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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

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 of army officers’

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

Professor David Robie

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

Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

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

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Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10...

October 20, 2019

Evelyn Kunda at her safe house

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

August 17, 2022

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

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

May 21, 2025

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

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Frontline snaps up Ramona Diaz’s powerful doco A Thousand Cuts

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June 12, 2020

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The wanted man, the CIA, the Russians and a Tongan king’s...

March 29, 2019

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

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PMC projects lure doco makers, politics writer and Fiji journalist

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March 15, 2018

Lisa Taouma

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

December 31, 2022

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Pacific storytelling with a focus on the ignored and ‘untold’ issues

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October 3, 2018

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

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Inside Indonesia’s Secret War for West Papua – Foreign Correspondent

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May 13, 2020

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Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival

October 13, 2018

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Panama Papers: China censors allegations, but Russian media note contents

April 6, 2016

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Telling the real stories behind ‘plastic’ Pacific islanders and stereotypes

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November 19, 2018

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Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims

May 7, 2020

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Price of Peace filmmakers honoured with award

October 13, 2016

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Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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February 19, 2019

French TV crew arrested

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RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew

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July 23, 2019

Guy Littlefair

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PMC projects creative ‘grab bag’ unveiled at midwinter showcase

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July 29, 2019

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‘They get up in the morning, sing their dreams’ – PNG...

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August 4, 2017

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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

"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...

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

Professor David Robie

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Palestinian journalist Abdelhameed Hamdona

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‘We returned from hell’ – CPJ’s report on Palestinian journalists tortured...

Gaza . . . first so-called Board of Peace meets

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Hamas refuses to follow US-Israel calls to unilaterally disarm in Gaza,...

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

Decolonisation

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

The Palau Senate

Global

Palau court denies Senate bid to stop US deportee deal

EDITOR'S PICKS

Activist, community strategist and musician Roger Fowler

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Roger Fowler, a legend of the Aotearoa solidarity movement, dies at...

Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels

Australia

Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’...

The "Blood on your hands" protest at the US Consulate

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Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide...

"I have a personal memory of meeting Jesse Jackson"

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

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

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Arrest and charges against British-Fijian national spark free speech concerns

Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels

Australia

Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’...

The "Blood on your hands" protest at the US Consulate

Asia Report

Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide...

The council president is not merely a passive moderator but a pacesetter, agenda-shaper, balance-keeper

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Indonesia’s human rights law being revised under a global spotlight