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West Papua independence supporters in Manokwari

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

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April 17, 2024

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West Papua author warns conflict is ‘re-igniting’ with new weapons, youth

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West Papua film exposes plight of ‘ignored’ local journalists

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New book boosts diversity, cultural consciousness in NZ film making

Ema Siope

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

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

January 20, 2017

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‘Untouchable’ teen journalist challenges corruption at Indian rural schools

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March 9, 2016

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The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG

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February 10, 2018

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Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary

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December 11, 2018

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

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June 12, 2020

Loimata

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Loimata – The Sweetest Tears is a spectacularly exquisite documentary

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July 27, 2020

Lisa Taouma

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

December 31, 2022

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

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Former PNG politician seeks injunction against Australian doco The Opposition

March 30, 2016

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

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

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

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West Papua author warns conflict is ‘re-igniting’ with new weapons, youth

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May 19, 2020

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Rainbow Warrior returns to NZ for ‘oil free’ future and activist...

September 11, 2018

Guy Littlefair

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PMC projects creative ‘grab bag’ unveiled at midwinter showcase

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July 29, 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

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

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Alister Barry Doco: Award Winning NZ Climate Change Feature Documentary

November 27, 2015

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Tagata Pasifika goes down memory lane – 30 years of broadcasting

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April 4, 2017

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

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

March 12, 2016

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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

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"

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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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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

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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.

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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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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

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Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget...

Rotuman culture and language

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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Asia Report

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

Analysis

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

EDITOR'S PICKS

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

Analysis

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Asia Report

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .

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Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

Analysis

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Asia Report

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .

Crime

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat