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Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

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Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged by ‘terrorist’ Israeli settlers

August 22, 2026

Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team

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Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’ storytelling

American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya

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NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead of Fiji election

The spectacle and symbolism of assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral

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How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event

Disappeared Pesta Babi star Yasinta Moiwend - Mama Sinta

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Indonesia has ‘kidnapped’ Pesta Babi star to cover up ecocide, claims...

June 3, 2026

Film director Dandhy Laksono

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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on Papua...

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May 26, 2026

Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)

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‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

March 13, 2026

Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) . . . Indonesian colonialism in West Papua

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Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new...

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March 1, 2026

New documentary presents detailed accounts of Israeli soldiers opening fire unprovoked on civilians running toward food handouts

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Israeli soldiers killed civilians, aid seekers in Gaza free-for-all ‘at wish...

November 12, 2025

Kiwirok villagers show some of the areas that have been bombed in the attack on their village

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Wenda accuses Indonesian troops of bombarding village in Star mountains

October 16, 2025

A "save the world" banner at last Saturday's pro-Palestinian march in Auckland's Viaduct precinct

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Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters

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July 23, 2025

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

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The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...

May 21, 2025

Paula Whetu Jones (right) on finally completing her feature length documentary about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Dr Allan Kerr.

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The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in...

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May 9, 2025

Rainbow Warrior crew help Rongelap islanders

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The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – Rongelap podcast series

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November 13, 2024

West Papua independence supporters in Manokwari

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A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest...

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April 17, 2024

More than 800 Fiji villages are now on a government climate risk list

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Climate crisis: The Fiji villages in paradise being swallowed by the...

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April 9, 2023

Police and protestors clash at the conclusion of the 2022 occupation at NZ's Parliament grounds

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RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an...

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March 2, 2023

Former Fiji Times editor-in-chief Netani Rika

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Lice Movono: Hopes for the return of press freedom in Fiji

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February 10, 2023

Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

February 5, 2023

Lisa Taouma

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‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients...

December 31, 2022

Bikini Atoll descendant Sosylina Jibas-Maddison

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Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas

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December 29, 2022

Professor David Robie

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

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October 20, 2022

Fire and Fury screenshot

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A NZ media conundrum over how to cover the ‘dangerous’ conspiracists

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August 21, 2022

Evelyn Kunda at her safe house

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Paul Wolffram: Resisting sorcery violence in PNG from the ‘grasruts’

August 17, 2022

Auckland University's Dr Melani Anae 190621

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Tagata Pasifika Special: Celebrating 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers

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June 19, 2021

Bridesmaids actress Rose Byrne

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Actress Rose Byrne to play Jacinda Ardern in mosque attacks film

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June 11, 2021

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"

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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

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

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...

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

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

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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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West Papuan activist Paula Makabory (centre, holding banner) at a protest in Auckland in 2011

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West Papua activist calls on Pacific leaders to pressure Indonesia over...

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

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Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

Rescue teams in Nepal are working around the clock to reach workers trapped

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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora

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Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora

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An Israeli military offensive in January 2024 damaged parts of the Deir El Belah War Cemetery

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Māori and Pacific soldiers’ final resting place in Gaza – don’t...

Pacific Islands Forum member country flags

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West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

Stanford Daily editor-in-chief George Porteous

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Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora

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Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora

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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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An Israeli military offensive in January 2024 damaged parts of the Deir El Belah War Cemetery

Asia Report

Māori and Pacific soldiers’ final resting place in Gaza – don’t...

Pacific Islands Forum member country flags

Analysis

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

Stanford Daily editor-in-chief George Porteous

Analysis

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora

Democracy

Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora