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Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

August 22, 2026

Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne

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Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook Islands

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

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‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for Palestinians

Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night

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Stability key driver in Cook Islands Party’s election performance, says analyst

NSW Justice Desmond Fagan

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Segal’s speech code meets the law – Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s Israel exception

PNG's James Marape (left) and Bougainville's Ishmael Toroama

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PNG and Bougainville agree on new terms for state power transfer

May 14, 2021

King Tupou VI (from left), outgoing Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu'akavameiliku and interim vice-chancellor Dr Tangikina Steen

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Tonga’s PM Hu’akavameiliku throws in the towel – behind the timeline

December 11, 2024

Kabul Airport suicide bombing wounded

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Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover

August 28, 2021

PNG National Court in Port Moresby

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Port Moresby workers challenge ‘no jab, no job’ workplace policy in...

November 4, 2021

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

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Malaita’s M4D group declared illegal for alleged role in Solomons riots

December 9, 2021

Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua

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Overwhelming sense of relief that ‘apocalyptic’ Tongan tsunami spared most lives

January 23, 2022

Diagnosing past infection

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Covid diagnosis: Could I have had the virus and not realised?

March 21, 2022

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Māori lead massive TPP democracy protest in NZ + video, photos

February 4, 2016

The Russian super yacht Amadea in Lautoka

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‘We don’t do Russians,’ says Fiji health minister over super yacht...

April 14, 2022

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Students threaten mass exodus from UPNG as anti-O’Neill tension grows

May 14, 2016

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MSG too political and ‘lost its Melanesian integrity’, says Vanuatu envoy

June 14, 2016

Dr Biman Prasad

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Prasad challenges $1m for Fiji’s ‘questionable’ PR firm Qorvis

Pacific Media Watch -

July 10, 2016

Abortion rights activists march on Constitution Avenue to the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC

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Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay –...

June 27, 2022

West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda

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Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner

July 7, 2022

Education

UPNG students withdraw: ‘unable to concentrate’

October 25, 2016

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Solomon Islands success over EU tuna fisheries market access earns praise

February 26, 2017

NZ is buying Kiwibank

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Ardern, Robertson talk Kiwibank, Sharma and NZ flooding

August 22, 2022

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Military chief’s Op Burnham account highlights key Afghan legal concerns

April 3, 2017

Filipino President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr

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Not over: Young generations wage fight to protect Martial Law memories

September 21, 2022

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‘This isn’t Aleppo. This is Marawi City’ – urban war in...

June 15, 2017

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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Marape blasts foreign media, claiming ‘fake news’ on mining conference

Pacific Media Watch -

December 9, 2022

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Fiji electoral officials urge voters to take part in next month’s...

October 1, 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

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

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...

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...

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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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Lakapi Samoa CEO Seumanu Douglas Ngau Chun

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Lakapi Samoa CEO warns World Rugby sanctions could end Manu Samoa

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

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Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

Decolonisation

‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...

Paramedics from New South Wales led the rescue

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Whale-watching boat carrying NZ Anglican Church delegates capsizes in Tonga

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You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels

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Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

Forty current and former soldiers of the Israel "Defence" Forces (IDF) will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown

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Mark Brown’s Cook Islands Party set to govern for historic fifth...

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels

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Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

Forty current and former soldiers of the Israel "Defence" Forces (IDF) will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap