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Operation Peace Cartenz investigators at the scene where New Zealand helicopter pilot Glen Malcolm Conning was reportedly shot dead

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Indonesian human rights groups seek independent probe of NZ pilot’s death in Papua

August 9, 2024

Sydney University protesters join the worldwide pro-Palestine campus demonstrations inspired by the US

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Sydney University students set up Gaza solidarity camp as war marks 200 days

Protesters hold aloft an image of a baby dying from starvation outside the Washington headquarters of Fox News

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As protesters condemn Western media ‘complicity’, Gaza journalists struggle for survival

Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Mathius Fakhiri

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Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping

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 Bank plans

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown draws angry response from pro-Palestine advocates

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Activists slam Mayor Brown’s ‘free beer’ cavalier response to Palestine genocide...

November 26, 2025

The people of Gaza are desperate. No food has entered Gaza for more than 76 days

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Starvation of Gaza – a distressing continuation of a decades-old plan

May 21, 2025

Kanak Harvard graduate Joe Xulue

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‘A win for all Kanak people,’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate

June 19, 2023

Freedom Flotilla humanitarian activists

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Gaza-bound aid ship attacked by ‘Israeli piracy’ in talks with Malta

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May 5, 2025

Australian journalist John Pilger addressing a Green Left-hosted public forum in 2014

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Vale John Pilger, at times a near-lone voice for truth against...

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January 1, 2024

Protesters picketing a Rocket Lab manufacturing site in Warkworth

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Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide

July 4, 2025

Palestinian protesters at the media vigil tonight calling for solidarity with the Gazan journalists

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Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards

Pacific Media Watch -

May 24, 2024

Palestinians clear rubble to search for survivors in a Gaza house

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Gaza ‘ceasefire’ simply means that Israel can do whatever it wants....

November 8, 2025

"Not a war - it's colonialism" declares a placard at the Auckland pro-Palestine rally and march on 16 August 2025

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Rewarding knowingly illegal conduct – some might say, Israeli terrorism

August 19, 2025

Indonesian police arrest the "Sentani 12" activists

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West Papua liberation group demands Indonesia releases 12 arrested activists

March 19, 2025

Toasting the Jewish New Year with IDF lone soldiers

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United Israel Appeal – Australian charity channels tax free donations direct...

January 29, 2026

The French "dialogue mission" to Kanaky New Caledonia

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Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia

June 9, 2024

Outbrain propaganda

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How Israeli propaganda filters into NZ media – drop it, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 16, 2025

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Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US...

February 11, 2025

Indonesian soldiers board a transport ship for Papua

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The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua –...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 28, 2024

Hayat Al-Turki . . . I will show you the photo of my missing brother

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Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved...

December 14, 2024

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OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’

September 15, 2023

Ten more armoured Centaur vehicles and 15 firetrucks have been delivered to Kanaky New Caledonia

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New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia

July 14, 2024

So now this modern American Nero struggles to convince us that he "won"

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How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit...

April 8, 2026

HĪkoi at outside the parliamentary Beehive today

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Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches...

November 19, 2024

New Caledonia's territorial President Alcide Ponga signs the Elysée-Oudinot agreement

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New Caledonia’s new Elysée-Oudinot pact signed in Paris – despite boycott

January 20, 2026

Stark choices confronting Aotearoa New Zealand

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NZ election 2023: Dear NZ, our foundations are in ruin...

September 21, 2023

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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

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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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

Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026

Asia Report

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

New Caledonia’s special electoral card for Congress and provincial elections

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French Senate endorses change to New Caledonia’s ‘frozen’ electoral roll

Israeli embassy controversy in Wellington

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Solve ‘genocide embassy’ issue – expel Israeli ambassador, says PSNA

Niue's Dalton Tagelagi

Democracy

Close vote sees Niue’s Dalton Tagelagi back in as prime minister

EDITOR'S PICKS

New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu

Crime

Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

$"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades$

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Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

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Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...

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

New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu

Crime

Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

$"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades$

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Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

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Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...