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Siome of the participants in the Aotearoa Philippines national assembly in Auckland yesterday

Philippines

Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election violence

May 11, 2025

Indonesia - "A true silent retreat . . . especially for journalists"

Philippines

Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF press freedom index

"Guilty" . . . Filipino protesters in New Zealand at the Black Friday vigil had no doubts on the accountability and fate of former President Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines

Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte awaiting trial

Philippines

Former Filipino president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists killed during his presidency

Arrested Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines

Rodrigo Duterte, how the powerful turned powerless – by a target

Arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines

Philippines

NZ Filipino group praises arrest of Duterte over ‘fake drug war’...

March 12, 2025

Families and survivors hold a symbolic offering of flowers and lighting of candles

Philippines

Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting

March 11, 2025

A Filipino "Women unite to eliminate violence and war" placard

Philippines

Hamas accuses Israel of ‘cheap blackmail’ as Gaza electricity cut-off widely...

March 10, 2025

Eugene Velasco of the progressive Filipino feminist NGO Gabriela

Philippines

International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians

March 8, 2025

Philippines

Gallery: NZ women call for long-term peace and justice in Palestine

March 8, 2025

A personal perspective on USAID as an organisation

Philippines

Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID

February 12, 2025

Filipino investigative journalist Manny "Bok" Mogato

Philippines

‘In my early days, I was reckless,’ says Pultizer winner Manny...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 13, 2025

The Philippine Supreme Court in Padre Faura, Manila

Philippines

Philippine Supreme Court orders ‘temporary protection’ for abducted environmental activist

November 1, 2024

Filipino rescuers at work in Mangcayo barangay near Vinzons, Bicol

Philippines

Remote Mangcayo school among areas hit by Typhoon Kristine floods

October 28, 2024

The mainstream media is very largely a mouthpiece for Washington

Philippines

John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the...

August 15, 2024

Philippines

Philippine court strikes down order to shut online news site Rappler

Pacific Media Watch -

August 12, 2024

New Zealand is about to sacrifice what it cannot afford to lose for something it doesn’t need

Philippines

Eugene Doyle: It’s bigger than NATO and it’s heading our way

July 24, 2024

The atmosphere of the capital city of Suva in Fiji

Philippines

Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 14, 2024

Papua New Guinea's NBC News features the launch of the 30th edition of Pacific Journalism Review

Philippines

Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder

Pacific Media Watch -

July 5, 2024

Former Green parliamentarian and political activist Keith Locke at a Waihopai protest

Philippines

How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...

June 27, 2024

Former Green Party MP and foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke

Philippines

Former Green MP and ‘conscience of the year’ Keith Locke dies,...

June 21, 2024

French Polynesia has just played host to a 15-nation 'Marara' military exercise

Philippines

French Polynesia hosts ‘Marara’ military exercise for Asia-Pacific

June 14, 2024

Filipino Green MP Francisco Hernandez

Philippines

NZ’s first Pinoy Green MP Francisco Hernandez talks climate policy and...

May 11, 2024

Davao City’s Chinatown is a popular shopping street

Philippines

China railway for Davao dream dashed as Marcos tilts towards the...

March 27, 2024

Performers from the Diversity Stage at the Auckland Polyfest 2024

Philippines

Auckland Polyfest 2024: Vibrant showcase of cultural diversity, youth empowerment

March 27, 2024

Arrsted Chinese-Vanuatu citizen on Philippines "aliens watch list"

Philippines

Philippines arrests Chinese fugitive who became Vanuatu citizen

February 28, 2024

Across the Philippines, youth and progressive groups protest on EDSA Day

Philippines

Marcos govt offers muted celebration of 1986 People Power revolution

February 27, 2024

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

BEARING WITNESS

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?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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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

A growing list of countries -- including New Zealand and Australia -- have denounced Israel's weaponising of aid

Asia Report

Australia’s Wong condemns ‘abhorrent, outrageous’ Israeli comments over blocked aid

‎Recognising and respecting local value systems is not about compromising press freedom

Analysis

Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific

A poster highlighting the issue of political prisoners depicting the Kanak flag after the pro-independence unrest and riots

Decolonisation

New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili

Former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna

Cook Islands

Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm

EDITOR'S PICKS

The 1 May 2025 report by Talamua Online that led to the criminal libel case

Civil Society

Punitive criminal libel charge against Samoan journalist draws flurry of criticism

It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985

Civil Society

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against...

If the West so wished, it could be putting more economic pressure on Israel

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: NZ’s silence over Gaza genocide, ethnic cleansing

The people of Gaza are desperate. No food has entered Gaza for more than 76 days

Analysis

Starvation of Gaza – a distressing continuation of a decades-old plan

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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

A masked mother and shrouded child street theatre models at the pro-Palestine protest

Asia Report

‘Starving’ masked Palestine protesters condemn Luxon’s Gaza ‘appeasement’

Air New Zealand is resuming its Auckland-Nouméa service

Aviation

Air New Zealand to resume Auckland-Nouméa flights from November

Talamua Online editor Lagi Keresoma

Global

Legal academic says Samoa’s criminal libel law should go after charge

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

Asia Report

Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans