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PSNA co-chairs John Minto and Maher Nazzal said the referral “carefully outlines a case that six NZ individuals should be investigated”

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Palestine solidarity group lawyers refer NZ prime minister Luxon, 3 ministers to ICC over Gaza

July 3, 2025

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark

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Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

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UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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

"Nameless, faceless Palestinians" - a NZ newspaper editorial comment: Refaat Alareer

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Open letter: On NZ news media and ‘faceless, nameless’ Palestinians

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April 13, 2024

Malolo Island in western Fiji

Business

Fiji court fines Malolo developers in nation’s first ‘environmental crime’

April 28, 2022

Civil Society

AWPA condemns the arrest of 6 KNPB members in West Papua

December 18, 2016

One of the four Papuan students meeting with Pax Christi, Laurens Ikinia

Education

Pax Christi helps Papuan students stranded in NZ with $1000 grant...

May 19, 2022

Indonesia's Director of Immigration Supervision and Enforcement, I Nyoman Gede Surya Mataram

Civil Society

Jakarta bans Papuan governor Enembe from vital medical treatment trip

September 18, 2022

Crime

Philippine media freedom riskier, traumatic under Duterte, says PCIJ director

December 5, 2017

Business

PNG government faces mounting pressure over Maseratis splurge

October 15, 2018

Media

Myanmar media chiefs detained over defamation

November 14, 2016

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Malaysia police summon Al Jazeera journalists for questioning

Pacific Media Watch -

July 10, 2020

Indonesian police carry remains

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Indonesian suicide bombing rocks Makassar Cathedral on Palm Sunday

March 29, 2021

By killing the top Palestinian negotiator, Israel delivered a final and decisive message that Israel remains invested in violence, and in nothing else.

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Why Israel assassinated Haniyeh – desperation over Gaza failure

August 1, 2024

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Environmental advocate sues Duterte supporters for cyberbullying

May 7, 2016

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Philippines troops rescue 78 hostages from terrorists in Marawi hospital

May 25, 2017

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Free media week killings underscore crimes of impunity against journalists

May 3, 2018

Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul

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Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -

March 19, 2024

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

China

PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’

March 28, 2022

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Indonesian tourist visa fee set to be scrapped for Australians

Michael Neilson -

February 2, 2016

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DiCaprio’s eco tweet from Indonesia spurs threat on visiting foreigners

April 3, 2016

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Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights...

March 8, 2019

The Montevideo Maru

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Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter

April 29, 2023

Sebby Sambom TPNPB-OPM

Global

Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by...

June 2, 2021

West Papuan student Roy Towolom

Development

West Papuan students face ‘hardship and stress’ over scholarship loss

May 20, 2022

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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

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

Professor David Robie

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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

Rabaul's Archbishop Rochus Tatamai

Culture

Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’

Investigative journalist Richard Baker's SBS "Fallout" podcast on the Rainbow Warrior and the Norfolk Island connection

Australia

Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast

Activist minister Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua brandishes the petition against the AUKUS military pact at the launch

Decolonisation

Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Rev Mua Strickson-Pua

The bombed Rainbow Warrior next morning

Analysis

The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Civil Society

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman

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Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

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UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy...

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

The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Civil Society

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific...

West Papua human rights advocate and independence leader Octo Mote

Civil Society

Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote

Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman

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Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

Protesters picketing a Rocket Lab manufacturing site in Warkworth

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Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide