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Sharks star on mission to put Cook Islands 'on the map'
Cronulla centre KL Iro is on a mission to put his small Pacific nation of around...
Jasper Bruce (AAP) 22 Aug 2026
Samoan Opposition leader alleges government trying to 'shut me up' after latest arrest and charge
Samoa's Leader of the Opposition was held in custody for 24 hours before he was...
Andrew Mathieson 17 Aug 2026
Beyond language: Dr Caleb Marsters on building Pacific futures
As Cook Islands Language Week is celebrated across Aotearoa, University of Auckl...
Giovanni Torre 14 Aug 2026
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocks Indigenous communities of Colombia
Indigenous communities living in and around the epicentre of Colombia's devastat...
Andrew Mathieson 12 Aug 2026
Pacific-led research puts Indigenous health at centre of precision medicine
Pacific researchers, clinicians and community leaders have gathered in Sāmoa to...
Joseph Guenzler 11 Aug 2026
'Inextricably bound together by lineage': Māori iwi signs intent to invest alongside IBA in Australia

Waikato-Tainui, one of Aotearoa New Zealand's largest and wealthiest iwi (Māori tribal nations), has signed a letter of intent with Indigenous Business Australia to invest across the Tasman, an a...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 11, 2026
International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples: events around the globe

The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was marked around the globe on Monday. The United Nations-sanctioned date raises awareness of protecting the rights of the world's Indigenous po...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 11, 2026
Indonesian security forces hunt for West Papuan militants who killed workers accused of spying for Jakarta

Indonesia's security forces have launched an operation to pursue a splinter group of independence fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army that killed road construction workers in the ter...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 10, 2026
Seven Indigenous Literacy Foundation books selected for inaugural global IBBY-UNESCO Collection

Seven books published by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation have been selected for the inaugural IBBY-UNESCO Collection of Remarkable Books for Young Readers in Indigenous and Endangered Languages.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Aug 8, 2026
Indigenous people in Brazilian Amazon seek protection from drug gangs

The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who have recovered their once lost territory inside the Brazilian border with Peru from "settlers" more than three decades ago, are under attack again.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 7, 2026
First Nations exchange brings together artists from around the world

First Nations practitioners working across textile, customary adornment and fashion have come together from across Australia, Aotearoa / New Zealand and Turtle Island / Canada through a Creative Austr...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Aug 6, 2026
Separatists claim responsibility for killing Papuans accused of acting on behalf of Indonesian forces

West Papuan independence separatists killed three Indigenous Papuans depicted in an execution-style video that has gone viral on social media across the occupied territory as a warning to "traitors" t...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 6, 2026
Malind-Anim Indigenous people in court to defend ancestral forests

The Malind-Anim Indigenous community are mounting a legal challenge to protect West Papuan ancestral forests from a planned commercial development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 5, 2026
NRL club claims Samoan player contributed to training death

A Samoan rugby league player who died of heat exhaustion at pre-season training contributed to his death by not managing his weight and diet in the off-season, his former club says.

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Tom Wark (AAP) Aug 5, 2026
Pacific calls for fairer global biodiversity reporting ahead of COP17

Pacific nations have warned the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework could undercount conservation work across small island states ahead of the 17th Conference of...

Tonga's courts hold ministers to account over bribery convictions, forcing government to face by-elections

Tonga's parliament has been forced to accept the resignation of two ministers after a ruling on bribery charges in the Nuku'alofa Magistrates' Court last week following the country's 2025 general elec...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 4, 2026
Samoa flyer ready to conquer world with blue-chip backs

Deine Mariner has plenty of motivation in the coming months with the end goal being helping Samoa win the World Cup. After six surgeries to save his right leg after suffering compartment syndrome agai...

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Joel Gould (AAP) Aug 4, 2026
'Bittersweet' medal for history-making Fijian boxer

Trailblazing boxer Jasmine Daunakamakama hopes her historic Commonwealth Games medal can open doors for more Fijian women to join the sport. The first female boxer to represent Fiji internationally, a...

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