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The new draft PNG communication policy

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Media not a ‘tool for government’, says critic of new PNG draft policy

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February 16, 2023

The Norfolk Island flag at the 2023 Pacific Games

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‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s independence hopes

A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up cash programmes

PNG's deputy opposition leader James Nomane

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‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

Development

Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

Indonesian Embassy response on West Papua

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UN human rights commissioner visit to West Papua on track, says...

September 4, 2026

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New Vanuatu PM acts fast – Bauerfield airport repair contract awarded...

February 13, 2016

The University of Palestine in Gaza City

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Israel blows up last university in Gaza as air strikes continue...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 19, 2024

Development

Gary Juffa: Shedding PNG blood for corporate interest – didn’t we...

December 22, 2016

The People's National Congress (PNC) campaigning ahead of the PNG general election

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PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill

July 5, 2022

Challenges facing journalism - Dr David Robie's wide-ranging keynote address

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‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 14, 2024

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

Development

Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

July 4, 2026

Solomon Islands capital Honiara

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US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base...

April 27, 2022

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right), with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape

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NZ announces support package, new High Commission building in PNG

August 7, 2025

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Bob Howarth: Role of journalism in developing and protecting democracy

May 3, 2019

NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni

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NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands

April 17, 2023

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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

August 25, 2025

Physicist and peace advocate Dr Peter Wills

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NZ rally slams Five Eyes intelligence ties hours before US-Israel attack...

February 28, 2026

Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump

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President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...

April 3, 2026

‎Recognising and respecting local value systems is not about compromising press freedom

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Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific

Pacific Media Watch -

May 21, 2025

The bombed Rainbow Warrior next morning

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The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end...

July 3, 2025

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Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 30, 2018

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Mendi mayhem destroyed 42,000 vaccine shots for PNG children

June 30, 2018

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How the Palestine Authority and Israel are allies in silencing the...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 3, 2025

UniSaver New Zealand

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‘Divest from genocide’ call by NZ university workers to UniSaver

November 5, 2025

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (right)

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PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue

March 20, 2025

Author Angelina Hurley was caught up in the Kanak protests

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Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 27, 2024

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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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

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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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

Analysis

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

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Democracy

Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

Journalist Mohamed Hassan

Asia Report

Al Jazeera – its vital place in the global media landscape...

Pasifika voters discuss what's important to them this NZ election

Democracy

‘Our people don’t want handouts’ – Pasifika voters seek action on...

Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones

Analysis

Journalism cannot survive where attacks on journalists go unpunished

EDITOR'S PICKS

$A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what to watch$

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A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what...

Israel’s apologists point to the treatment of a Palestinian minority inside Israel

Analysis

Israel’s election shows its democracy is a sham, but the West...

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

Development

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Analysis

‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

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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

Israel’s apologists point to the treatment of a Palestinian minority inside Israel

Analysis

Israel’s election shows its democracy is a sham, but the West...

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

Development

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Analysis

‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

Asia Report

‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...