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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

May 10, 2026

Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen

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

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

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

Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

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

Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr

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‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina...

October 26, 2022

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Gamato defends PNG elections in face of mounting condemnation

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July 12, 2017

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Keep your ‘green pledges’, NZ ecology groups warn key political leaders

October 1, 2017

International spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee, Viktor Yeimo

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Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakarta’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason...

May 9, 2023

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Nauru refugee camp demolished to hide abuse, says rights advocate

August 28, 2018

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a media conference in Wellington

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Potential AUKUS deal could divide NZ and Pacific, says academic

July 29, 2023

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Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic

January 22, 2019

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem

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Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem

September 8, 2023

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Former PNG PM O’Neill denies fleeing country

November 5, 2019

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ govt designates political wing of Hamas a ‘terrorist’ entity

February 29, 2024

Police guard at Samoa's Supreme Court

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Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict

May 23, 2021

#FreeWestPapua

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Papuan resistance slams Indonesian internet gag amid leader crackdown

June 4, 2021

Ratu Tevita Nabekwahiga Makutu

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Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to...

August 16, 2021

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60 new covid cases in NZ as regions scramble over positive...

October 10, 2021

Taiwan flag in Honiara's Chinatown

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Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building

November 27, 2021

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NZ omicron outbreak: Protest at Parliament now location of interest

February 24, 2022

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Jakarta terror attacks: ISIL claims responsibility

January 15, 2016

The evidence shows that effective leaders do not conform to their ideal or play by their rule book

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From ‘pretty communist’ to ‘Jabcinda’ – what’s behind the vitriol directed...

March 16, 2022

Parliament protest and anti-vaxxer Jamie Patrick Mansfield

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Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history...

March 31, 2022

The Russian super yacht Amadea at Lautoka

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Fiji’s Court of Appeal rules Russian super yacht will stay in...

May 7, 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

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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A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

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Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

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...

Activist Mike Smith

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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

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...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

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

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

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Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

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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

Global

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

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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

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Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

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...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

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