World
Oceania
Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in Indonesia’s Papua region
Glen Malcolm Conning, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was shot to death by gunmen allegedly with the West Papua Liberation Army.
- by Alfian Kartono and Niniek Karmini
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French Polynesia
What links a dead paedophile painter with Paris 2024? Shame
As Paris holds the world’s gaze, France’s continued meddling in the Pacific paints a less-than-golden picture of colonial neglect and the price of imperialism.
- by Malcolm Knox
Inquiry finds 200,000 people were abused in NZ over decades in ‘national disgrace’
The scale of abuse was “unimaginable” with an estimated 200,000 people abused over seven decades, many of them Maori, a new report found.
- by Charlotte Graham-McLay
Reality TV contestant apologises after hunting, eating protected bird
A contestant on the survival show said he was operating on a “starvation mindset” when he made the decision to eat the vulnerable species.
- by Isabella Kwai
Woman takes boyfriend to tribunal after he fails to take her to the airport
The woman involved had arranged to be picked up by the man, who she was in a relationship with, but he never arrived to collect her.
- by Sam Smith
How Ornella’s ‘very expensive education’ in Sydney pushed her to build a school across the Timor Sea
At the age of 14, Ornella Byak had an encounter that shaped the course of her life.
- by Lia Timson