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    • "I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month
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      "Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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      Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed
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      After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

      PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
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      Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

      Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
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Disasters

Prepared? Yes, but devastation of Winston was overwhelming

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February 26, 2016
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February 26, 2016
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Veronica Hatutasi: A journalist’s insights into the Bougainville war

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February 26, 2016
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February 25, 2016
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100 homes damaged, people from Korovou village cry for help

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February 25, 2016
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Cyclone ‘flattened’ 10 villages in Fiji’s Ra – now 22,181 evacuees

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February 25, 2016
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How ISIS extremist media have hijacked religion and language

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February 25, 2016
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42 dead and relief focuses on hardest-hit, says Fiji UN...

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February 25, 2016
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Koro’s nightmare – no chance for the people against Winston’s fury

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February 24, 2016
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Danger lurks but tales of heroism are emerging, says Fiji Times...

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February 24, 2016
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Indonesian police hound Catholic human rights priest over ‘treason’

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February 24, 2016
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Hollande ‘turns page’ on French N-tests but admits health harm

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February 24, 2016
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Australia

Timorese protesters demand ‘good faith’ from Australia over oil dispute

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February 24, 2016
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Disasters

Fiji community in NZ rally in support for disaster aftermath

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February 24, 2016
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Villagers of Fiji’s Koro island relay their horrific tales

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February 24, 2016
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February 24, 2016
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29 people dead, 89 injured as Fiji sets up cyclone Winston...

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February 23, 2016
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Gender

UN agency to scrutinise Vanuatu’s progress over women’s human rights

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February 23, 2016
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February 23, 2016
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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

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CORONAVIRUS

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
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Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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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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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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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month
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Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
Democracy

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
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"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month

Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

May 5, 2026
"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

May 5, 2026
Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

May 4, 2026
PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

May 4, 2026
Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

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