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French riot police outside a torched shop in the New Caledonian capital Nouméa

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Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells of unrest

May 16, 2024

An example of Aotearoa's "kohanga generation" is the country's youngest MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke

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Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom

A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Selective Justice is Injustice"

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How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

CNMI and Guam activists stage a rally protesting against the US military buildup in the Marianas

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‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters

Across the Gaza Strip, the engineered humanitarian disaster

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Amnesty International accuses Israel of ‘defying’ ICJ ruling over genocide

IDF "Lone Soldiers" arrive from North America

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‘Lone Soldiers’ – new Australian IDF recruits due to arrive in...

December 2, 2024

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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NZ’s Christopher Luxon condemns Israel’s West Bank settlement plan

August 25, 2025

Peace activists at a recent protest for Palestine in Naarm/Melbourne

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Provocateur attacks Australian Palestine peace activists protesting over Gaza genocide

January 21, 2026

PCC's Reverend James Bhagwan at the UN

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Pacific churches call at UN for France to drop ‘limbo law’...

June 11, 2024

PNPB protesters in Jayapura rally in support of full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group

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West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

July 12, 2023

Rongelap Islanders on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior travelling to their new home on Mejatto Island in 1985

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Nuclear free Pacific – back to the future, Earthwise talks to...

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March 20, 2025

The evacuation of Michelle Kurisi's body

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Papuan lawyers call for impartial probe into woman killed over NZ...

September 6, 2023

NZ's Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right...

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August 19, 2025

"Trump’s ceasefire is a political theatre of control"

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From the Knesset to Sharm el-Sheikh: How the US president offered...

October 16, 2025

A message to the news media among the charred Nouméa protest debris

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Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana...

May 23, 2024

Jax Taylor of Waiheke Island, one of the New Zealand protesters reciting poetry

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Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters...

March 16, 2025

Emmanuel Macron arrives in Nouméa

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French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest

May 23, 2024

Community and social justice activist Roger Fowler

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Roger Fowler’s legacy – and the Polynesian Panthers connection

February 24, 2026

The late Chief Lukas Enembe's family mourns him after his coffin is delivered

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Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling...

January 10, 2024

Gaza journalist Abubaker Abed

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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Gaza reporter slams international press as...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 15, 2025

The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack

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From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

March 23, 2026

The Al Jazeera Six journalists

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Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 4, 2024

Flashback to the Second World War

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Australian author leads silence protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans

April 21, 2024

Flying high . . . the Morning Star ensign -- banned in Indonesia -- flying alongside the Vanuatu national flag in Port Vila

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‘The world is watching’ – it’s a test for Melanesian leaders...

August 24, 2023

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

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How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

February 17, 2026

Nouméa's Camp Est prison

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Botched prison mutiny, protests ahead of New Caledonia constitution vote

May 14, 2024

Amnesty International secretary general Agnès Callamard

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NZ government has ‘Trumpian accent’, says global human rights advocate

November 8, 2025

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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"

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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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A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

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Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

Southern Lebanon journalist Amal Khalil

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Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel