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Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

In the great expanse of oceans, a number of small, remote islands are having their moment in the spotlight. From the Chagos islands to the South China Sea, a...

Jonathan Cook: Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof

It isn’t Tehran led by unhinged, genocidal megalomaniacs threatening the security of the region and the world. It...

Kāpū Tī with Antony: Confessions of a fringe City Centre local

By Antony Phillips in The Vertical For this edition of Kāpū Tī with Antony, I sit down with journalist...

Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle There was only one moment when I was interviewing him last week that Mousa Taher...

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli prison system nightmare

SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle I interviewed several of the New Zealanders who, as members of the Global Sumud...

Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations

By Kelvin Anthony Allegations of sexual harassment have emerged in the case of a senior United Nations manager at the Fiji multi-county office who has...

Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue

By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby United States President Joe Biden yesterday apologised to Prime Minister James Marape and the people of...

US envoy persuades two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed...

After historic apology, Fiji moves to build a reconciled nation

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva In an emotionally charged “Reconciliation and thanksgiving” service organised by Fiji’s Methodist Church -- the country’s largest Christian denomination --...

OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’

By David Robie Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful...

‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders

Pacific Media Watch More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing...