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China and Australia among powers competing for Pacific influence

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Alifereti Sakiasi: The geopolitical battle for Pacific media narratives

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June 13, 2026

Norwegian physician Dr Mads Gilbert

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Doctor Israel banned after 40 years in Gaza’s hospitals speaks out

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

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‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign minister Peters

Trillionaire Elon Musk (right) hobnobbing with billionaires

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Caitlin Johnstone: The world’s first trillionaire is not your friend

Gaza Sumud flotilla survivors: Juliet Lamont, Isla Lamont, Neve O'Connor

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A world first: Australia will now investigate Israel over Gaza flotilla brutality

The clashes continued for more than 14 hours

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How NZ’s Parliament anti-covid protest was brought to an end

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March 4, 2022

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Vanuatu police chief files protest lawsuit over car crash suspension

February 16, 2016

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

Speaker Trevor Mallard and Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi

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NZ cabinet reshuffle sparked by departure of Faafoi, Mallard

June 13, 2022

Fire and Fury freeze frame

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Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists

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August 31, 2022

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Indonesian student Afi’s blog items inspirational – but her FB ‘frozen’

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May 22, 2017

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Panguna women landowners say BCL didn’t consult and ‘isn’t welcome’

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June 12, 2017

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Gary Juffa: Why these PNG elections are taking us towards dictatorship

July 2, 2017

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PNG’s ruling party has 300,000 ‘ghost voters’ in election, claims analysis

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July 18, 2017

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Climate change champion, Nobel nominee Tony de Brum mourned

August 24, 2017

Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman

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Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman

February 10, 2023

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Indonesia losing only female top justice amid gender rights worries

December 22, 2017

There is a way to support companies that have made the change towards greater gender equity

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Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments...

March 8, 2023

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Police claim raid on Papuan students to block ‘Bloody Biak’ film...

July 10, 2018

Joseph Fernandez

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Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid

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June 12, 2019

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100 days without covid-19: how NZ got rid of a globally...

August 8, 2020

Pacific Journalism Review 26(2)

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Climate crisis, coronavirus and journalism research methodologies top latest PJR edition

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December 3, 2020

sraeli police chase a Palestinian demonstrator

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Indonesia condemns Israeli attack on Al Aqsa mosque – call for...

May 12, 2021

Police guard at Samoa's Supreme Court

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Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict

May 23, 2021

Lockdown sign Jakarta 250621

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Indonesia vs covid – ‘it’s like fighting a war without a...

June 25, 2021

Dr Baladina Kavoa

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Fiji GPs chief criticises ‘misconstrued’ video supporting conspiracy theories

July 5, 2021

US trainers in Afghanistan

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West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war...

August 29, 2021

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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

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

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...

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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An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

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Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

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Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

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Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

"You blow up a girls' school."

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Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

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Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman

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Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall

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Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown

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New Zealand First’s campaign to scrap city’s independent Māori Board just...

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman

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Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall

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Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

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‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...