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Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics Kemueli Naiqama

Analysis

Richard Naidu: The Fawlty Towers government – everything they touch seems to turn to disaster

September 18, 2021

Kanak independence candidate Emmanuel Tjibaou

Analysis

A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties

Repression is a characteristic of Iranian government policy, but not the only characteristic

Analysis

Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog

Israeli colonialism . . . the Nakba

Analysis

Why is the West dancing to Israel’s tune? What’s leading us to disaster

There is a way to support companies that have made the change towards greater gender equity

Analysis

Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments through a ‘gender lens’

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

Analysis

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

May 15, 2026

Italy pandemic

Analysis

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 21, 2020

YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

April 16, 2026

Solidarity from another decolonisation struggle - West Papua

Analysis

Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people it’s killing...

June 1, 2025

These outcomes don’t just happen in a vacuum

Analysis

The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and...

January 3, 2025

If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

July 10, 2026

Analysis

Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away...

October 20, 2020

A video clip posted by the Israeli "Security" Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on August 15 showed the bully taunting and intimidating a frail Marwan Barghouti

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Saving Palestine’s Marwan Barghouti is our duty

August 19, 2025

The spectacle and symbolism of assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral

Analysis

How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event

Pacific Media Watch -

July 15, 2026

Ishmael Toroama

Analysis

Bougainville president-elect Ishmael Toroama – rebel, peacemaker, farmer

September 23, 2020

Pacific Islands Forum member country flags

Analysis

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

September 7, 2026

Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night

Analysis

Stability key driver in Cook Islands Party’s election performance, says analyst

August 21, 2026

Women’s solidarity march, Sydney, 2017

Analysis

Is the #MeToo era a reckoning, a revolution, or something else?

March 8, 2022

Analysis

Tiny Timbulsloko fights back in face of Indonesia’s ‘ecological disaster’

November 18, 2017

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

September 3, 2026

Dictator of Year Spinoff

Analysis

How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for...

November 23, 2021

Whether or not the two theatres are directly commanded in tandem, the effect is the same

Analysis

The Dual-Strait Siege – how Iran and the Houthis just closed...

July 21, 2026

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier

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Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law

Pacific Media Watch -

October 6, 2022

Analysis

#COP21: ‘Counting the Cost’ – constructive conference or a waste of...

December 8, 2015

A young girl keeps vigil besides lists of thousands of names of the more than 47,000 Palestinians killed by Israel in the war on Gaza

Analysis

Moral bankruptcy, Israel’s genocide and the betrayal of the Palestinians

February 2, 2025

Auckland's Eden Park World Women's Rugby Cup opener

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Black Ferns: a new dawn for global women’s rugby

October 9, 2022

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 15, 2026

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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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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

Protesters march down Auckland's Queen St

Climate

Greenpeace protests Conservation Amendment Bill in downtown Auckland

Fiji's 2013 Constitution

Democracy

Fiji targets new constitution by Christmas Eve as watchdog warns of...

"Put the greens last"

Analysis

Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa

Editor's Picks

Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Author Nicky Hager at the launch of his latest book Dirty Work

Civil Society

Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work ‘exposé’ of Taxpayers’ Union

This is a photo of me in the desert in Saudi Arabia 19 years ago

Commentary

Saige England: No judgments, freedom and about rocking the boat

Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) president Kalafi Moala (front, second from left) with participants of the Climate Change and Corruption roundtable

Climate

UN adviser tells Pacific journalists to probe ‘accountability’ in climate change,...

The Invercargill City Council

Decolonisation

Invercargill Council becomes seventh NZ local body to ban illegal Israeli...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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

Author Nicky Hager at the launch of his latest book Dirty Work

Civil Society

Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work ‘exposé’ of Taxpayers’ Union

This is a photo of me in the desert in Saudi Arabia 19 years ago

Commentary

Saige England: No judgments, freedom and about rocking the boat

Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) president Kalafi Moala (front, second from left) with participants of the Climate Change and Corruption roundtable

Climate

UN adviser tells Pacific journalists to probe ‘accountability’ in climate change,...

Fiji's Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara

Australia

Fijian chief calls for scrutiny of Fiji-Australia security treaties