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Yahukimo tribal chief Alpius Yallak makes a statement on the massacre

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Wenda calls on ‘brave’ Pacific to raise West Papua at UNGA after six killed in new Indonesian massacre

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

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‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits back after Netanyahu’s attacks during UN speech

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka talks to journalists at Savusavu

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In the wake of MIDA, Fiji’s news industry has turned full circle for media freedom

Te Ao With Moana

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Māori delegates defend controversial ‘Indigenous’ trips to Israel

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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Palestine advocacy group criticises NZ failure over Gaza human rights test

PNG police officers with a gun allegedly seized from an election candidate

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PNG police probe election candidates’ alleged use of guns in Highlands

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Tahitian student MP Tematai Le Gayic

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Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly

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PNG national election 2022 extension

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PNG extends election returns date by two weeks to avoid ‘failed...

July 26, 2022

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Juffa demands Labour boss step down over work permit allegations

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Suspended backbench Labour MP Dr Guarav Sharma

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Labour’s caucus suspends rogue MP Gaurav Sharma for ‘breach of...

August 16, 2022

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Indonesia mobilises warships, intelligence forces to ‘block’ IS

June 6, 2017

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Fiji climate lead challenged Western consultants’ influence before losing job

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Colonia, the capital of the state of Yap

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‘Grassroots action’ could address climate change in Micronesia

July 22, 2023

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New ‘anti’ force shakes up New Caledonian political landscape

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‘Defend beleaguered rights’ of Wikileaks founder call to Morrison

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Speaker Niki Rattle

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Cook Islands Speaker rules against banning political journalist

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July 2, 2020

New Caledonia referendum

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New Caledonia rejects independence again, but Kanak vote gains ground

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Fiji Parliament

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Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief

June 3, 2024

Fiji SRU police unit

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Fiji draft bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed police...

March 18, 2021

Dogiyai regency, Papua, protest

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The Jakarta Post: New deal, old approach over West Papua

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NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation

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Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah

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Jakarta lashes out at UN annual report, denies intimidation of rights...

December 19, 2021

An Aotearoa New Zealand vaccination centre

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Covid-19 analyst calls for Māori and Pasifika priority or risk ‘brown...

January 20, 2022

NZ Defence Force personnel boarding a Hercules plane.

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NZ Defence Force confident ‘ageing’ Hercules aircraft can cope with Europe...

April 12, 2022

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West Papuans, activists protest against Sorong oil palm expansion

May 25, 2016

Speaker Trevor Mallard and Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi

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NZ cabinet reshuffle sparked by departure of Faafoi, Mallard

June 13, 2022

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Pacific Journalism Review raises bar on West Papua, corruption issues

July 26, 2016

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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

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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

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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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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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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuk

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

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