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Fiji media’s Stan Simpson blasts ‘hypocrites’ in social media clash over press freedom

Pacific Media Watch -

May 8, 2025

US President Donald Trump has deprived more than 400 million citizens of reliable information overnight

Innovation

New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global media

Vietnam today is united and free and millions of ordinary people have achieved security, health, education and prosperity

Innovation

50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to Trump

Union Calédonienne president Emmanuel Tjibaou (blue Pacific shirt) and other participants at the pro-independence FLNKS convention

Innovation

French Minister Valls warns New Caledonia is ‘on a tightrope’, pleads for ‘innovative’ solutions

Damage to South Pentecost villages in the aftermath of last year's Cyclone Lola

Innovation

Vanuatu communities growing climate resilience in wake of Cyclone Lola

Open feed on PodTalk.Live

Innovation

PodTalk.live ushers in new ‘indie’ information and debate era

Pacific Media Watch -

April 28, 2025

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

Innovation

Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms...

April 22, 2025

All of New Caledonia’s political parties engaged in a video conference with French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls

Innovation

Leaked ‘working paper’ on New Caledonia’s political future sparks new concerns

April 14, 2025

As a low-lying atoll nation, Tuvalu is particularly exposed

Innovation

Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu...

April 13, 2025

Loading demolished house materials from Rongelap on board the Rainbow Warrior

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From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear...

March 31, 2025

The Rainbow Warrior ship entering port in Majuro, Marshall Islands

Innovation

‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ –...

March 31, 2025

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth

Innovation

Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

March 29, 2025

Pacific flags . . . advancing advance discussions on the the Blue Pacific

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Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms

March 28, 2025

Auckland University PhD candidate Veronika Kanem

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Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving

March 27, 2025

Lord of the Flies . . . by Mr Fish

Innovation

Chris Hedges: The last chapter of the Gaza Strip genocide

March 25, 2025

A crew member on board the RAN frigate HMAS Stuart monitors the Chinese Navy's missile destroyer Zunyi and the supply ship Weishanhu

Innovation

Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world

March 17, 2025

Māori entities have grown from contributing $17 billion to New Zealand's GDP

Innovation

Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report

March 14, 2025

Canadian billionaire James Grenon and NZME

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Gavin Ellis: Canadian billionaire must explain his designs on NZME –...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 14, 2025

Trump supporters marching on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021

Innovation

How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval

March 12, 2025

Rocky Roe on Lihir Island, New Ireland, in 2013

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Through the lens of time: A tribute to ‘Rocky’ Roe’s PNG...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 8, 2025

Innovation

Gallery: Vanuatu ‘welcomes all’ to rebuilt traditional chiefs’ nakamal meeting house

March 7, 2025

Ultimately, the chaos Trump 2.0 has unleashed

Innovation

In siding with Russia over Ukraine, Trump is not putting America...

March 3, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says...

February 27, 2025

Dark Times Academy

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US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 20, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown speaking at a media conference in Avarua after returning from China

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‘No areas of concern’, says Cook Islands PM on NZ’s China...

February 17, 2025

Former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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‘Clandestine’ Cook Islands-China deal ‘damaged’ NZ relationship, says Clark

February 16, 2025

Outbrain propaganda

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How Israeli propaganda filters into NZ media – drop it, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 16, 2025

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

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

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

Bearing Witness

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

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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APJS NEWSFILE

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

Innovation

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

Forums such as the Pacific Media Summit are critical

Democracy

Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day

Some of the 100 PNG Defence Force personnel who deployed to Australia to help fight bushfires in January 2020

Australia

Experts split on Australia’s Papua New Guinea military recruitment plan

New Zealand protesters outside the headquarters of Television New Zealand

Asia Report

Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do...

New Zealand protesters for Palestine delivering PSNA's open letter to Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Asia Report

NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation

EDITOR'S PICKS

Once a tropical paradise thick with coconut palms, Runit Island is capped by a massive concrete structure

Climate

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace...

The Encampments

Asia Report

The Encampments vs October 8 – a battle of narratives on...

Paula Whetu Jones (right) on finally completing her feature length documentary about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Dr Allan Kerr.

Asia Report

The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in...

University of the South Pacific student journalists and guests

Democracy

USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and...

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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

Renowned Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot by an Israeli sniper in the head on 11 May 2022

Asia Report

Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English instead of his fluent Italian and Spanish during mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals

Climate

Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader

Gordon Campbell's Scoop column on the Pope and the Israeli Institute

Asia Report

Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media...

Once a tropical paradise thick with coconut palms, Runit Island is capped by a massive concrete structure

Climate

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace...