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‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

May 27, 2026

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A West Papuan independence activist says AI-generated fake footage of her and her words has been used to spread disinformation on social media. Koteka Wenda, daughter of the leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, said the Instagram video reel by an Indonesian

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Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

May 27, 2026

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific senior bulletin editor Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai’ilagi says he still hopes the franchise will be saved. Shareholders of Moana Pasifika have voted to appoint liquidators to the franchise’s holding company. The Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) said it could no longer continue funding the team and it was “deeply disappointed”

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Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli treatment

May 27, 2026

Asia Pacific Report One of the three New Zealanders on the Global Sumud Flotilla who were among the hundreds kidnapped by the Israeli military illegally on international waters this month and abducted to Israel has described his brutal treatment after returning home. Speaking in a TV3 news report last night, Hāhona Ormsby (Ngāti Maniapoto), 56,