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Government field officers assess the condition of communities and collapsed structures in General Santos City

Philippines

Tsunami advisories issued in Pacific after 7.8 Philippines earthquake

June 8, 2026

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Philippines

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa

Philippines

‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape

Chinese oil supplies from Iran in Washington's sights

Philippines

Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally

Philippines

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ

Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut

Philippines

Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an...

February 28, 2026

Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines

Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...

February 26, 2026

Pacific Media at Informit

Philippines

Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database

Pacific Media Watch -

February 5, 2026

Filipino community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio

Philippines

RSF condemns verdict in ‘fabricated’ case against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 22, 2026

Marian Rivera as Mirama

Philippines

Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines

January 16, 2026

The Israeli "training" offer has sparked criticism in Australia

Philippines

Tel Aviv offers to train Australian police officers in Israel after...

January 5, 2026

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

Philippines

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

December 2, 2025

Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force

Philippines

Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty

November 26, 2025

Leonora Tumala shares her frustration after their homes in Daet were crushed by a tree in the typhoon

Philippines

80 Camarines Norte barangays isolated after Typhoon Uwan hits Philippines

November 11, 2025

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

Philippines

Making a stand against the global assault on press freedom

Pacific Media Watch -

November 5, 2025

MediaQuest corporate communications consultant Ramon Isberto

Philippines

Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos

Pacific Media Watch -

October 11, 2025

Gazan journalist Mariam Dagga in a last note to her son

Philippines

Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza....

Pacific Media Watch -

September 5, 2025

Filipino media "influencers" complicit in Israeli propaganda programme

Philippines

How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide

August 31, 2025

Rifa Berliana Arifin, Indonesia's country director for the Sumud Nusantara initiative (centre)

Philippines

Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla

August 24, 2025

During the visit of the USS Cincinnati to Majuro in July, Marshallese veterans were honoured with a dinner and programme on board the US Navy vessel

Philippines

Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits

July 28, 2025

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...

May 11, 2025

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

Philippines

Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 6, 2025

"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...

March 28, 2025

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte awaiting trial

Philippines

Former Filipino president Duterte’s arrest by the ICC – 20 journalists...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 16, 2025

Arrested Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines

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

March 13, 2025

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

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

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

Analysis

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

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

Norwegian physician Dr Mads Gilbert

Asia Report

Doctor Israel banned after 40 years in Gaza’s hospitals speaks out

Fiji human rights advocate Shamima Ali

Crime

Calls to dismantle joint taskforce rejected by Fiji govt despite brutality...

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign...

The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

Analysis

Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

EDITOR'S PICKS

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown

Civil Society

New Zealand First’s campaign to scrap city’s independent Māori Board just...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign...

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

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign...

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Decolonisation

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat