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How the New Zealand Herald featured the assassination attempt on former President Donald

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Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan Vucci’s Trump photograph so powerful

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July 15, 2024

The RFMF has assured the Fiji public that "there is no threat to public safety"

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Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats

PNG Prime Minister James Marape shared this photo on Facebook of Professor Bryce Barker and one of his research colleagues after their release

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‘Thank God’ says PM Marape in social media post about 3 freed hostages

Brazilian activist Thiago Avila wearing a life jacket

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Israeli forces intercept Gaza freedom aid boat Madleen – cut communications

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Media face blockade over human rights reporting in Myanmar

Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid

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Amnesty urges review of Indonesian troops in Papua after torture video

March 26, 2024

French journalists stage a "die-in" and launch a petition at a solidarity rally for Gazan reporters

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RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them...

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May 2, 2025

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

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

March 11, 2025

Presenter Tim McKinnell in TVNZ's "Need vs Greed"

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A NZ documentary revival spotlights crime and injustice

October 30, 2022

PNG former prime minister Peter O'Neill outside Boroko Police Station

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O’Neill claims perjury charges over PNG’s UBS loan inquiry ‘political’

June 12, 2023

Global cyberattacks

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Calling out China for cyberattacks is risky — but a lawless...

July 21, 2021

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Bryan Kramer: PNG ‘merciless’ payback killings have changed everything

July 15, 2019

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Cartoons: Malcolm Evans – military style assault weapon

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March 22, 2019

The moment "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia was gunned down

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Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in...

May 28, 2026

Pacific gender specialist Dr Fiona Hukula

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Protect women accused of ‘sorcery’ and punish attackers, watchdog tells PNG

June 10, 2021

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns (second from left)

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Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions

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April 21, 2024

How the New Zealand Herald featured the assassination attempt on former President Donald

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Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 15, 2024

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Indonesian police probe funding for group accused of ‘hate hoaxes’

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September 14, 2017

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

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Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

June 30, 2026

Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama

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Former Fiji prime minister and ex-police commissioner on bail in inciting...

February 20, 2026

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PNG opposition demands PM O’Neill resign over Mendi torching riot

June 16, 2018

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Media face blockade over human rights reporting in Myanmar

November 8, 2016

New Zealand protesters at the weekly demonstration against the Israeli genocide in Gaza in Auckland

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Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former...

August 1, 2025

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‘I will have you jailed too,’ Trillanes warns President Duterte

February 25, 2017

Pro-Palestine protesters at a rally in Auckland last weekend

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Solidarity group condemns surge in anti-Palestine violence in NZ

September 8, 2026

Pastor Yeremia Zanambani

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Investigators find evidence of military role in shooting of Papuan pastor

October 24, 2020

A poster promoting a protest against the Gaza genocide planned for outside the South Australian Parliament

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Why NZ should join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

January 7, 2024

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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

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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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

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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

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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

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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"

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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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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...

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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

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Rabuka calls on Fijians to use freedom of expression ‘responsibly’

A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’...

Maltese authorities must implement the long overdue measures protecting journalists and media freedom

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RSF slams ‘outrageous’ failure to bring justice 9 years after killing...

An idyllic scene at Taga Beach, Tinian, in the Northern Marianas

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A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C...

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The Vanuatu ferry MV Matui

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Vanuatu ferry disaster: ‘It’s a miracle anyone survived,’ says rescuer

The Panguna mine arson attack

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Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’...

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

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Journalist Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby – and courage...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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The Panguna mine arson attack

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Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

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Journalist Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby – and courage...

Witness Papali'i Mele Maualaivao

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Pacific remembering September 11 . . . 25 years on

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

Asia Report

Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis