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Sodelpa’s negotiation team chair, Anare Jale, announcing the result of the votes for a coalition government in 2022

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Richard Naidu: It’s your freedom – so speak up and step up

February 5, 2023

Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu

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Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua

Face to face . . . a pro-Palestinian and human rights protester up close with police at the Christchurch Town Hall

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Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech

The Pacific's inaction is particularly striking when compared to Bougainville

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Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity

A poster taped to a lamppost protesting against the arrest of pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil

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Free press under threat in US – Columbia J-School speaks out

ABC Four Corner's The Forever War

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‘The Forever War’ – ABC Four Corners reports on the assault...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 12, 2024

The central conceit of the good cop, bad cop narrative is that both the US and Israel are the ones upholding the law and fighting the criminals

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Jonathan Cook: From Gaza to Venezuela, the US has been unmasked...

January 8, 2026

The two latest shootings in Kanaky New Caledonia bring the number of deaths in the Pacific territory to 13

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French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’

September 20, 2024

A PNG soldier guarding Bougainville's Panguna mine in 1989

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Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave...

June 7, 2025

Homeless Raymond Green and his worldly possessions

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Being homeless in PNG is a ‘death sentence’, says Moresby’s Raymond

September 13, 2023

MSG leaders sign the two declarations - on climate crisis and subregional security

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MSG leaders defer Papua membership decision to Pacific Islands Forum

August 25, 2023

A torched home in Nouméa's Vallée-du-Tir

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Force not the answer in Kanaky New Caledonia, says PANG

June 7, 2024

The ULMWP congress in Jayapura in November 2023

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West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’

January 11, 2024

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How Indonesia silences West Papuan independence supporters overseas

April 20, 2016

The Listening Post on Gaza truth-telling

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Israel resumes its war crimes in Gaza – AJ’s Listening...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 10, 2025

Unexploded bomb in West Papua

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60,000 flee as West Papua conflict deepens, poses questions for region

December 18, 2021

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Rabi landslide? Not a big problem, horseback and walking the answer

April 26, 2018

Palestinian protesters at the media vigil tonight calling for solidarity with the Gazan journalists

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Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards

Pacific Media Watch -

May 24, 2024

Professor Rawinia Higgins

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About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori...

April 28, 2022

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Palestinian rally in Auckland supports ‘Day of Rage’ for free Jerusalem

Pacific Media Centre -

December 10, 2017

Arab New Zealanders have been increasingly articulate in Aotearoa

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This year, Arab-American political power came to the fore over Gaza

December 4, 2024

ABC organiser Murray Horton

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Murray Horton: Get tough on Israel – we’ve done it before...

April 23, 2024

Relatives carry body of a 12-year-old Papuan boy

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Wenda backs urgent UN call for action over Papuan child killings,...

March 6, 2022

Former Human Rights Watch head Ken Roth on Israel and genocide

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The ‘Godfather of Human Rights’ Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and...

June 26, 2025

Hikoi Day One - Cape Reinga

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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: ‘Lets make this hīkoi build...

November 11, 2024

Cook islanders protest in the streets of Avarua today

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Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government

February 18, 2025

The French political impasse

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What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia

December 5, 2024

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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"

Asia Report

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

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

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

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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?

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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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Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust

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Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

New Zealand spent $6.7 million over the last six years on the electrification project

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New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project

IDF assault case . . . no follow-up in New Zealand media but Israeli news website reports "behind the scene" revelations

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Israeli Embassy and meddling in the NZ police and courts over...

Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026

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Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

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French sailors hunker down in an inflatable

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French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026

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Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

West Papua Solidarity Forum

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West Papua Solidarity Forum, mini film festival aim to educate

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership,...

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Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

French sailors hunker down in an inflatable

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French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026

Cook Islands

Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

West Papua Solidarity Forum

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West Papua Solidarity Forum, mini film festival aim to educate

The Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation participated in a pōwhiri with iwi taketake at Te Tii Waitangi Mārae yesterday

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Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te...