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"Everyone was taken by surprise [with the Israeli military attack]"
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Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump
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NZ Media and Communications Minister Minister Dr Paul Goldsmith
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Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of NZ’s enforceable media...

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Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila
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UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

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May 7, 2026
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila
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New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

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Two foreign activists -- Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Spanish Palestinian Saif Abukeshek -- from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were kidnapped and taken to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May 3 and again two days later
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Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
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PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi
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May 6, 2026
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Fiji Times journalist Alifereti Josefa-Sakiasi speaking at the combined Fiji universities' World Press Freedom Day talanoa
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Media programmes at USP, FNU join forces for World Press Freedom...

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Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23
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PINA president Kalafi Moala
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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

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"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed
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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

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Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
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Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

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May 4, 2026
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Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom
Australia

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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos
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Fiji has climbed from 40th place in 2025 in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index
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Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces
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"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters
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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

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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

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

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BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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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Culture

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Whether or not the two theatres are directly commanded in tandem, the effect is the same

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July 21, 2026
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