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Germany defeated in the UN Security Council vote

Analysis

Lim Tean: Why standing on the wrong side of history cost Germany its UNSC seat

June 8, 2026

Analysis

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: The desecration of Oceania’s sacred place of learning

Kanak flags lifted high at a pro-independence rally in Nouméa

Analysis

New Caledonia crisis: Pacific leaders’ mission must ‘look beyond surface’

Journalist Muhammad Asrul behind bars

Analysis

Press freedom in jeopardy amid Indonesian authoritarianism

In contrast, today it is the youth taking the lead and using violence because they feel they have no other choice.

Analysis

Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting rights

Analysis

Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic

April 4, 2020

Analysis

Christchurch attacks a stark warning of toxic politics that enables hate

March 18, 2019

It is more likely that Israel launched its attack to stop US and Iranian negotiators from meeting

Analysis

A war on diplomacy itself – Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran

June 19, 2025

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Amanda Watson: Does PNG rank highly for internet porn searches?

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January 31, 2017

A Merkava tank in Gaza pictured at the moment a Hamas resistance fighter emerged from a tunnel to plant an explosive device

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A video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed...

Pacific Media Watch -

June 14, 2025

Italy pandemic

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Confusion behind PNG’s first Covid-19 case – flawed state communications

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March 21, 2020

US President Trump holds a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House

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Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only...

March 12, 2026

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Scott Waide: Will PNG project reviews mean more benefits for landowners?

April 7, 2019

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Pacific Islanders debate paradox of ‘Oceanianism’ and global citizens

Shailendra Singh -

January 29, 2016

Marape and Wong EMTV

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Drama and panic as PNG government blunders through first Covid-19 crisis

Pacific Media Watch -

March 19, 2020

The Biden administration’s dramatic escalation in Yemen

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Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into...

January 13, 2024

Part of the pro-Palestine march in Naarm/Melbourne last Sunday

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Protesters mobilise to greet Australia’s ‘Land Forces’ merchants of death

September 10, 2024

"The message is clear to every current or aspiring Republican politician: Be a toady to Trump, or you’re out."

Analysis

Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?

May 20, 2026

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Call for Chinese-Indonesians to support #PapuanLivesMatter

June 14, 2020

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

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Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

May 15, 2026

We in New Zealand see shapeless body bags

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Gavin Ellis: Show us the full horror of war in Ukraine

Pacific Media Watch -

April 19, 2022

Hitler ignored the advice of his generals and attacked in every direction

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Paul Buchanan: Trump 2.0 and the limits of over-reach

February 17, 2025

Wait Here

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With covid-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border...

January 14, 2021

Justice for West Papua

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Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s colonial fate – UN ‘New York Agreement’

August 15, 2022

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Asian scholars crafting a non-adversarial approach to journalism

Pacific Media Centre -

January 14, 2016

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Dan McGarry: Silence in the face of Florence’s bravery an indictment

September 5, 2016

United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) vice-president Octo Mote

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West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’

September 13, 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

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"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

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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

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

Asia Report

‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’...

Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

Asia Report

Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

Fehi Fineanganofo garlanded by family speaks to the media after the All Blacks defeated France 34-32 in Christchurch

Culture

‘Pasifika’ All Blacks claim bloody and physical Nations rugby test against...

A "Stop RIMPAC forever" poster.

Analysis

RIMPAC 2026: Part 2 – Hawai’ian activist torpedoes lies about US...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

China

Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

China

‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

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

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity

Analysis

‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...

Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jnr

Asia Report

Palau’s President warns of rising nuclear anxiety in the Pacific, after...

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...