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Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy

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Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland

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Human Rights

Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy

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March 26, 2019

COMMENTARY: By William Ray Since the mosque attacks in Christchurch earlier this month, many people have called for New Zealand to examine its history of...

Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland

March 26, 2019

Drug problem in Philippines has ‘worsened’, admits Duterte

March 26, 2019

RSF condemns China’s ‘global press freedom threat’ in new report

March 26, 2019

NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern

March 25, 2019

How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

March 25, 2019

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Pacific Media Watch student editor takes up key news role

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March 19, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An Auckland freelance journalist, Michael Andrew, who is completing his postgraduate journalism diploma at Auckland University of Technology, has been appointed...

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‘We haven’t known a world without climate change’ – school strikers

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March 15, 2019

By Natalie Sauer in London and Rachel Waldholz in Berlin In more than 100 countries on Friday, young people spilled out of schools and into...

Thousands of NZ students demand urgent climate action

March 15, 2019

Students across NZ to kick off global climate change day of...

March 15, 2019

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March 14, 2019

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March 12, 2019

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Human Rights

Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy

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March 26, 2019

COMMENTARY: By William Ray Since the mosque attacks in Christchurch earlier this month, many people have called for New Zealand to examine its history of...

How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

March 25, 2019

Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack

March 24, 2019

Dear PM: ‘It breaks my heart that a sense of belonging...

March 23, 2019

How to move beyond simplistic debates that demonise Islam

March 22, 2019

Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack

March 21, 2019

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Analysis

How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

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March 25, 2019

By Colin Peacock, editor of Mediawatch NZ The attack in Christchurch has forced New Zealand news media to rethink the way they work, whose voices...

Thousands take part in Auckland ‘love Aotearoa’ rally, reject race terror

March 24, 2019

Former PMW reporter talks to SA media on mosque massacre

March 22, 2019

Death toll from Papuan floods, mudslides rises to 89

March 20, 2019

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Human Rights

Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy

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March 26, 2019

COMMENTARY: By William Ray Since the mosque attacks in Christchurch earlier this month, many people have called for New Zealand to examine its history of...

Gallery

Gallery: Children head NZ’s ‘love not hate’ rally in central Auckland

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March 26, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Pacific Media Centre's Del Abcede was on the ground for last Sunday's "love not hate" rally with about 2000 people marching...

Drug problem in Philippines has ‘worsened’, admits Duterte

March 26, 2019

NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern

March 25, 2019

How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

March 25, 2019

Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack

March 24, 2019

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Human Rights

Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy

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March 26, 2019

COMMENTARY: By William Ray Since the mosque attacks in Christchurch earlier this month, many people have called for New Zealand to examine its history of...

Asia Report

Drug problem in Philippines has ‘worsened’, admits Duterte

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March 26, 2019

By Nestor Corrales in Manila Despite the Philippine government’s brutal war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that the drug problem in the country...

RSF condemns China’s ‘global press freedom threat’ in new report

March 26, 2019

NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern

March 25, 2019

How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

March 25, 2019

Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack

March 24, 2019

MEDIA

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RSF condemns China’s ‘global press freedom threat’ in new report

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March 26, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk In a report titled China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order, the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has...

Analysis

How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

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March 25, 2019

By Colin Peacock, editor of Mediawatch NZ The attack in Christchurch has forced New Zealand news media to rethink the way they work, whose voices...

Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack

March 24, 2019

New Zealander’s image of togetherness chosen for Time magazine

March 23, 2019

Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack

March 21, 2019

Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks

March 20, 2019

SPORTS

Global

End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM

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March 13, 2019

By Lance Polu in Apia World Rugby must adopt a “one country one national team” in world competitions as it is done in the Olympics...

Analysis

Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...

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July 15, 2018

By Marwan Bishara Twenty years ago, I was asked by the General Council of the Parisian suburb Seine-Saint-Denis to invite four Palestinian youth to attend...

Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu win medals at Games

April 11, 2018

Tongan ban on girls playing rugby and boxing ‘not our policy’,...

March 23, 2018

Mendi wins PNG rugby league title in spite of earthquake devastation

March 12, 2018

Latest France rugby crisis sparks sense of deja vu for Les...

February 3, 2018

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Economics

Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic

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January 22, 2019

By Anya Imandin The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...

Economics

Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic

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November 21, 2018

By Rahul Bhattarai The Pacific community has contributed immensely to New Zealand's economy - but that isn't the only contribution, says a leading development studies...

O’Neill replies on Maseratis, shuns ‘racist’ critic as opponents call strike

October 15, 2018

Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million

April 16, 2018

Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects

February 15, 2018

PNG’s opposition blasts O’Neill over ‘fake budget, fake revenues’

December 6, 2017

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