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Progressive journalist and presenter Mehdi Hasan

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Debunked – Israel’s top 10 lies on Gaza, as exposed by Zeteo

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2025

The Palestine Laboratory author Antony Loewenstein

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Palestine surveillance author says Australian protesters ‘outraged’ by Israel’s war on Gaza

The lone building left standing from the US nuclear bomb attack on 3 August 1945 that later became the Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Human Rights

Hiroshima 80 years on – why AUKUS is imperial madness and needs to be stopped

Part of the pro-Palestinian protest march on Sydney Harbour Bridge today, calling for an end to the genocide and starvation by Israel

Human Rights

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands cross bridge

An Uncle Sam puppet with blood on his hands held aloft by pro-Palestinian protesters in Auckland, New Zealand

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Israel backing Gaza ‘gangs’ to create unlivable chaos, says academic

Jakarta rally 270121

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15 arrested at Jakarta parliament rally against Papuan special autonomy

January 28, 2021

Overloaded POM hospital

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Port Moresby hospital under strain with overcrowding, says doctor

January 28, 2021

Natalius Pigai

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State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’

Pacific Media Watch -

January 27, 2021

Elite 1 percenters

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We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts...

January 27, 2021

Listyo Sigit Prabowo

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Civil rights groups raise concerns about Jokowi’s next police chief

January 25, 2021

Tuvalu PM Kausea Natano

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Forum chair welcomes Biden’s ‘Blue Pacific’ climate priority for Paris pact

January 22, 2021

US Capitol insurrection

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To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 22, 2021

President Joe Biden

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Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s...

January 21, 2021

Manokwari police convoy

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ULMWP accuses Indonesia of ‘ethnic cleansing’, aggression against Papuans

Pacific Media Watch -

January 21, 2021

Cebu 8

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Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military

January 20, 2021

US Capitol

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As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences...

January 20, 2021

Digital platforms

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The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 20, 2021

Helen Clark 2021

Human Rights

Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic

January 19, 2021

Fiji's Nazhat Shameem

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‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 19, 2021

President Widodo

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Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 18, 2021

Six of K Road Chronicles

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K Road Chronicles – looking at NZ’s homelessness from the inside

January 17, 2021

MAF missionary plane

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Confusion reigns over real reasons for burning of missionary plane in...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 16, 2021

Social media RSF

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RSF calls for ‘democratic obligations’ on leading digital players over Trump

Pacific Media Watch -

January 16, 2021

Human Rights

Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis

January 15, 2021

"Chaos in Washington"

Human Rights

How Trump’s populist narrative led directly to the US Capitol attack

January 15, 2021

Covid vaccines

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Iwi Chairs forum urges covid cap on NZ-bound travel, faster vaccine...

January 15, 2021

Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok

Human Rights

Netherlands adds voice to global demands for UN visit to West...

January 14, 2021

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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"

Human Rights

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Human Rights

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

Human Rights

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

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

Human Rights

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

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

Human Rights

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

Human Rights

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

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

Human Rights

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

Human Rights

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)

Human Rights

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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New Zealand protesters at the weekly demonstration against the Israeli genocide in Gaza in Auckland

Human Rights

Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former...

Pro-independence former New Caledonia Congress president Roch Wamytan

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Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for...

Caption reads "ruins of Gaza at the time of the Great Attack". 1917.

Human Rights

New Zealand’s shameful role in the 1917 destruction of Gaza

Fiji's NGO Coalition on Human Rights chair Shamima Ali

Human Rights

Fiji ‘failing’ the Gaza genocide and humanity test, says rights group

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Progressive journalist and presenter Mehdi Hasan

Human Rights

Debunked – Israel’s top 10 lies on Gaza, as exposed by...

An Uncle Sam puppet with blood on his hands held aloft by pro-Palestinian protesters in Auckland, New Zealand

Human Rights

Israel backing Gaza ‘gangs’ to create unlivable chaos, says academic

New Zealand protesters at the weekly demonstration against the Israeli genocide in Gaza in Auckland

Human Rights

Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former...

Pro-independence former New Caledonia Congress president Roch Wamytan

Human Rights

Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for...

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

The Palestine Laboratory author Antony Loewenstein

Human Rights

Palestine surveillance author says Australian protesters ‘outraged’ by Israel’s war on...

The lone building left standing from the US nuclear bomb attack on 3 August 1945 that later became the Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Human Rights

Hiroshima 80 years on – why AUKUS is imperial madness and...

Part of the pro-Palestinian protest march on Sydney Harbour Bridge today, calling for an end to the genocide and starvation by Israel

Human Rights

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands...

An Uncle Sam puppet with blood on his hands held aloft by pro-Palestinian protesters in Auckland, New Zealand

Human Rights

Israel backing Gaza ‘gangs’ to create unlivable chaos, says academic