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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst

May 13, 2026

Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen

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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

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Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack on his own citizens

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

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Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

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Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into resigning

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a hospital visit in January

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NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low

February 4, 2022

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Veteran Rainbow Warrior activist, global eco advocate to co-lead Greenpeace

January 16, 2016

Former Fiji Health Minister Dr Neil Sharma

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Fiji ministers ‘held on tight leash’ – afraid to speak up,...

April 12, 2022

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Unitech ‘guarantees safety’ for students while UPNG now quiet

June 12, 2016

Shin Ok-ju, founder of Grace Road Church

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Senior figures question Fiji government’s close links with ‘doomsday’ cult

July 29, 2022

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Indonesia’s military and police locked in presidential tug-of-war

March 31, 2017

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Māori, Pasifika to have stronger profile in Labour RNZ+ media policy

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September 14, 2017

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Pōhiva rejects ‘secret agenda’ claims that he wanted to seize royal...

November 18, 2017

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Murray Horton: Independent foreign policy? Fine words, but not reality

December 27, 2017

Tahitians cast their votes in the second round of the French Polynesian territorial elections

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Tahitian voters go to polls for crucial run-off territorial election

May 1, 2023

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Nauru government’s move against press freedom ‘disgraceful’

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July 10, 2018

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Peter Manning: Despite her good intentions, Michelle Guthrie was never...

September 25, 2018

Tahitian anti-nuclear activist Hinamoeura Cross and her baby Marunui

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Nuclear experts offer to ‘take a sip’ of Japan’s treated reactor...

June 23, 2023

Mosque attack court appearance

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Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day

June 14, 2019

Benny Wenda Sky

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Rival OPM leaders dispute Papuan ‘independence’ declaration

December 5, 2020

The Mana Wāhine Inquiry ...

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Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence

February 4, 2021

"Demanding Dignity, Papuans Are Punished" seminar 130621

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Nine reasons why Jakarta has branded Papuan armed rebels as ‘terrorists’

June 13, 2021

Biak massacre testimonies

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Activists call for peaceful remembering of 1998 Biak massacre in West...

July 6, 2021

Let's Talanoa series

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129 new covid cases in NZ community – Pacific talanoa series...

October 22, 2021

Malaita province Premier Daniel Suidani

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Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the...

December 8, 2021

Palika pro-independence activist Aile Tikoure

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‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’

December 20, 2021

The Porgera mine and township of Paiam

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100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases

May 10, 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

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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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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

Activist Mike Smith

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A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

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A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

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

Jacinda Ardern

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

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Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...