationals alleged to be sex workers, not fraudsters

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October 6, 2017

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Fiji, Philippines campaigners call for ‘real climate leadership’ at COP23

November 14, 2017

A Susi Air Cessna similar to the one seized in Nduga pictured preparing for takeoff

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NZ Papua hostage: Pilots warned to take precautions in ‘danger’ zone

February 8, 2023

New Zealand seabed mining industry protesters

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KASM claims government has ‘misled’ NZ over seabed mining bill

May 10, 2023

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PNG pledges boost for Bougainville local radio before referendum

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August 2, 2018

Kanak Harvard graduate Joe Xulue

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‘A win for all Kanak people,’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate

June 19, 2023

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JERAA launches new collaborative public interest journalism platform

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October 24, 2018

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Tight race in Fiji national election as early provisional results flow...

November 14, 2018

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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

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

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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

Jacinda Ardern

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Taiwan Day event in Suva

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

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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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