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NCD Governor Powes Parkop with a West Papua flag

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Pro-independence advocates urge MSG to elevate West Papua membership

June 23, 2025

It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge

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How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest court. And won

PSNA spokesperson Neil Scott reports to the pro-Palestine picket outside the MFAT Auckland office

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‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan

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ICC demands end to threats against court amid Gaza war probe

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

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UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’

Al Jazeera senior analyst Marwan Bishara warns that beyond a Gaza ceasefire, the Trump plan eyes hegemonic peace that favors Israel

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PSNA cautiously welcomes Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

October 9, 2025

Fiji troops celebrating International Peacekeepers Day

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Bainimarama slams Fiji’s support for Israeli occupation of Palestine as ‘disturbing’

February 21, 2024

French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson

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Bring France into decolonisation talks, French Polynesian president tells UN

October 11, 2024

Assassinated by the Israeli military, Anas Al-Sharif (left) and Mohammed Qaryaq

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‘If I die, I die steadfast … I bear witness …...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 14, 2025

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English instead of his fluent Italian and Spanish during mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals

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Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader

May 10, 2025

Trump speaks of transforming Gaza into a magnificent "Riviera of the Middle East"

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Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism

February 11, 2025

A protest over a controversial and widely condemned series of heavily armed nationwide Te Urewera raids

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An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia...

January 8, 2025

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

February 11, 2025

Canadian journalist Savanna Craig covering Gaza and the Middle East

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In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is...

Pacific Media Watch -

June 23, 2024

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Rabuka’s message to free Kanaky movement: ‘Don’t slap the hand that...

October 25, 2024

The French political impasse

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What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia

December 5, 2024

Some of the estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people - depending on whose estimate - who protested yesterday on the Sydney Harbour Bridge over Israel's genocidal war on Gaza

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Australian media faces existential crisis after realising ‘free Palestine’ might extend...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2025

Pro-Palestinian protesters picket New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)

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Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over...

April 18, 2025

Kanaky New Caledonia's CCAT leader Christian Téin detained in France

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Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail

December 2, 2024

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Gallery: Palestinian musicians, poets and solidarity partners in vibrant celebration

November 29, 2024

Rifa Berliana Arifin, Indonesia's country director for the Sumud Nusantara initiative (centre)

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Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla

August 24, 2025

Israel destroys the last of Gaza's universities

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‘Repair colonial violence’ and support Gaza ceasefire, say Otago academics

May 7, 2024

"By helping each other we save each other."

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Saige England: if we want to save the planet we need...

November 14, 2025

The Freedom Flotilla in Istanbul .

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Turkey-based Freedom Flotilla aid ships put ‘on hold’ but Handala still...

August 3, 2024

West Papuan Morning Star flag at burial

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OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending...

May 17, 2023

Kidnapped New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens

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West Papuan fighters who kidnapped Kiwi pilot propose terms of release

September 18, 2024

Bougainville' President Ishmael Toroama

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‘What are you afraid of?’ Toroama asks PNG about independence vote

August 1, 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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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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These dramatic changes that have been foisted upon the country’s public square have been central to a broad campaign that the Zionist lobby

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Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians

For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited

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Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms –...

Protesters march in support of Palestinians in Berlin

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Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany

Pictures of slain IRGC commanders and the Islamic Republic’s founder

Analysis

Why the Middle East fears a US-Israel attack on Iran

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Fiji’s peacekeepers have historically operated where communities accepted their role"

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Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited

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Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms –...

Conjoined twin Sawong from PNG wears a party hat

Australia

‘Thank God’ – parents of PNG conjoined twins grateful they defied...

Protesters march in support of Palestinians in Berlin

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Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany

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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

"Fiji’s peacekeepers have historically operated where communities accepted their role"

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Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited

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Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms –...

PSNA activist Brendan Corbett

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Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog

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Israel’s President Herzog faces ‘war crimes’ challenge over his Australia visit