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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

February 3, 2025

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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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

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

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NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still important

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2023

Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

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King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade

June 5, 2023

Covid reaches Tokelau

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Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends

May 29, 2023

Professor Michael Baker

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WHO covid-19 status changed but still NZ’s infectious ‘number one killer’

May 8, 2023

Professor Michael Baker

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Smaller covid waves in NZ, but still ‘major uncertainties’ – professor

April 30, 2023

Professor Michael Baker's covid-19 fourth wave warning

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‘Mask up’ – warns epidemiologist over NZ’s rising fourth wave...

April 16, 2023

The “Jacinda effect” had switched from being a uniting force to a polarising one

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Jacinda Ardern says goodbye to parliament – how her politics of...

April 6, 2023

Australian covid-19 testing decision

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Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing

January 1, 2023

Christmas Day in NZ

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Thousands to miss Christmas thanks to covid-19 – how to avoid...

December 24, 2022

The covid-19 pandemic's enduring impact

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Long covid, long tail – long summer of infection concerns in...

December 15, 2022

Anti-vax placards outside the High Court in Auckland

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No appeal against ruling in NZ baby blood case, surgery to...

December 8, 2022

Cook Islands drive through vaccination community event in Auckland

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NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...

December 6, 2022

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall

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NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response

December 5, 2022

The front page picture of the New Zealand Herald on Thursday 1 Dec 2022

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Mediawatch: Anti-vax parents create media conundrum and criticism

December 4, 2022

Last night's local Chinese covid-10 lockdowns protest in Auckand's Aotea Square

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NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’

December 3, 2022

Niue . . . a new chapter in the covid-19 response

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Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time

November 30, 2022

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaking at the UNGA

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Dealing with a ‘bloody messy’ world – the urgent foreign policy...

November 5, 2022

A Fijian meke wau (club dance)

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Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar

October 5, 2022

A vaccination centre on Nukunonu, August 2021

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Tunoa – house arrest – on Tokelau family ends after more...

September 23, 2022

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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NZ covid-19 traffic light system scrapped from midnight, says PM Jacinda...

September 12, 2022

New Zealand's super city Auckland

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Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead

August 31, 2022

Marshall Islands Red Cross Society volunteers

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As covid cases drop, Marshall Islands praised for ‘unprecedented’ response

August 26, 2022

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

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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

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"

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

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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

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Moana Pasifika head coach Tana Umaga sings and dances along to a cultural song after Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific Round 15 match

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‘We always stay hopeful’, says Umaga on Moana Pasifika’s future

$"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades$

Analysis

Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho

Development

Pacific nations shaping future of seabed mining rules, says ISA chief

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

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NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for

Democracy

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels

Analysis

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

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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 moment "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia was gunned down

Crime

Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in...

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture