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Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (left) with Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki in Auckland

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NZ is now in sphere of Israeli influence – we risk being seen as a ‘genocide ally’

Pacific Media Watch -

November 2, 2025

Australia's National Press Club sponsors include the world’s two biggest weapons makers

Asia Report

Weaponising media – National Press Club and its arms industry sponsors

Palestinian supporters protest against the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel in spite of the "ceasefire"

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Britain’s act of ‘colonial arrogance’ created living injustice for Palestinians, says PSNA

Four members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) were reportedly killed in drone bombings

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ULMWP alleges 15 civilians killed in West Papua military operation

Kiwirok villagers show some of the areas that have been bombed in the attack on their village

Decolonisation

Wenda accuses Indonesian troops of bombarding village in Star mountains

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Greenpeace Indonesia protesters target US climate policy ‘disaster’

Pacific Media Centre -

June 9, 2017

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Amnesty demands Jokowi honour pledge on Papuan human rights

September 18, 2018

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‘Outsider’ voice films open new storytelling spaces, says academic

February 26, 2020

Papuan protesters at Papua govt office

Analysis

Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe

June 28, 2021

Human Rights

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

Pacific Media Watch -

September 6, 2019

President Joko Widodo

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Will Indonesia be Southeast Asia’s Italy? How Jakarta is battling Covid-19

March 26, 2020

Cebu 8

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Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military

January 20, 2021

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ASEAN lawmakers alarmed at ‘blasphemy’ conviction of Ahok

May 10, 2017

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Indonesian broadcasting body finds rampant violations by TV stations

Pacific Media Watch -

March 10, 2016

Veronica Koman

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Papua Solidarity returns rights lawyer Veronica Koman’s scholarship grant

September 17, 2020

A student protest in central Jakarta

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Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration

October 24, 2021

Global

NZ’s John Key to visit Europe, UK and Indonesia for trade...

July 6, 2016

Australia

Iran condemns air strike on Syria – UK, Australia, NZ give...

April 8, 2017

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Balibo media killings widow angry over implicated Indonesian spy chief

Pacific Media Centre -

August 24, 2015

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President Widodo ‘lying about 1965 mass killings’, says rights chief

April 29, 2016

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Another Suharto makes push to launch Indonesian politics career

March 19, 2018

US trainers in Afghanistan

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

August 29, 2021

Munir's image pictured on an activist's T-shirt

Human Rights

Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree

August 19, 2022

Australia

Iran refugee detained in PNG wins Australia’s richest literary prize

Pacific Media Watch -

February 1, 2019

Human Rights

Papuan Morning Star flag raised in Auckland as Green MP says...

December 2, 2017

Human Rights

Police arrest 45 at Jayapura rally plea for PIF to raise...

September 6, 2018

"Papua Merdeka"

Global

Prayer events to mark 60 years since West Papuan ‘birth’ in...

November 22, 2021

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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

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

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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

Trump’s threat to resume nuclear tests comes just months before the last major nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia expires

Democracy

‘Extraordinarily destabilising decision’ – Trump denounced over call to immediately resume...

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (left) with Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki in Auckland

Asia Report

NZ is now in sphere of Israeli influence – we risk...

An UNRWA school in Gaza destroyed by Israeli bombing

Asia Report

Rebuilding Gaza begins in the classroom and with dignity

The average household in PNG was five people, according to the 2024 Census final figures

Development

Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals

EDITOR'S PICKS

For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy

Analysis

Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development...

A pro-Palestinian protester outside the public broadcaster TVNZ in an Auckland demonstration

Asia Report

Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’

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

Analysis

Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up...

This enmity towards journalism, has been a hallmark of the Trump presidency

Asia Report

Making a stand against the global assault on press freedom

MOST COMMENTS

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

For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy

Analysis

Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development...

A pro-Palestinian protester outside the public broadcaster TVNZ in an Auckland demonstration

Asia Report

Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’

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

Analysis

Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up...

French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou

Decolonisation

New dates for French minister Moutchou’s visit to New Caledonia