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Marking the 1986 People Power uprising

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Philippines’ People Power hero passes as dictator’s son takes over rule

August 3, 2022

Coalition government partners New Zealand First's Winston Peters (from left), Shane Jones and ACT's David Seymour

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Waitangi Day 2024: NZ government denies it’s ‘delegitimising’ Māori

Farewelling Sir Michael Somare

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Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone

The shrine at Uvanu in northern New Caledonia where a ceremony was held yesterday to mark the anniversary of the execution of 10 Kanaks resisting French colonial rule in 1868

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Pacific civil society groups condemn ‘heavy-handed’ French crackdown over Kanaky unrest

Another sacred day for West Papua

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Happy West Papua Day – and the brutal truth about where we are now

New Zealand's French Pacific territories Consul-General Felicity Roxburgh

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NZ consul hails long-standing ties with New Caledonia

September 20, 2022

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

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May 19, 2020

Iranians hold posters of late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps head Hossein Salami (left), and late Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri (right), who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in recent days

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Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you...

June 18, 2025

Flashback to West Papua 1971

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OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’

July 4, 2022

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Closure of AAP is yet another blow to public interest journalism...

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March 4, 2020

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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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From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy

July 10, 2020

Piango Pacific activists in Fiji prepare their Morning Star flags

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Why West Papuans are raising a banned independence flag across Australia,...

December 1, 2023

Tahua-Reva

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Tahitian community groups try to save endangered sacred mountain

May 15, 2021

Samoan flag and child

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Samoa Observer: Democracy tested as Samoa celebrates independence

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June 2, 2021

The global Nakba Day protest with marchers today in Queen Street in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

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‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says...

May 17, 2025

Journalists say they have been directly fired at by Israeli troops

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NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine

July 4, 2023

Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence

June 1, 2022

Flying high . . . the Morning Star ensign -- banned in Indonesia -- flying alongside the Vanuatu national flag in Port Vila

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Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not...

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September 3, 2023

Former journalist and media publisher Jo Nata, spent 24 years in jail for his role in the 2000 Fiji coup

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Fiji’s Jo Nata reflects on the 2000 coup: ‘We let the...

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May 19, 2024

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Assassination of Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou marked 30 years on

May 6, 2019

Wansolwara

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USP Journalism dedicates awards to media ‘champion’ David Robie

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January 7, 2021

Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves

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Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

July 21, 2025

The ANZAC service scene yesterday at the Battle of Isurava war memorial site

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Solemn ANZAC dawn service at PNG’s Isurava battle memorial

April 26, 2024

"There is no 'both sides' to a genocide"

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Janfrie Wakim: Time to take action over the Gaza bloodshed –...

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October 21, 2023

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USP unveils RNZAF monument to mark campus ‘home’

March 27, 2018

Former Human Rights Watch head Ken Roth on Israel and genocide

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The ‘Godfather of Human Rights’ Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and...

June 26, 2025

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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"

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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

Asia Report

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

"Cowardice may be disguised by violence but is demeaning"

Analysis

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

The designations render the two Micronesian politicians and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the US

Crime

US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

Decolonisation

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

"New Zealand has an opportunity to get ahead of the global backlash"

Analysis

Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics

"Tahiti is mentioned in various email exchanges involving Epstein"

Cook Islands

‘The girl from Tahiti’ – Pacific Islands in the Epstein files

Many critics are saying the Trump plan could “sideline” the Palestinians

Asia Report

Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza

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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

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

Decolonisation

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

"New Zealand has an opportunity to get ahead of the global backlash"

Analysis

Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics

Critics say the lack of transparency, including unclear numbers, roles, and oversight, is troubling, especially while international courts are examining serious allegations linked to the conflict. Image: OnePath Network

Asia Report

600 Australians, 50 Kiwis fighting for Israeli military during Gaza genocide