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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

Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

Professor David Robie

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

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

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

May 21, 2025

Evelyn Kunda at her safe house

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

August 17, 2022

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

October 20, 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

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

Lilo Ema Siope

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Loimata – a poignant family-to-family story of the revival of waka...

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July 22, 2020

Scotty Morrison

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In search of our Hawaiki origins – behind the myths and...

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October 7, 2020

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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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A Thousand Cuts wins best global feature at NZ’s Doc Edge...

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June 22, 2020

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PMC projects lure doco makers, politics writer and Fiji journalist

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March 15, 2018

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

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October 3, 2018

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

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November 19, 2018

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

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

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

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May 13, 2020

Arts

Price of Peace filmmakers honoured with award

October 13, 2016

Ema Siope

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Loimata, The Sweetest Tears carries off grand prize at 2021 FIFO

February 15, 2021

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

May 7, 2020

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

Loimata

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Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary

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July 27, 2020

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Cyclone Pam – one year later: Brennan, 13, tells his story

March 12, 2016

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How soldier guitars, culture and faith paved way for Bougainville’s peace

April 23, 2019

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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

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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.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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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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The Epstein Files

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Maher Nazzal: The Epstein Files – the real scandal is the...

NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins

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Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

"Cowardice may be disguised by violence but is demeaning"

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Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s...

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

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NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Cook Islands

Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

Democracy

Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections

AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri

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How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

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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

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

NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Cook Islands

Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

Democracy

Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections

Papua New Guinea . . . on the "grey list"

Business

PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog

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

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