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The RNZ situation is the more serious of the two episodes

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Gavin Ellis: Proof our newsrooms need a ‘second pair of eyes’

June 14, 2023

Protesters hold aloft an image of a baby dying from starvation outside the Washington headquarters of Fox News

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As protesters condemn Western media ‘complicity’, Gaza journalists struggle for survival

Trump’s shielding of Netanyahu and his advisers from criminal proceedings through sanctions and threats to members of the court is akin to both aiding and abetting crimes under the Rome Statute

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Why the International Criminal Court is under attack – it must be defended

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Why Indonesia must ratify the global nuclear weapon ban treaty

The winds of political change are blowing in a populist-left direction globally

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Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist

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Indonesian ‘tolerance’ under strain as anti-LGBT furore grows

April 7, 2016

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Life after the PNG quakes and more really tough decisions ahead

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March 27, 2018

"The world has the right to defend itself from Israel"

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Why the Middle East needs a strong Iran-Turkey alliance to foil...

May 28, 2026

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region

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I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...

June 15, 2023

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NZ journalists arrested in Fiji now free but no new era...

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April 10, 2019

Mediaworks sexual harassment culture

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MediaWorks and NZ’s problem with toxic work cultures — why HR...

August 14, 2021

Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics Kemueli Naiqama

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Richard Naidu: The Fawlty Towers government – everything they touch...

September 18, 2021

Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif, one of the five journalists and media people killed by Israel

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Why Israel’s assassination of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and crew threatens...

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August 11, 2025

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Barry Coates: The TPPA is dead. What next?

November 24, 2016

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

April 29, 2026

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Timorese have had a Timor Sea treaty win but could still...

January 18, 2017

Under the old regime, press barons, from William Randolph Hearst to Rupert Murdoch, at least pretended they were committed to truth-telling journalism

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Murdoch to Musk: how global media power has shifted from the...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 20, 2024

US Capitol

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As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences...

January 20, 2021

Pacific Islands climate justice protesters among those demonstrating at The Hague

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Deep freeze: Pacific ‘alarm’ as Trump leaves US diplomats with little...

January 29, 2025

From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance

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Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now...

March 12, 2026

No more kings?

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Eugene Doyle: Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the Ancien Régime

November 4, 2025

The Kanaky delegation in Paris

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Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’...

April 19, 2023

PNG Communications Technology Minister Tmothy Masiu

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A role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook

July 20, 2024

Press freedom Index

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Tough coronavirus controls threaten Pacific, global media freedom

April 23, 2020

"Isn’t it time we woke from our deep slumber?"

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Is genocide the new normal? Could Israel and the US destroy...

June 15, 2025

Southern Lebanon journalist Amal Khalil

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Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

Pacific Media Watch -

April 25, 2026

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

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Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

May 28, 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"

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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

The moment "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia was gunned down

Crime

Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Five Palestinian journalists from Gaza imprisoned in Israeli jails

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Palestinian journalists from Gaza ‘treated inhumanely’ by Israeli army and Shin...

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

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US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Asia Report

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The face of courage vs the face of evil"

Analysis

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

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

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Asia Report

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

Crime

Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...