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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 film exposing Papua’s political ecology

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’

Professor David Robie

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

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

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

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Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives

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February 19, 2019

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

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

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

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October 3, 2018

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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5 mind-boggling things about Pilger’s doco The Coming War on China

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March 26, 2017

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

March 29, 2019

Scotty Morrison

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

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October 7, 2020

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

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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Annie Goldson talks to RNZ’s Sunday on the Kim Dotcom doco

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June 25, 2017

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Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival

October 13, 2018

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

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

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

May 21, 2025

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RNZ features student docos on love, health, tapu and Pacific reflections

January 20, 2017

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

March 12, 2016

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

Ema Siope

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

February 15, 2021

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

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June 12, 2020

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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

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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

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

POPULAR POSTS

"Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.

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Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

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Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon...

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Eugene Doyle: Trump celebrates Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

Democracy Now host Amy Goodman interviewing economist Dr Laleh Khalili

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End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack

Climate

From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

A US protester holds placards reading ‘’war making is a crime’’

Asia Report

‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over...

The slogan "From the River to the Sea" is now a prohibited phrase in Queensland

Asia Report

‘From the river to the sea’ – swimming against the Queensland...

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Analysis

No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s...

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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

The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack

Climate

From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific

A US protester holds placards reading ‘’war making is a crime’’

Asia Report

‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over...

The slogan "From the River to the Sea" is now a prohibited phrase in Queensland

Asia Report

‘From the river to the sea’ – swimming against the Queensland...

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Analysis

No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s...