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NZ feminist Kate Sheppard

Analysis

On the money: Kate Sheppard and the making of a NZ feminist icon

September 19, 2021

Analysis

How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

A Papuan protest against the "criminalisation" of Governor Lukas Enembe of Papua province

Analysis

Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal drama and tragedy in Jakarta

Australian academic and social justIce advocate Helen Hill

Analysis

Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence

"Not a war - it's colonialism" declares a placard at the Auckland pro-Palestine rally and march on 16 August 2025

Analysis

Rewarding knowingly illegal conduct – some might say, Israeli terrorism

The Media Council of PNG working with Transparency International PNG in 2021.

Analysis

New PNG media policy will lead to government control of news...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 20, 2023

Canberra media conference

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Yes, politicians need to change the way they treat women. But...

April 3, 2021

Analysis

The Intan Jaya conflict: A risk of more widespread violence in...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 7, 2021

Put them all the individual attacks together and one conclusion is unavoidable

Analysis

One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 19, 2026

Defence lawyer Eddie Lloyd with Violet Coco after last week's big court win

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Climate activist ‘Violet’ Coco’s quashed jail sentence highlights police lies

March 20, 2023

Chinese diplomacy in the Pacific

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Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?

June 27, 2022

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The presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy...

Pacific Media Centre -

January 21, 2016

New Zealand protesters carry symbolic "bodies" of Palestinian journalists slaughtered by the Israeli military

Analysis

Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?

August 24, 2025

Indonesian soldiers board a transport ship for Papua

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The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua –...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 28, 2024

Fiji's Parliament in Suva

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Will Fiji’s 2022 hotly contested elections further cement democracy?

August 13, 2022

Analysis

Women-led protests in Iran gather momentum – but will they be...

October 14, 2022

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

September 5, 2016

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Indonesia and Philippines confront the ghosts of past dictatorships

June 13, 2016

Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa

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Samoa’s first female leader has made history – now she faces...

August 1, 2021

Wamena protesters warned that the provincial expansion plan would "wipe out Papuans"

Analysis

How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans

March 23, 2022

Mohammed Riyaz and his family after voting at Conua District School at Kavanagasau, Nadroga, in last month's Fiji general election

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Steven Ratuva: What an election in Fiji – some reflections, lessons

January 4, 2023

PNG covid misinformation

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Just 1.7% of people in PNG are vaccinated against covid. Why...

November 8, 2021

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

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Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

February 17, 2026

Cleaning up Tonga's volcano ashfall

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Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston

February 5, 2022

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

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Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy

January 11, 2025

Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Hossam Shabat reporting from Gaza

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With Hasbara failing, Israel placed Hossam Shabat on a kill list

Pacific Media Watch -

April 5, 2025

Pro-Palestinian protesters carrying the Fiji and Tongan national flags

Analysis

War on Gaza: The US plan to revamp Palestinian Authority is...

January 21, 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

Fiji and Israel established diplomatic relations in 1970

Asia Report

Fiji set to host Israel and UAE embassies in Suva to...

The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack

Climate

From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and internal displacement of West Papuans

Asia Report

Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Elections

Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon...

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf"

Asia Report

Eugene Doyle: Kharg Island – into the valley of death

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Asia Report

Fiji’s human rights watchdog raises concerns over new Israeli embassy plans

Former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy

Analysis

‘Israel First’ – ex-Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy on why Netanyahu led...

The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack

Climate

From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

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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

"Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf"

Asia Report

Eugene Doyle: Kharg Island – into the valley of death

Then French prime minister Lionel Jospin (centre) shakes hands

Decolonisation

Tributes pour in for Lionel Jospin, ‘father’ of the Nouméa Accord

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Asia Report

Fiji’s human rights watchdog raises concerns over new Israeli embassy plans

Former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy

Analysis

‘Israel First’ – ex-Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy on why Netanyahu led...