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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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Why New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands over China deal

June 19, 2025

Palestinian children celebrate news of the Gaza ceasefire

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After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Cook Islands

Rabuka, PIF ‘undermine credibility’ of Pacific experts over Japan’s nuclear waste dumping plan

Indonesian riot police crackdown on UNCEN students.

Global

Covid-19 crisis a pretext for West Papua online, offline repression, says Tapol

Indonesian military watch over protest action at Timika

Human Rights

Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’

The Morning Star flag

Human Rights

West Papuans mark 60 years fighting for self-determination

December 2, 2021

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Josef Benedict: Rohingya crisis is a moment of truth for ASEAN

October 3, 2017

Australian author Antony Loewenstein

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‘Who is the superpower? The US or Israel?’ Al Jazeera on...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 14, 2024

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Philippines President-elect Duterte ‘browbeats’ media in test of will

Pacific Media Watch -

June 24, 2016

New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters march against genocide

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Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams

July 28, 2025

Human Rights

West Papua internet restored after Wenda, Koman accused of ‘provocation’

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September 6, 2019

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Palu quake and tsunami sweeps away key Indonesian human rights activism

October 8, 2018

The Bali Papuan protest and clashes with Indonesian nationalists

Democracy

Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in...

April 3, 2023

The Encampments

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The Encampments vs October 8 – a battle of narratives on...

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May 10, 2025

Executive director of B’Tselem Yuli Novak

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Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head

January 17, 2026

Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

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Step up efforts to free Assange after 3 years in jail,...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 11, 2022

PNG's Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby Cardinal Sir John Ribat welcomes Pope Francis during his four nation Pacific and Southeast Asian tour

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Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in...

September 15, 2024

Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape greeted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta

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Marape flags Pertamina fuel deal amid trade, bilateral talks in Indonesia

April 1, 2022

Jakarta hospital security giard

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Indonesian coronavirus patients hit by lack of privacy legal safeguards

March 5, 2020

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Rights groups, journalists condemn Duterte bid to shut key TV network

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

February 11, 2020

The New Zealand government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic

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Will New Zealand ‘invade’ the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously

February 13, 2025

Rana Hamida on the frontline of a recent Auckland march against genocide

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Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday

June 15, 2024

Rappler founder Maria Ressa in Hawai'i

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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa calls for journalists to fight ‘Devil’s megaphone’

Pacific Media Watch -

July 1, 2022

Coronavirus

‘If you don’t want to die, don’t come to Papua’, warns...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 29, 2020

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

June 26, 2025

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Indonesia pledges to settle human right cases soon

March 30, 2016

Vietnam today is united and free and millions of ordinary people have achieved security, health, education and prosperity

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50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to...

April 30, 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"

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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

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

Asia Report

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

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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

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Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

“My son,” a woman screamed in Gaza

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Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

Israeli military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

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Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

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Israeli military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

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Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

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Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

Papua's Tom Beanal

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Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Israeli military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

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Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

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Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

Papua's Tom Beanal

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Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’