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The five killed Papuan youths being buried at Kilo Enam Public Cemetery

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Australian advocacy group condemns killing of 5 West Papuans – challenges Canberra

September 17, 2023

Since becoming established in Fiji in 2014, the South Korean-founded cult Grace Road has expanded

Religion

Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody

Grace Road cult court order

Religion

Interpol ‘red notices’ against 7 Grace Road cult figures, but court orders stay

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

Religion

Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem

Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman

Religion

Vanuatu’s Kilman warns against ‘misuse’ of freedom of speech, threats and bribery

Part of the "cult leader" front page report in Muslim Media Watch 10Aug23

Religion

Allegations over cult leader feature in new Muslim Media Watch monitor

Pacific Media Watch -

August 10, 2023

Author Byron Clark Clark believes Pacific nations are “less susceptible to climate change disinformation

Religion

Researchers warn over climate crisis ‘fringe views’ danger as NZ election...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 6, 2023

Burnt-out cars in the Northern suburbs of Paris, Sarcelles

Religion

French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight

July 4, 2023

Fiji's President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere (front centre) arrrives on Bau Island

Religion

Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs

May 24, 2023

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka with former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry

Religion

Historic Girmit Day apology accepted as Fiji enters new era of...

May 15, 2023

Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma's President Reverend Ili Vunisuwai

Religion

‘Time is right for reconciliation’ – Fiji’s Methodist Church seeks to...

May 8, 2023

NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens

Religion

Papuan church leaders call on Jokowi to stop military ops over...

April 28, 2023

Shoes donated by a woman passerby in the Pink Shoe event at the St Patrick's Cathedral plaza, Auckland, today

Religion

International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign

March 8, 2023

Another shelter day for the Tangata Tuārangi RSE workers

Religion

Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay

February 18, 2023

Staff members of Grace Road Group in a jovial mood at their office in Navua, Fiji

Religion

Fiji to probe Korean Grace Road cult land deals – 31...

February 12, 2023

West Papuan leader Benny Wenda with Vanuatu and Papuan officials

Religion

Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua

January 23, 2023

National Federation Party candidate Agni Deo Singh

Religion

FijiFirst condemned over ‘politics of fear’ aimed at voters

December 5, 2022

Al Noor mosque, where the majority of deaths took place during the Christchurch terror attack on 15 March 2019

Religion

NZ communities gather in unity for He Whenua Taurikura Hui on...

October 31, 2022

Fiji Methodist Church conference in Suva

Religion

Fiji’s Methodists face ‘worrying trend’ over misuse of funds, dictatorial style

October 12, 2022

Female life under the Taliban

Religion

How the Taliban’s return has robbed Afghanistan’s women and girls of...

August 30, 2022

Shin Ok-ju, founder of Grace Road Church

Religion

Senior figures question Fiji government’s close links with ‘doomsday’ cult

July 29, 2022

The question for pro-choice supporters

Religion

Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction

Pacific Media Watch -

July 3, 2022

Polarising times in the US

Religion

Roe v Wade shows why abortion is at the heart of...

June 26, 2022

Zainab Baba

Religion

Ramadan … ‘you’re trying to be kinder, more compassionate … in...

April 30, 2022

Al Noor Mosque

Religion

NZ terror attacks anniversary: A letter to my son – ‘Never...

March 15, 2022

Conspiratorial populism out of Donald Trump’s America

Religion

The extremism visible at NZ’s Parliament protest has been growing for...

March 2, 2022

A Methodist church in Fiji

Religion

11 Fiji church ministers refuse to be vaccinated against covid –...

February 17, 2022

CLIMATE AND COVID

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

Climate

How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

Dr Collin Tukuitonga

Analysis

Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

BEARING WITNESS

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

Bearing Witness

Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

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APJS newsfile

While PNG promotes APEC big money, youth are building grassroots resilience

APJS newsfile

40 luxury Maseratis for PNG, but little effort put into climate...

APJS newsfile

Tukuitonga goes into battle on behalf of Pacific for WHO position

APJS newsfile

Memo NZ: ‘Get on the right side of history’ over West...

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Australia

OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’

Palestinian demonstrators protesting in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank against Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in the aftermath of the death of activist Nizar Banat

Analysis

‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on...

Prayers of elation . . . a jubilant Fiji after beating Australia 22-15

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RWC2023: Simi Kuruvoli’s boot helps ‘best ever’ Flying Fijians beat Wallabies

Traditional landowners in Rempang pictured after clashing with Indonesian security forces

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Indigenous rights group highlights rise in land grabs under Jokowi’s watch

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Fiji Parliament passes a motion to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Fijian lawmakers vote for truth-telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’

Clarifications or not, PNG Prime Minister James Marape has left a lingering impression that Papua New Guinea’s foreign policy is for sale

Analysis

PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua

PNG Prime Minister James Marape at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) summit in Port Vila

Decolonisation

PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his

The NZCTU ad as featured on TV1 News tonight

Democracy

NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon

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Australia

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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Traditional landowners in Rempang pictured after clashing with Indonesian security forces

Asia Report

Indigenous rights group highlights rise in land grabs under Jokowi’s watch

Logging piles on the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea

Development

Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging

The PNG flag being raised for the first time as an independent nation on 16 September 2023

Decolonisation

PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way

Australia

OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’