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Pacific Council of Churches general secretary Reverend James Bhagwan

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Pacific churches call for boycott of Indonesian products over Papua

December 4, 2022

A little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of New Zealand's Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to AM broadcasting's future

Civil Society

Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?

"Corrupt by nature" - Fast Track Bill.

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‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track draft

A collage of the many fires on New Caledonia’s Catholic missions

Civil Society

New Caledonia crisis: Another church burns, spate of attacks continues

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Peter S. Kinjap: Only a ‘scrub up’, fresh MPs can save PNG’s future

Civil Society

‘Rize of Morning Star’ boosts global ‘free Papua’ movement with new...

December 3, 2016

"Drop the genocide" banner at today's protests against Israel's war on Gaza in Christchurch Ōtautahi

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Open letter plea by NZ community broadcaster for end to Israel’s...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 29, 2024

NBC managing director Kora Nou

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Papua New Guinea seeks ‘fast track’ advice on resurrecting shortwave radio

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May 28, 2025

No Other Land . . . Oscar winning film for best documentary

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‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 4, 2025

Symbols of "decolonisation'

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Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global...

November 20, 2024

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Refugee advocates hopeful for better human rights with Suu Kyi’s win...

December 12, 2015

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns (second from left)

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Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions

Pacific Media Watch -

April 21, 2024

Chief Mandla Mandela (right) chats with Dr Adnan Ali

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Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders

April 25, 2024

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Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’

July 20, 2020

The Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World . . . a call at the UN for global awareness, not only about atomic bomb victims, but also of the Fukushima wastewater release

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Activists call for Pacific nuclear justice, global unity and victim support

May 26, 2025

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Anthony Albanese, WestConnex, and the ethics of an activist journalist

July 23, 2016

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Ambae is Vanuatu’s story, not just a global media backdrop

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

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Thousands march against Duterte’s war on drugs, ‘violence culture’

February 18, 2017

Media Council of PNG president Neville Choi

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PNG journalists warned over lawfare – ‘we don’t have any law...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 22, 2025

Indonesian associate membership of MSG

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Wenda welcomes MSG call for UN visit and fights on for...

August 29, 2023

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Gallery: Nakba Day in Auckland – protesting against Israel’s ‘ethnic cleansing’

May 15, 2022

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Nauru, PNG join Fiji in global ‘obstructed’ freedoms watchlist

November 27, 2018

Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps

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Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

June 7, 2025

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels

Civil Society

Is the international community finally speaking up about Israel’s Gaza genocide?

July 21, 2025

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Anti-TPP ‘death to democracy’ protests in Latin America … and NZ

February 8, 2016

Pro-independence protesters and a sea of "Kanaky" flags take over the Place des Cocotiers

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French security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing marches today

April 13, 2024

Te Maruata chair Bonita Bigham

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NZ local government: ‘We’re ready for change – it’s about youth...

July 23, 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"

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

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

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?

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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

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama announces the caretaker Bougainville Executive Council (BEC)

Bougainville

Bougainville president sworn in after landslide re-election, names caretaker government

Celebrated Middle East expert and journalist Chris Hedges . . . out, replaced by a former IDF colonel now ambassador by Australia's National Press Club?

Asia Report

Australia’s National Press Club blocks Hedges’ Gaza media talk, lines up...

Defiant pariah state leader Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Civil Society

John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our...

Flotilla trio Rana Hamida (from left), Youssef Sammour and Samuel Leason

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NZ flotilla members arrive in Jordan, state news agency says

EDITOR'S PICKS

Flotilla trio Rana Hamida (from left), Youssef Sammour and Samuel Leason

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NZ flotilla members arrive in Jordan, state news agency says

Defiant pariah state leader Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Civil Society

John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our...

Celebrated Middle East expert and journalist Chris Hedges . . . out, replaced by a former IDF colonel now ambassador by Australia's National Press Club?

Asia Report

Australia’s National Press Club blocks Hedges’ Gaza media talk, lines up...

Gazan journalist Mariam Dagga in a last note to her son

Analysis

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

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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

Flotilla trio Rana Hamida (from left), Youssef Sammour and Samuel Leason

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NZ flotilla members arrive in Jordan, state news agency says

Defiant pariah state leader Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Civil Society

John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our...

Celebrated Middle East expert and journalist Chris Hedges . . . out, replaced by a former IDF colonel now ambassador by Australia's National Press Club?

Asia Report

Australia’s National Press Club blocks Hedges’ Gaza media talk, lines up...

Polling was scheduled to begin yesterday but was pushed back a day to allow time to dispatch ballot papers

Bougainville

‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push...