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PSNA's Leeann Wahanui-Peters reading out Te Pāti Māori's statement for co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

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NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’ over Gaza genocide

August 29, 2026

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler

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From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of struggle for justice

Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma

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Tuvalu appoints first woman governor-general ahead of 48th Independence Day

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

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American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining plans

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West Papua

A free, thriving, and diverse Pacific press

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Pacific Islands Forum Media Freedom Day message: Truth without fear

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May 4, 2023

Dr Samantha Power giving a media conference after her speech at USP in Fiji

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USAID launches ‘reinvigorated’ Pacific mission to help sustainability goals

August 20, 2023

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Christchurch attacks a stark warning of toxic politics that enables hate

March 18, 2019

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UN Security-General tells youth be ‘noisy as possible’ on climate change

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May 13, 2019

Manokwari rioting

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‘Racist’ attack on Papuan students in Surabaya sparks rioting in Manokwari

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August 19, 2019

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‘Economic headwinds’ force Newshub shutdown, media jobs cut in NZ

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April 10, 2024

Part of the crowd at the New Zealand rally in Auckland today honouring the Palestinian journalists

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Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award

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May 5, 2024

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RSF condemns Google for dropping Australian media searches in ‘tests’

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January 26, 2021

West Papua protest at UN

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Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time

April 23, 2021

Moruroa and the bomb

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France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris...

May 20, 2021

Samoan Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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Samoa’s caretaker PM Tuila’epa sued for contempt of court

June 9, 2021

Moruroa e Tatou leader Hiro Tefaarere

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NZ nuclear-free activists, campaigners back Tahiti’s Mā’ohi Lives Matter rally

July 18, 2021

A Papuan man being vaccinated at Sorong, West Papua

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Vaccine resistance in West Papua as covid-19 pandemic rages

July 30, 2021

Timorese war criminal Eurico Guterres

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Rights groups urge Jokowi to revoke ‘betrayal’ medal for Timorese war...

August 14, 2021

Fiji security forces covid monitoring

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Fiji reports 290 new covid cases, 8 more deaths in 24...

September 2, 2021

Vaccination rates must keep climbing in NZ

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NZ’s covid-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but it...

October 7, 2021

Covid protest at NZ Parliament

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NZ anti-vax protests, firefighters given vaccine mandate – 125 new cases

November 9, 2021

NCD Governor Powes Parkop

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PNG interim restraining order over eviction of homeless Morata settlers

February 1, 2022

Anti-mandate protesters perform a haka on Parliament grounds

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Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest

February 12, 2022

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Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance

January 9, 2016

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Hilda Heine sworn in as first Pacific woman president

January 31, 2016

Fewer deaths than usual in New Zealand

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Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller...

March 28, 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

“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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The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

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New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

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Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian...

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

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‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...

The Fijian Health Ministry predicts more than 3000 new cases will be reported this year

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Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency

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SCO's Nurlan Yermekbayev

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Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian...

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

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‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit

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Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit

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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

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SCO's Nurlan Yermekbayev

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Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian...

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

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‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit

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Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit