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New Zealand's news media have been warned

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NZ elections: Where are much-needed party policies on media?

September 15, 2026

President Trump boasts of having the greatest military in the world

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Why can’t Democrats outshine a dangerous, unstable, delusional, egomaniacal Trump?

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

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The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over illegal West Bank settlements

Zionist quartet

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Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

Fiji Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu's HIV warning

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Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live with HIV

"Put the greens last"

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Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

September 17, 2026

TUC unions back motion demanding boycotts and sanctions to oppose the "catastrophic destruction of Gaza"

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Palestine Forum calls on NZ unions to follow TUC sanctions lead...

September 18, 2026

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

September 20, 2026

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Gallery: ‘Save our land – sell Luxon instead’ message at NZ...

September 19, 2026

Protesters march down Auckland's Queen St

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Greenpeace protests Conservation Amendment Bill in downtown Auckland

September 19, 2026

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film

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The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 20, 2026

Labour's Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni

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Labour promises visa-free travel for Pacific as overstayer rates rise

September 17, 2026

Islanders in outrigger canoes selling tropical fruits off Dobu in the Solomon Sea

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Debt in the Pacific – systemic and current threats to regional...

September 8, 2026

Siaosi (George) Lavelua serving 'otai for his parents business

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‘We’re one people’ – a young Tongan man’s te reo Māori...

September 20, 2026

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

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Journalist Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby – and courage...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 12, 2026

"Never again, never forget" says the slogan for Martial Law Day

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Melissa Cruz: The power of collective memory on martial law –...

September 21, 2026

For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

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Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

September 21, 2026

A potential pathway for transformative change in Indonesia, aiming to forge a new social contract for Papuans

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Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

January 12, 2026

A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’...

September 12, 2026

Leading civil society groups have warned that a rushed constitutional process could amount to a "self-coup"

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Fiji civil society warns about govt rushing constitutional change

September 21, 2026

How Iran's PressTV channel reported the Israeli attack

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Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran

June 13, 2025

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap

August 26, 2026

Alanna Smith

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Cook Islands: Navigating the rise of third party politics and a...

August 11, 2022

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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Pacific Islands Forum: Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific...

September 10, 2026

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Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global...

May 20, 2026

"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror

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Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Koror – heavy on reaffirming but...

September 11, 2026

Disappeared Pesta Babi star Yasinta Moiwend - Mama Sinta

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Indonesia has ‘kidnapped’ Pesta Babi star to cover up ecocide, claims...

June 3, 2026

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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"

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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

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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

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

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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Human Rights

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

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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

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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

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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APJS NEWSFILE

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)

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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Leading civil society groups have warned that a rushed constitutional process could amount to a "self-coup"

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Fiji civil society warns about govt rushing constitutional change

Indonesia's President Prabowo speaking dressed in a keffiyeh

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Prabowo’s tears and cries of ‘Free Palestine’ are not enough

Author Naomi Klein . . . "Either you bunker - either you just protect you and yours - or . . .

AI

‘End Times Fascism’ – Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor on billionaires, bunkers,...

TUC unions back motion demanding boycotts and sanctions to oppose the "catastrophic destruction of Gaza"

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Indonesia's President Prabowo speaking dressed in a keffiyeh

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Prabowo’s tears and cries of ‘Free Palestine’ are not enough

"Never again, never forget" says the slogan for Martial Law Day

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Melissa Cruz: The power of collective memory on martial law –...

For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

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Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa

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Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

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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

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"Never again, never forget" says the slogan for Martial Law Day

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Melissa Cruz: The power of collective memory on martial law –...

For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

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Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film

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The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...