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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

RNZ will continue to lease back 12 ha of the regained Whitireia whenua

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Ngāti Toa Rangatira celebrates return of sacred maunga Whitireia from RNZ

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First report tracking Samoan youth unemployment to help policy

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti

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NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald

Clarifications or not, PNG Prime Minister James Marape has left a lingering impression that Papua New Guinea’s foreign policy is for sale

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PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua

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New climate journalism handbook targets ‘existential problem’

Pacific Media Watch -

June 22, 2019

NCD Governor Powes Parkop

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PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up...

December 8, 2024

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TPPA prevents action on climate change, claim critics

March 23, 2016

An Israeli soldiers "not welcome" placard at the Palestine solidarity rally and march in the heart of New Zealand's largest city Auckland today

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Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations

March 1, 2025

The Gambier Islands

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French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area

June 11, 2025

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Rethinking the kaki lima: Australian and Indonesian students take on a...

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February 22, 2016

PIF Zoom

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Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc

August 7, 2021

Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads

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UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

July 8, 2023

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Pioneering Samoan academic wins key social sciences role at UNESCO

August 22, 2018

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as portrayed on a protest banner in New Zealand's largest city Auckland yesterday

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Palestine prisoners’ release ‘symbolic win’ showing unity in face of occupation,...

February 2, 2025

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Pacific Ocean: ‘We cannot let history repeat itself – we’re not...

June 8, 2017

Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai

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Vanuatu leader in NZ talks marijuana, seasonal workers and cyclones

August 11, 2024

A nickel extraction truck in New Caledonia

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New Caledonia’s nickel French lifeline ‘pact’ in limbo

April 20, 2024

Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt

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RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of...

March 5, 2025

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Forum wins improved recognition for Pacific climate concerns

Pacific Media Watch -

March 15, 2016

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Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different

September 22, 2020

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from left) and other Melanesian leaders at the MSG summit

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Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire

June 25, 2025

Prime Minister James Marape presenting a traditional eagle wood spear with totems to French President Emmanuel Macron

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Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG

July 28, 2023

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Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’

October 10, 2020

The indigenous Kanaky flag adopted in 1983 and usually flown alongside the French tricolour under the Nouméa Accord

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Police protection for New Caledonian politicians following death threats

July 17, 2025

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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Papua New Guinea celebrates 49 years of independence from Australia

September 16, 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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Asia Report

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

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Scenes from the Bondi Royal Commission

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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

“My son,” a woman screamed in Gaza

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Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography

Video footage obtained by human rights researchers shows a crowd of angry Papuans throwing stones towards police infrastructure in Kobakma

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West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning...

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"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

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Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

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Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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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

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"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport

Analysis

Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa

Asia Report

‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape

Scenes from the Bondi Royal Commission

Analysis

NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission