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Papua Governor Lukas Enembe

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Fate of Papua’s Governor Enembe – the ‘son of Koteka’ – lies in balance amid allegations

September 24, 2022

President Donald Trump

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Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire

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RSF’s 2015 round-up: 54 journalists held hostage worldwide

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Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners

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Rainbow Warrior bombing ‘should have led to French Watergate’, says saboteur

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, in April 2025

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Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military and silencing West Papua

May 11, 2025

Palestinian demonstrators protesting in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank against Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in the aftermath of the death of activist Nizar Banat

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‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on...

September 17, 2023

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Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic

March 17, 2020

Two new women MPs elected in PNG

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Women – just two – back in PNG’s Parliament but more...

August 23, 2022

Jacinda Ardern

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

June 29, 2020

Nicky Hager (left) with his publisher Robbie Burton

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A publisher writes on ‘the terror’ of publishing Nicky Hager

Pacific Media Watch -

September 22, 2022

How Al Jazeera reported the global reaction to the viral video of Indonesian military torture

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Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan...

March 29, 2024

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USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other...

June 26, 2020

Stéphane Hessel was a leading member of the French Resistance

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Palestine Action – terrorists or the real heroes of our time?

July 18, 2025

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The ‘sanitised narrative’ of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing

August 6, 2015

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

April 7, 2019

The Pacific is not some rogue part of Tasmania. It’s an ocean of independent countries.

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Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype

April 26, 2022

Sodelpa’s negotiation team chair, Anare Jale, announcing the result of the votes for a coalition government in 2022

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Richard Naidu: It’s your freedom – so speak up and step...

February 5, 2023

Gaza's "port" area showing the degree of devastation

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Two years after October 7: Israel’s war, Gaza’s ashes, and the...

October 9, 2025

Samoan Parliament

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Fuimaono Dylan Asafo: Samoan ruling an unfortunate case of judicial overreach

June 3, 2021

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Barbara Dreaver: Mana counts … NZ needs the Pacific as much...

September 12, 2018

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West Papua: Sad plight of the Nduga internally displaced children

Pacific Media Watch -

January 21, 2020

"News Corp and its media bedfellows rely on snark, shrillness and outrage gimmickry

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In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with...

May 5, 2025

Cabinet Minister David Parker has thrown a real spanner in the works for Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more...

August 1, 2023

Supporters of justice for Palestine are being "shadow banned" and censored

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Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -

March 30, 2024

Restructuring of Aotearoa New Zealand's public service media

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Gavin Ellis: Fundamental flaws in public media plans call for big...

March 17, 2022

Red Crescent rescue workers recover bodies of the 15 Palestinian ambulance and first responder crews killed by Israeli forces

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The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows

April 7, 2025

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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

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

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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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

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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

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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

Indonesian military forces conduct operations in Intan Jaya, Papua province

Asia Report

Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands

Southern Lebanon journalist Amal Khalil

Analysis

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal (from left), Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod, and vice-chancellor Mark Scott at Sydney University

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Sydney Uni appoints antisemitism ‘lecturer’, forgets to tell anybody

A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today

Asia Report

PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Analysis

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

Disasters

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

MOST COMMENTS

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 Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

Environment

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Analysis

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win