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The container ship Dali

Sri Lanka

Baltimore bridge crash ship carrying toxic waste to Sri Lanka, says Mirror

April 2, 2024

Husband and wife duo Lauren and Matt Barus perform under the stage name Terrible Sons

Sri Lanka

First-ever recipients of ‘outstanding’ Asian music funding unveiled

An anti-government protester in Wellington marching towards Parliament

Sri Lanka

Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections

Activists protest against World Bank policies

Sri Lanka

9/11 killed it, but 20 years on global justice movement is poised for revival

A View From Afar podcast

Sri Lanka

A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?

Mt Eden Prison

Sri Lanka

NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’

September 7, 2021

Police guard at LynnMall Countdown

Sri Lanka

Missed opportunities to deradicalise attacker in NZ tragedy, says criminologist

September 6, 2021

Armed police at Auckland's LynnMall

Sri Lanka

Auckland terror attacker ‘brainwashed’ by neighbours, mother says

September 5, 2021

Armed New Zealand police at LynnMall

Sri Lanka

Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now

September 4, 2021

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern 030921

Sri Lanka

NZ mall stabbings a terrorist attack by ‘lone wolf’, says PM...

September 3, 2021

Covid-19 and hate

Sri Lanka

New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation

August 30, 2021

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Social media shutdown blocks out ‘truth’

Pacific Media Watch -

April 28, 2019

Sri Lanka

Auckland Sri Lankan community holds vigil for terror bomb victims, survivors

April 24, 2019

Sri Lanka

PNG government faces mounting pressure over Maseratis splurge

October 15, 2018

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan boat crisis reminds Indonesia of Rohingya arrivals

June 21, 2016

Sri Lanka

Media freedom: A nice RSF postcard from the Pacific, but not...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 20, 2016

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

"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

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

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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

Papua New Guinea . . . on the "grey list"

Business

PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog

"Tahiti is mentioned in various email exchanges involving Epstein"

Cook Islands

‘The girl from Tahiti’ – Pacific Islands in the Epstein files

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

Decolonisation

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

EDITOR'S PICKS

NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Cook Islands

Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

Democracy

Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

Asia Report

How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

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

NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Cook Islands

Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

Democracy

Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections

Papua New Guinea . . . on the "grey list"

Business

PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog

Gaza . . . first so-called Board of Peace meets

Asia Report

Hamas refuses to follow US-Israel calls to unilaterally disarm in Gaza,...