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Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei
Analysis

At the World Cup, the Western media has set up a...

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Bougainville's Mt Bagana volcano
Bougainville

Bougainville volcano ups gears, as Titan Ridge submarine volcano cools off

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July 1, 2026
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Yan Zhang is a former member of the China Zhi Gong Party
Asia Report

ACT candidate resigns in NZ after Chinese political group link revealed

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July 1, 2026
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This latest UN report is significant because it focuses specifically on children
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A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...

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June 30, 2026
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The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country
Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

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June 30, 2026
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Fans bid farewell to the Iranian team’s players outside their hotel in Tijuana, Mexico
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Iran’s heartbroken Team Melli exit World Cup amid silver lining of...

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June 30, 2026
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Pascal Sawa, head of the UC-FLNKS list in the Northern province, welcomes the results in the municipality of Houaïlou
Asia Report

Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections

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June 30, 2026
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Press TV journalist Hadi Hoteit reporting in southern Lebanon
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The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media...

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June 29, 2026
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Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai (left)
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Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut

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June 29, 2026
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An artists' impression of the controversial Southland AI "data factory"
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Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says...

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June 29, 2026
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Laurie Humuni, general secretary of the Oceanian Democratic Rally (RDO)
Elections

Pro-French, pro-independence blocs remain in New Caledonia election

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June 29, 2026
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The Kanaky New Caledonia elections count tonight
Elections

Counting underway at polling stations in New Caledonia provincial elections

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June 28, 2026
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Nouméa voters queue at the Town Hall after polling places opened
Elections

Heavy security deployed as New Caledonia’s crucial elections begin

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June 28, 2026
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
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Pakistan PM drops a ‘truth bomb’ on US about the Iranian...

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June 28, 2026
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for...

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June 27, 2026
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A former Kanaky New Caledonia territorial government president, Louis Mapou, heads the breakaway pro-independence UNI list
Decolonisation

New Caledonia’s political parties make final pitch to voters before campaigning...

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June 27, 2026
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Mainstream media priorities in Australia when the UN report on targeted children was released
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Australian media ignores UN report on Israeli deliberate killing of children

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June 27, 2026
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“Palestine - 78 years of [Israeli] terror” and "Aroha trumps arms" banners at the Auckland June 20 March for Peace
Asia Report

NZ anti-war protesters call for independent foreign policy and peaceful planet

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June 27, 2026
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Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh who nationalised his country's oil
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This is the story that Trump and the West don’t want...

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June 26, 2026
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Fiji and Israel relations
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Jale Moala: Why is the UN credible when Fiji agrees but...

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June 26, 2026
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King's Representative of the Cook Islands Sir Tom Marsters
Cook Islands

Cook Islands set to head to the polls in six weeks...

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June 26, 2026
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Former journalist and media publisher Jo Nata, spent 24 years in jail for his role in the 2000 Fiji coup
Culture

Fiji will remain unstable while Indigenous people are economically sidelined, says...

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June 26, 2026
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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
Analysis

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

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
Asia Report

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

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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