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A Fiji pro-Palestinian solidarity protest in the Suva harbour
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Israel attacks three countries as NZ protesters prepare for UN day...

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November 29, 2025
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Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

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November 28, 2025
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How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

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November 28, 2025
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The Tahiti search operations involved about 200 emergency staff
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Tahiti landslide: no survivors – all 8 bodies retrieved

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November 28, 2025
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Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025
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Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

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November 27, 2025
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East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts
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East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

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November 27, 2025
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Fiji launches 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
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November 27, 2025
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Israel has not been able to fully control the enclave
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Yellow lines and green zones – Israel’s de facto partition into...

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November 27, 2025
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown draws angry response from pro-Palestine advocates
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Activists slam Mayor Brown’s ‘free beer’ cavalier response to Palestine genocide...

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November 26, 2025
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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report
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Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force
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The organisers of the Chilean civil society initiative against genocidal Israel
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Chile plans to launch global campaign seeking to expel ‘pariah’ Israel...

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Head of Greenpeace Pacific Shiva Gounden
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Australian journalist, editor and manager Bob Howarth in Timorese ceremonial dress in Dili
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Convicted Fiji murderer Sairusi Ceinaturaga outside the Suva High Court
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Samoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
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Former Israeli military spokesman
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Showing their aroha for the activist ‘power couple’ of Māngere East

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Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
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Samoan PM takes aim at local journalists, claims overseas media ‘in...

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World Indigenous People's Conference on Education
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Pacific verdict on COP29
Climate

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
Analysis

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

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

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
Coronavirus

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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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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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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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

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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