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Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

November 28, 2025

Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23

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Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report

Fiji Crime Alert

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The Fiji Times: Call for action – let’s see this death as a wake-up call

Samoan fashion designer Afa Ah Loo

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Samoan fashion designer fatally shot at Salt Lake City ‘no kings’ protest

Crime reports as the post-cyclone Gabrielle clean-up operations continue

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single figures

PNG's Deputy Opposition Leader Tomuriesa

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PNG’s warlords ‘dangerous’ and ‘outgun police’, warns Tomuriesa

February 24, 2023

An unknown Papuan artist's depiction of the graphic torture videos

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Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

April 12, 2024

Filipino press freedom and human rights activists

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Suspected gunman in Philippine broadcaster’s killing surrenders

Pacific Media Watch -

October 19, 2022

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

Nelson votes to sanction Israel

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Nelson City Council joins NZ local bodies voting to sanction Israel

December 5, 2024

Police officers in high-vis vests have today re-entered the high-rise Auckland central building

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Auckland shooting: City security beefed up as probe continues

July 21, 2023

Northern Governor Gary Juffa's law and order message

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Stamping out ‘local terrorism’ a high priority for PNG, says Governor...

September 8, 2023

Lae's Metropolitan Superintendent Chris Kunyanban

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Lae police chief calls on state agencies, NGOs to tackle illegal...

March 30, 2022

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

February 26, 2024

Cary Yan (left) and his associate Gina Zhou

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Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific...

October 4, 2023

Prisoner George Speight speaking to inmates in 2011

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2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon

May 31, 2023

Military style weapons are a fairly recent addition to tribal fighting in PNG

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‘Chopped boy with a bush knife’: A PNG massacre killer says...

March 2, 2024

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Vanuatu plans cyber crime law to target Facebook ‘false claims’

June 26, 2018

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20 years on, the disturbing case of journalist ‘JPK’ is still...

Pacific Media Watch -

December 16, 2017

Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

November 28, 2025

Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, being treated for injuries

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It will take more than an Oscar to stop Israel’s West...

April 1, 2025

Indonesian police carry remains

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Indonesian suicide bombing rocks Makassar Cathedral on Palm Sunday

March 29, 2021

Israeli Channel 12 released a video showing soldiers allegedly abusing a Palestinian prisoner

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Top Israeli military lawyer arrested over abuse video scandal, but focus...

November 5, 2025

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Author David Robie tells of outrage over sinking of the Rainbow...

July 9, 2025

Caretaker Prime Minister James Marape

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Moresby police chief rejects call for capital curfew after election violence

July 26, 2022

Fiji's Acting Director of Public Prosecutions John Rabuku

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Justice wins, says Fiji’s acting DPP over jailing of former PM,...

May 12, 2024

Missionary pilot Anton Lutz

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Break this cycle of sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea

August 3, 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

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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 has been an independent nation since 1970 and a republic since 1987

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

Democracy

Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

Cooks Islands leaders participated in a youth debate on Monday

Cook Islands

Cost of living, water tariffs, mining on Cook Islanders’ minds ahead...

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Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn

Civil Society

Church owning historic Carlile House talks with Auckland Council about demolishing...

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

Civil Society

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

The New Arab's report in Arabic with a photograph of a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

Asia Report

New Zealand faces lawsuit over technology use during Gaza war

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

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Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

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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

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

Civil Society

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

An Auckland protest against Rocket Lab's implication in the Gaza genocide earlier this year

Asia Report

Palestinian Kiwis, Māori doctor file claim against NZ govt over Gaza...

Australian Antiosemitismn Commission Jillian Segal (centre) with husband John Roth (right)

Asia Report

The Segal State 2 – the mask, the children, the money...

Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin

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Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin