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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

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 Palestine

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

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

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

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

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

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May 13, 2020

Lisa Taouma

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

December 31, 2022

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

March 29, 2019

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

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October 3, 2018

Arts

Price of Peace filmmakers honoured with award

October 13, 2016

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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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Tide of Change – documentary by USP students explores climate action

March 26, 2018

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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

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

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November 19, 2018

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

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Former PNG politician seeks injunction against Australian doco The Opposition

March 30, 2016

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USP students, France24 team up in smart-phone Fiji climate story

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July 14, 2017

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

October 20, 2019

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

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West Papua film exposes plight of ‘ignored’ local journalists

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February 14, 2019

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

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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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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

Iran’s navy successfully launched the Sayyad-3G naval air defence missile

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How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ...

Port Moresby's Bomana Correctional Facility . . . nine inmates injured in an confrontation with jail guards. Image: RNZ/Johnny Blades

Crime

Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Fiji

Fiji PM Rabuka stands by anti-corruption body after arrest of critic

“Pesta Babi" (The Pig Party) . . . the West Papuan documentary film

Asia Report

West Papuan filmmakers expose Merauke rainforest destruction in ‘siege’ doco

EDITOR'S PICKS

Expanding the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim

Analysis

Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte

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Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...

Port Moresby's Bomana Correctional Facility . . . nine inmates injured in an confrontation with jail guards. Image: RNZ/Johnny Blades

Crime

Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers

Social justice and Palestine campaigner Roger Fowler

Asia Report

The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute

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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

New UK Green Party member Hannah Spencer

Decolonisation

Local plumber Hannah Spencer beats both Reform and Labour to win...

Expanding the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim

Analysis

Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte

Analysis

Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

Democracy

Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis