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Journalist, poet and academic Dr Yousef Aljamal speaking in Auckland

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Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70 killed across Strip

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June 28, 2025

PNG Defence Force soldiers keep watch after running riot in the Port Moresby suburb of Boroko

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PNG soldiers shock with Boroko street takeover in security uproar

Chief Superintendent Clement Dala . . . PNG's courts and prisons are "completely overrun"

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Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts

DeshBesh Enterprises group operations manager Mohammad Chan Mia

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Long term plan needed for underlying PNG problems, says academic

The alleged assault on an elderly protester at the Otāutahi Palestine solidarity rally

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Why we need protection from brutality of some thuggish NZ police

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Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption

January 16, 2020

Blazing house in the attack on Pai Police Barracks

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Post-Courier blasts Marape for Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’

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March 31, 2022

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Pacific media freedom groups blast assault on reporters on volcano island

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August 29, 2018

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Christchurch mosque attacks: Accused gunman appears in court via video link

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April 5, 2019

PNG businessman Peter Nupiri

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Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi

October 17, 2022

Lawyer and businessman Paul Paraka

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PNG lawyer Paraka found guilty of misappropriating K162m

May 29, 2023

A screenshot of the student video

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UPNG’s student body rejects rape allegations over campus video

March 4, 2024

Names on the Wall of Shame

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

July 29, 2024

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Group of youth in Vanuatu sentenced for ‘barbaric’ Wan Smolbag attack

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June 30, 2020

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

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Malaita’s M4D group declared illegal for alleged role in Solomons riots

December 9, 2021

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At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral...

January 28, 2019

The central conceit of the good cop, bad cop narrative is that both the US and Israel are the ones upholding the law and fighting the criminals

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Jonathan Cook: From Gaza to Venezuela, the US has been unmasked...

January 8, 2026

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No progress on press freedom, impunity under Jokowi’s watch

Pacific Media Watch -

February 10, 2019

Investigative journalist Richard Baker's SBS "Fallout" podcast on the Rainbow Warrior and the Norfolk Island connection

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Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast

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July 3, 2025

A protest at Jakarta's Parliament gates against the new Criminal Code on 5 December 2022

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Indonesia accused of using new Criminal Code to ‘colonise its own...

December 10, 2022

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi

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Fourth death from Hawai’i fireworks explosion highlights illegal trade

January 7, 2025

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa

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‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape

May 15, 2026

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RSF shines light on ‘forbidden coverage’ of women’s rights

Pacific Media Watch -

March 7, 2018

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‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji, Vanuatu...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 6, 2020

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PNG condemned for sorcery attacks, police brutality and over refugees

May 24, 2018

Chief Superintendent Clement Dala . . . PNG's courts and prisons are "completely overrun"

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Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts

June 26, 2025

PNG Defence Force soldiers keep watch after running riot in the Port Moresby suburb of Boroko

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PNG soldiers shock with Boroko street takeover in security uproar

March 11, 2023

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Pacific verdict on COP29

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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

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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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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...

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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

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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

Gaza Sumud flotilla survivors: Juliet Lamont, Isla Lamont, Neve O'Connor

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A world first: Australia will now investigate Israel over Gaza flotilla...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

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Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Wellington writer Eugene Doyle

Asia Report

Eugene Doyle: Why I’ll be marching for global peace on June...

Norwegian physician Dr Mads Gilbert

Asia Report

Doctor Israel banned after 40 years in Gaza’s hospitals speaks out

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Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman

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Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall

Culture

Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown

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New Zealand First’s campaign to scrap city’s independent Māori Board just...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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 Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman

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Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall

Culture

Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...