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The mainstream media is doing what it always does in wartime: manufacturing consent, sanitizing atrocities and platforming war criminals

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The reporting on Iran and Gaza the US-Israel war machine can’t control

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March 11, 2026

The Freedom Flotilla in Istanbul .

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Turkey-based Freedom Flotilla aid ships put ‘on hold’ but Handala still heads towards Gaza

Journalists "targeted" says author as death toll of media workers in Gaza rises to 210

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Israel ‘deliberately targeting’ journalists in Gaza, says Australian author after latest killings

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Tūhoe leader’s address to deliver ‘hard truths’ about New Zealand

"Welcome to Hell" . . . B’Tselem on Palestinian prisoner torture

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Call for collective global action over ‘horrific’ Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners

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Rapa Nui activist calls for rigorous curb on ‘flouting’ of migration...

August 3, 2018

Noumea covid protest

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Unease builds over final Kanaky New Caledonia independence referendum

December 1, 2021

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters

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NZ ‘running out of patience’ – Peters lashes Israel over Gaza...

May 21, 2025

French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson

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Bring France into decolonisation talks, French Polynesian president tells UN

October 11, 2024

Papuan protesters at Papua govt office

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Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe

June 28, 2021

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Images: ‘No BCL, no mining,’ say protesting Panguna women

June 19, 2017

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Blood in the Pacific: 30 years on from the Ouvéa Island...

May 7, 2018

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How PNG brought back polio and the key lessons learned

September 17, 2018

President Emmanuel Macron (right) with New Caledonia Congress former presidents Louis Mapou (left) and Roch Wamytan (centre) last yea

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Macron invites all New Caledonia stakeholders for Paris talks

June 25, 2025

The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

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Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump

April 15, 2025

Chinese Australian author Louisa Lim

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Stan Grant stands up to racist abuse. Our research shows many...

May 22, 2023

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Solidarity groups rally in support of Mā’ohi independence leader Temaru

Pacific Media Watch -

November 24, 2020

Thousands of Bougainvilleans flocked to the polls on 23 November 2019 to vote in the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea

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Bougainville 2025 election: What’s at stake?

August 31, 2025

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Indonesian police raid Papuan student dormitory with tear gas, arrest 43

Pacific Media Watch -

August 18, 2019

NSW Premier Chris Minns

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An armed Jewish police force in Australia? Minns defies police and...

August 23, 2026

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister

January 3, 2025

The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"

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NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...

April 16, 2026

Ivy mike atmospheric nuclear test 1952

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Bid for US Congress to acknowledge nuclear tests ‘darkest chapter’ in...

March 7, 2022

Fauono Ken Laban

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Ken Laban makes history as Pasifika candidates win across Aotearoa

October 12, 2025

ABC's new chair Kim Williams

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New ABC chair must restore reputation for independence, says MEAA

Pacific Media Watch -

January 24, 2024

At least 112 Palestinians waiting for food aid have been killed

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Other nations are applying sanctions and going to court over Gaza...

March 1, 2024

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Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua

December 9, 2018

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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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

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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

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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

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

BEARING WITNESS

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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.

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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei

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Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

President Surangel Whipps talking over the chairmanship of the PIF, making his remarks at the opening of the 55th PIFLM in Palau

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Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

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Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

All smiles for Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Development

Solomon Islands PM Wale rushes home from Palau after confidence challenge...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

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Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

China

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

The MSG membership flags

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Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

MOST COMMENTS

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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

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

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Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

China

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

The MSG membership flags

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Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...