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    • Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed
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Who next, after the US kidnapping of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, incurs the Don’s displeasure?
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Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero
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A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

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West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA
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West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

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December 1, 2025
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A West Papuan Morning Star flag being held in defiance of the Indonesian ban in a remote village
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Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says...

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December 1, 2025
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New Zealand author David Robie
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David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...

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December 1, 2025
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Tucker Carlson
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Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights...

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November 30, 2025
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Pro-Palestinian protesters over the Gaza genocide
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Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine...

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November 29, 2025
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A Fiji pro-Palestinian solidarity protest in the Suva harbour
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Israel attacks three countries as NZ protesters prepare for UN day...

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November 29, 2025
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Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

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November 28, 2025
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A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Selective Justice is Injustice"
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How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

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November 28, 2025
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The Tahiti search operations involved about 200 emergency staff
Disasters

Tahiti landslide: no survivors – all 8 bodies retrieved

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November 28, 2025
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Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025
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Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

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November 27, 2025
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East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts
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November 27, 2025
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Fiji launches 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
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November 27, 2025
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Israel has not been able to fully control the enclave
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Yellow lines and green zones – Israel’s de facto partition into...

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November 27, 2025
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown draws angry response from pro-Palestine advocates
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November 26, 2025
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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report
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Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force
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Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty

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The organisers of the Chilean civil society initiative against genocidal Israel
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Chile plans to launch global campaign seeking to expel ‘pariah’ Israel...

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Head of Greenpeace Pacific Shiva Gounden
Australia

COP30 ends with ‘extremely weak’ outcomes, says Pacific campaigner

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November 25, 2025
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Australian journalist, editor and manager Bob Howarth in Timorese ceremonial dress in Dili
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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

"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...

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

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

Professor David Robievideo
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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

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APJS NEWSFILE

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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Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed

Trump starts major ‘regime-change’ war with Iran, serving neoconservatism and Israel

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March 1, 2026
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Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an...

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