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Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter

April 29, 2023

New Zealand protesters carry symbolic "bodies" of Palestinian journalists slaughtered by the Israeli military

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Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?

Lord of the Flies . . . by Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: The last chapter of the Gaza Strip genocide

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Vanuatu evacuates 8000 villagers on Ambae as volcano erupts

Progressive journalist and presenter Mehdi Hasan

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Debunked – Israel’s top 10 lies on Gaza, as exposed by Zeteo

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Koro’s nightmare – no chance for the people against Winston’s fury

February 24, 2016

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31 deaths so far in PNG quake, but ‘hit-and-miss’ on rural...

March 1, 2018

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Monster TC Harold wreaks havoc in Vanuatu – communications lost

April 7, 2020

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins visiting the Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa Hub in Māngere

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Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert

February 1, 2023

Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’

January 18, 2022

Israel has repeatedly violated the ceasefire deal

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Hamas report to mediators accuses Israel of pervasive Gaza ceasefire violations

February 12, 2025

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Ardern mission for post-Gita visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and Cook...

February 19, 2018

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters speaking

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NZ election 2023: ‘Too cavalier’ – scientists call out Peters over...

October 3, 2023

The Elders' joint statement says they saw evidence of food and medical aid being denied entry

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Israel deliberately obstructing aid, says former PM Helen Clark

August 13, 2025

NZ's climate National Adaptation Plan

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NZ’s new climate crisis plan: ‘Blueprint for more resilient communities’

August 4, 2022

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‘Stick together,’ PM tells nation as Cyclone Winston strikes Fiji

February 20, 2016

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70 PNG soldiers deployed in quake zone as death toll hits...

March 8, 2018

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Indonesia on fire, cross-boundary public health hazards

May 6, 2016

USP Laucala Campus 140621

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USP ranked 11th in world for ‘crisis management’ over covid response

June 14, 2021

A little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of New Zealand's Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to AM broadcasting's future

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Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 5, 2023

Port Vila-based journalist Dan McGarry has a big clean up on his hands

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Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days

March 4, 2023

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Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction

April 9, 2020

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Damage to Fiji’s water system repair costs will hit millions

March 4, 2016

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Cyclone Donna leaves northern Vanuatu, heads for New Caledonia

Pacific Media Watch -

May 8, 2017

An earthquake collapsed hillside at Birimon primary school in Deyamos LLG district in PNG's Morobe province

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Deaths, buried villages reported as 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits PNG

September 12, 2022

Tsunami waves in Tonga

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NZ Air Force plane leaves for Tonga to assess volcano eruption...

January 17, 2022

Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant

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Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine...

December 8, 2024

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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

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

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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

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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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

Wellington writer Eugene Doyle

Asia Report

Eugene Doyle: Why I’ll be marching for global peace on June...

The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

Analysis

Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown

Civil Society

New Zealand First’s campaign to scrap city’s independent Māori Board just...

"You blow up a girls' school."

Asia Report

Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman

Analysis

Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall

Culture

Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown

Civil Society

New Zealand First’s campaign to scrap city’s independent Māori Board just...

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

Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman

Analysis

Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall

Culture

Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...