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"It's more than ironic that while Western countries like Britain and New Zealand are calling for an end to the war in Gaza, they continue to be hostile toward the anti-war protest movements in their own countries"

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Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries

July 22, 2025

PNG security forces deployed in the Mount Sisa helicopter crew kidnapping incident

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Kidnapped Australian helicopter pilot, subcontractors set free in PNG

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’

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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Duterte’s War: ‘He was alive when they hammered the nails into his head’

In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

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John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

Pacific Media Watch -

July 5, 2026

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird

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PNG MP Allan Bird on death threats: ‘Picking on me isn’t...

March 12, 2024

Lord of the Flies . . . by Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: The last chapter of the Gaza Strip genocide

March 25, 2025

This screenshot from a video broadcast on Israeli channel Now 14 shows an officer and four soldiers of Israel’s Givati Brigade standing next to Palestinian detainees

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Israel has ‘unleashed hell and destruction’ in Gaza genocide, says Amnesty...

December 6, 2024

Indonesian soldiers and equipment next to a civilian aircraft in West Papua. Image: ULMWP

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Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down...

February 20, 2026

Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr

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K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...

March 2, 2023

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Four human rights groups call for Indonesian ‘truth-seeking’ inquiry, apology

Pacific Media Centre -

April 30, 2016

Some of the fire damage in the foredeck of the MV Conscience after the drone attack

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Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla...

May 3, 2025

"Terror on Bondi Beach" last month

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Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective

January 15, 2026

Jenelyn Kennedy

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Tragic life and death of Jenelyn – babysitter tells of PNG...

June 26, 2020

Lieutenant-General Dodik Widjanarko

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Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide...

Pacific Media Watch -

December 27, 2020

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Unitech student dies after PNG attack, campus buildings set ablaze

June 26, 2016

PNG's State of Emergency Acting Controller Donald Yamasombi

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‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG...

January 13, 2024

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Richard McLeod: Make our voices known against the euthanasia bill

January 31, 2018

Names on the Wall of Shame

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A Wall of Shame – but do Pacific Islanders even notice...

July 29, 2024

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

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 15, 2026

Fiji curfew breaches

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Fiji police arrest six teenagers among 56 caught in covid curfew...

June 27, 2021

PNG's Justice Secretary Dr Eric Kwa

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PNG government’s top legal adviser charged over ‘dangerous’ road death

February 9, 2023

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Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela

January 7, 2026

Armed New Zealand police at LynnMall

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

September 4, 2021

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PNG plans to shut down Facebook for one month to target...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 29, 2018

Port Moresby ethnic clashes

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When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war

October 11, 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

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

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

Crime

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

Crime

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

POPULAR POSTS

Education Minister Aseri Radrodro

Asia Report

Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

Crime

‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

AI

Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

EDITOR'S PICKS

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

Analysis

Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

Editor's Picks

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

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

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

Analysis

Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

Crime

‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...