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Pacific Islands Forum 2022 in Suva

Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human...

July 21, 2022

ABC's Fiji correspondent Lice Movono (from left), RNZ Pacific manager Moera Tuilaipa-Taylor and Islands Business editor Samantha Magick speaking during a women empowerment panel at the 2024 Pacific Media International conference

Pacific Media: A renewed commitment to research on Pacific media, development...

November 17, 2025

Participants in the recent Pacific International Media Conference 2024

Polarised media undermines democracy, professor warns at Pacific media conference

July 25, 2024

The "pre-Bastille Day" march in the Fijian capital of Suva

When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share...

July 14, 2024

Media access to MPs crucial for democracy, say Pacific journalists

June 24, 2019

Media celebrated as ‘backbone of democracy’ in Pacific

May 6, 2019

‘Media for democracy’ – Pacific Media Watch’s 2019 freedom feature

May 3, 2019

Waihopai spy base protesters talk Pacific, ‘Five Eyes’ and democracy

January 25, 2016

Australian journalist, editor and manager Bob Howarth in Timorese ceremonial dress in Dili

‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob...

November 25, 2025

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words...

November 15, 2025

An "Israel-USA - blood on your hands" banner at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland last Saturday

Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence...

July 25, 2025

Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

July 21, 2025

Author David Robie with his latest book, Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior.

Author condemns ‘callous’ health legacy of French, US nuclear bomb tests...

July 11, 2025

Former Human Rights Watch head Ken Roth on Israel and genocide

The ‘Godfather of Human Rights’ Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and...

June 26, 2025

Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments

Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

June 5, 2025

"On top of her bold activism, Hilda LINI was also a mother to us."

Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

May 27, 2025

Press freedom in the Asia-Pacific 2025

NZ fares well in latest RSF press freedom index as authoritarian...

May 2, 2025

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos

Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy

March 9, 2025

Community leaders and residents discuss priorities at the first Manurewa Pan-Pacific strategy workshop

Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices

March 5, 2025

An aerial shot of the new 2024 RNZ Pacific transmitter

RNZ Pacific – 35 years of broadcasting trusted news to the...

January 25, 2025

A candidate’s campaign poster for Vanuatu’s snap general election next week on January 16

Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy

January 11, 2025

Media company NZME proposes to close 14 of its community newspapers

Call for expanded Local Democracy Reporting scheme as NZME plans to...

November 15, 2024

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Critics say the lack of transparency, including unclear numbers, roles, and oversight, is troubling, especially while international courts are examining serious allegations linked to the conflict. Image: OnePath Network

Asia Report

600 Australians, 50 Kiwis fighting for Israeli military during Gaza genocide

The designations render the two Micronesian politicians and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the US

Crime

US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

Decolonisation

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

Author Eugene Doyle with Special Envoy Francesca Albanese

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Silencing Francesca Albanese – ‘Not in our name’ Gaza...

EDITOR'S PICKS

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

Asia Report

How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

Author Eugene Doyle with Special Envoy Francesca Albanese

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Silencing Francesca Albanese – ‘Not in our name’ Gaza...

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

Asia Report

How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

Author Eugene Doyle with Special Envoy Francesca Albanese

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Silencing Francesca Albanese – ‘Not in our name’ Gaza...

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

Decolonisation

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims