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Civil Society

‘Delusional’ Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but fight for Te Tiriti just beginning, say lawyers and advocates

April 11, 2025

Security forces watch from behind barbed wire as indigenous Papuans from Merauke in the Indonesia-ruled Melanesian region protest

Civil Society

Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded

Indonesian security forces fire tear gas to quell protests at Manokwari

Civil Society

West Papuan civil society groups protest over brutal security forces crackdown – 17 arrests

Civil Society

Single goal for Vanuatu civil society summit – support West Papua

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Civil Society

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s first Pacific embassy

Civil Society

NZ’s ‘corruption free’ perception ranking drops second year in row

February 1, 2016

A Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) rally held during the 2025 Samoan general election campaign

Civil Society

Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?

August 25, 2025

$Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital$

Civil Society

Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance...

April 17, 2026

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

Civil Society

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

February 16, 2026

Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump

Civil Society

Iran war almost over . . . and the end...

May 7, 2026

New Caledonia's Assembly President Roch Wamytan talking to news media in Baku

Civil Society

‘Ambitious’ French political document presented to New Caledonian parties

September 14, 2023

Civil Society

Vanuatu news media in uncharted territory as FOI law in force

February 9, 2017

Australian protesters highlight university hypocrisy over the Israeli genocide in Gaza

Civil Society

Israeli military reservists court Australian universities amid ‘hypocrisy’ over anti-war protests

April 15, 2025

Sydney University protesters join the worldwide pro-Palestine campus demonstrations inspired by the US

Civil Society

Sydney University students set up Gaza solidarity camp as war marks...

April 24, 2024

Zionist settllers attack Palestinian homes and cars at the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank

Civil Society

First-hand view of peacemaking challenge in the ‘Holy Land’

Pacific Media Watch -

July 16, 2025

The Iran fiasco is only the latest in a host of examples revealing how to defeat US President Donald Trump

Civil Society

Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time

April 10, 2026

With no upper house, nor a written constitution, important laws can be fast-tracked or repealed by a simple majority of Parliament

Civil Society

NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a...

November 15, 2024

Kanak protesters in Nouméa demanding independence and a halt to France's proposed constitutional changes

Civil Society

‘A lot of fire, violence’: Nouméa erupts as protests halt New...

May 14, 2024

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

Civil Society

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

June 27, 2024

Climate activist Violet Coco

Civil Society

‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2026

Civil Society

Asian human rights group condemns ‘illegal arrests’ of Papuans

April 9, 2016

A photo of the Philippine media assembled by and flown to Israel

Civil Society

Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 2, 2025

HĪkoi at outside the parliamentary Beehive today

Civil Society

Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches...

November 19, 2024

Willie Jackson, former broadcaster and Labour's Broadcasting and Media Minister in the current government

Civil Society

NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 3, 2023

Protesters outside the Iranian embassy in Wellington 281022

Civil Society

Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran...

October 29, 2022

Civil Society

Crispin Maslog: A love-hate relationship with President Duterte

September 20, 2016

Palestinians, forcibly displaced to the southern part of Gaza by Israel, make their way north

Civil Society

The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice

October 12, 2025

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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

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

Civil Society

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

Civil Society

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

Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio

Culture

Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for

Democracy

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

Five Palestinian journalists from Gaza imprisoned in Israeli jails

Analysis

Palestinian journalists from Gaza ‘treated inhumanely’ by Israeli army and Shin...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Civil Society

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The face of courage vs the face of evil"

Analysis

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

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

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Civil Society

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

Crime

Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...