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NZ Palestinian advocate Dr Adnan Ali (right) speaking at yesterday's Henderson peace rally

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NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’ military strikes

June 15, 2025

Despite saying multiple times that she and Biden “have been working around the clock” for a ceasefire in Gaza, the truth is that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have not secured a ceasefire simply because they do not want one

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Harris will not be a president for marginalised people – in the US or abroad

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama

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Bougainville’s President Ishmael Toroama candid and relaxed a week out from polling

The five killed Papuan youths being buried at Kilo Enam Public Cemetery

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Australian advocacy group condemns killing of 5 West Papuans – challenges Canberra

The Pacific's inaction is particularly striking when compared to Bougainville

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Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity

International participants arrive to sail with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

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‘Stop detracting from Israel’s barbaric crimes’ in Gaza plea from Freedom...

April 20, 2024

Christchurch citizens hold up a "Stop the genocide" banner before yesterday's council vote

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NZ’s Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead

October 24, 2024

French Overseas Minister Manuel Valls

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Valls hopes to tackle New Caledonia in Rocard-style ‘spirit of dialogue’

December 29, 2024

The worst things about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

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Caitlin Johnstone: US presidential races hide the criminality of the Empire

July 27, 2024

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

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Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

May 3, 2026

"I have a personal memory of meeting Jesse Jackson"

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Moana Maniapoto: The day we met Jesse Jackson – and why...

February 21, 2026

The controversial 2024 Amsterdam football clashes

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PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to...

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May 12, 2025

Participants at a Pacific Islands Festival in Europe show their support for the Free West Papua campaign

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Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ

March 25, 2025

Jailed leader Marwan Barghouti . . . Palestine's "Nelson Mandela"

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Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be...

January 21, 2025

"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

A KNPB rally in support of full membership for West Papua in the Melanesian Spearhead Group

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Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain

July 19, 2023

ICJ's Chief Justice Nawaf Salam

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PSNA demands immediate NZ action over Palestine court ruling

July 20, 2024

"No to neocolonialism" say Christian Tein of the protest group CCAT and thousands of Kanak protesters

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Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots

May 17, 2024

Rotuman culture and language

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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

May 11, 2026

PNG Prime Minister James Marape meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo

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Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West...

September 8, 2023

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’

June 25, 2025

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

A Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) banner

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Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

Pacific Media Watch -

July 1, 2023

Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Mathius Fakhiri

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Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping

August 9, 2023

A NZ Defence Force Hercules flew to Nouméa's Magenta airport today

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France to blame for ‘constructing’ Kanaky crisis, says Kia Mau

Pacific Media Watch -

May 21, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden at the White House

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Promoting peace and stability in the Middle East by unconditionally backing...

August 2, 2024

NZ Defence Minister Judith Collins

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PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’

October 20, 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"

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

Israeli military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

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Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

Analysis

Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

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Israel is ‘doing a Ukraine’ in Lebanon but world stays silent,...

Israeli military intervene in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea to seize the Global Sumud Fleet

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Irish president’s sister, 2 Kiwis among Gaza flotilla activists detained by...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Spanish MEP Irene Montero

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Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections

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French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

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

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

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Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

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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

Spanish MEP Irene Montero

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Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections

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French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

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

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

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Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained