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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report
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Civicus raps 8 Pacific countries for ‘not doing enough’ to protect...

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Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force
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Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty

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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
Australia

COP30 ends with ‘extremely weak’ outcomes, says Pacific campaigner

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November 25, 2025
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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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Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courthouse security after another...

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Samoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
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November 24, 2025
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Former Israeli military spokesman
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Israel has lost social media battle over Gaza, says military ex-spokesperson

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November 23, 2025
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A tribute in Māngere East's Village Green
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Showing their aroha for the activist ‘power couple’ of Māngere East

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A SodaStream critical placard in today's protest
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November 22, 2025
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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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‘My mana reignited’: Attendees leave world’s largest Indigenous education conference feeling...

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Gaza's UNSC Resolution 2803
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Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel...

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November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025
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Pro-independence Progressist Union in Melanesia (UPM) leader Victor Tutugoro (centre with hat) and the party’s political bureau at a media conference this week in Nouméa
Decolonisation

New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS

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Here we are almost 40 years later: another puffed-up scandal. Another BBC head falling to the outrage of the British Tory press, thanks to President Trum
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Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It...

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Former Samoan prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
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RSF calls on Samoan PM to lift ‘unacceptable’ ban on Samoa...

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Newly elected Tongan noble Lord Ma'afu
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Fiji Business Awards celebrate big achievements from humble beginnings

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November 20, 2025
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The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force
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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
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
Coronavirus

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
Coronavirus

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

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BEARING WITNESS

"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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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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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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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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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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