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The gas and diesel price sign at Ace's One Stop fuel station in Majuro
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Marshall Islands govt slashes income tax as living costs skyrocket

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Democracy Now host Amy Goodman interviewing economist Dr Laleh Khalili
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End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global...

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March 22, 2026
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Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and internal displacement of West Papuans
Asia Report

Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw

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March 21, 2026
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Resigned US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent
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Israel – the parasite state sabotaging peace in the Middle East

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March 21, 2026
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Saipan
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Northern Mariana Islands’ security and stability vital for US, say military...

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March 21, 2026
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Repression is a characteristic of Iranian government policy, but not the only characteristic
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Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog

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March 20, 2026
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Fiji and Israel established diplomatic relations in 1970
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Fiji set to host Israel and UAE embassies in Suva to...

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March 20, 2026
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Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

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March 20, 2026
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China and the Solomon Islands media
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China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

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In October 2025, Israeli forces kidnapped the crew members of 41 aid ships near Gaza
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Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
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Solomons PM refuses to convene parliament amid political crisis

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The Strait of Hormuz
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Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins (left) receives the Iran war petition from Greenpeace executive director Dr Russel Norman
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Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war...

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"Don't mine the moana"
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Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?

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March 18, 2026
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Iranian missile damage in central Israel at an undisclosed location
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Israel caught in a permanent state of war mindset – peace...

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March 18, 2026
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MCPNG president Neville Choi
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"Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.
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With censorship and propaganda shaping coverage of the war on Iran on all sides, news audiences are having to navigate a confused and often misleading maze of information
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War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out...

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March 17, 2026
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Iranian Israeli political activist and editor Orly Noy
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As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West...

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March 17, 2026
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Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
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Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens...

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March 17, 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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

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

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Analysis

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
Analysis

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"
Analysis

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...

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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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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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