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To conserve West Papua, start with land rights and forget past mistakes

October 10, 2018

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Dan McGarry: Strings attached, please – but the choice isn’t so easy

Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025

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Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

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Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia

The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force

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A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means in practice

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A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic...

March 9, 2020

The worst things about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

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Caitlin Johnstone: US presidential races hide the criminality of the Empire

July 27, 2024

The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report

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Civicus raps 8 Pacific countries for ‘not doing enough’ to protect...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 26, 2025

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

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

July 10, 2026

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Fijian flyer Vakatawa – a rugby gamble France need to take

January 21, 2016

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

April 22, 2026

An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand

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Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo

August 5, 2026

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

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Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms...

April 22, 2025

Auckland rally against racism

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

November 24, 2021

Tino Rangatiratanga flag

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Dominic O’Sullivan: The role of Te Tiriti in boosting local government

October 15, 2022

US trainers in Afghanistan

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West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war...

August 29, 2021

The Newcastle coal port 24-hour blockade protest 2023

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Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

November 11, 2024

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

As a low-lying atoll nation, Tuvalu is particularly exposed

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Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu...

April 13, 2025

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has shown no sign he is capable of leading the rejuvenation policy the party needs

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NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with...

October 2, 2023

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a solidarity rally in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today

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Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not...

June 28, 2025

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Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia

July 11, 2017

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Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation

February 15, 2020

The village on Serua Island, Fiji

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Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood...

January 10, 2023

The Wedgetail E-7 spy plane being sent by Australia to the Persian Gulf to help the US-Israeli aggression against Iran

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War on Iran: Australia should put trust in its neighbours not...

March 15, 2026

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

Pacific Media Watch -

May 9, 2026

There are still about 12,500 nuclear warheads on the planet

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Oppenheimer’s warning lives on: global laws, treaties fail to stop new...

July 30, 2023

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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

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...

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

Bearing Witness

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

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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

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Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

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Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

This article will not only be about counting ships

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Strait of Hormuz: It’s not just the numbers – it’s the...

"A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East

Asia Report

‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

Editor's Picks

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

Asia Report

West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

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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

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

Editor's Picks

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

Asia Report

West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...