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    • "The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."
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      The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies
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      A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home
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      New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu
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UN members vote overwhelmingly to demand a ceasefire in Gaza
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UN overwhelmingly backs immediate Gaza ceasefire – but 3 Pacific nations...

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An "Our freedom of expression/assembly is being gagged and violated by our government to support genocide" placard
Asia Report

Fiji government accused over human rights violations, free speech curb

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December 12, 2024
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Vanuatu Police Force officers on deployment in Samoa for the CHOGM leaders’ meeting
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Pacific police chiefs open Australian base for regional rapid deployment force

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December 12, 2024
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Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs Pio Tikoduadua and others
Democracy

How media could help social cohesion and unite people – a...

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December 12, 2024
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The entrance to Regional Processing Centre One
Australia

Nauru-Australia Treaty: Strategic gain or ‘corrupt arrangement’?

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December 11, 2024
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Fiji human rights protesters march through Suva City yesterday
Crime

Violence against children in Fiji costs nation $460m, says Unicef study

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December 11, 2024
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A "Stop the genocide now" placard at Auckland's Te Komititanga Square
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PSNA condemns NZ welcome for ‘genocidal’ Israeli tourists while no humanitarian...

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December 11, 2024
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King Tupou VI (from left), outgoing Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu'akavameiliku and interim vice-chancellor Dr Tangikina Steen
Analysis

Tonga’s PM Hu’akavameiliku throws in the towel – behind the timeline

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December 11, 2024
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Communities on Emau Island face extreme loss and damage from worsening climate change
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Vanuatu becomes first country to partner with new UN climate loss...

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December 11, 2024
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ULMWP's Benny Wenda
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West Papuan leader praises People’s Tribunal ruling as proof of ‘need...

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December 10, 2024
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Fijian peacekeepers
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Syria crisis: Fijian peacekeepers ‘secure and accounted for’ amid tensions

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December 10, 2024
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Resigned Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni
Democracy

Tonga’s Speaker confirms new PM to be chosen on Christmas Eve

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Killed environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng
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RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist

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Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani
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US officials talked about merits of removing $10m bounty on Syrian...

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Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni
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‘Teary-eyed’ Tongan PM resigns ahead of no-confidence vote

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December 9, 2024
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Fuimaono Dr Dylan Asafo
Climate

Cook Islands seeks ‘decolonisation’ of international law at ICJ

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December 9, 2024
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Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant
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December 8, 2024
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NCD Governor Powes Parkop
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Amnesty International Aotearoa's people power manager Margaret Taylor
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December 7, 2024
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"USP leadership in crisis" banner at an earlier staff protest against the regional Pacific university's management
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Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes

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December 7, 2024
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Palau's leader Surangel Whipps Jr (left) and US President-elect Donald Trump
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Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis...

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Independent Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein
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Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House

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CLIMATE AND COVID

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
Analysis

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
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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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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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

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

"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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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

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"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."
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The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies
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Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

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Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

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"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."
Analysis

Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home
Asia Report

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu
Crime

Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield
Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

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"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."

Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

May 24, 2026
The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies

Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

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Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

May 23, 2026
New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu

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