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A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

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Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees

May 10, 2026

Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump

Innovation

Iran war almost over . . . and the end of an era – a Global South perspective

NZ Media and Communications Minister Minister Dr Paul Goldsmith

Innovation

Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of NZ’s enforceable media standards in general?

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila

Innovation

New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS meeting

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Innovation

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

Innovation

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

April 27, 2026

Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

Innovation

Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...

April 27, 2026

Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026

Innovation

Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize

April 25, 2026

An "IDF = Murder Machine" banner at the "Banners for Humanity" exhibition

Innovation

South African activist praises World Court genocide case against Israel

April 18, 2026

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28

Innovation

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

April 17, 2026

Innovation

Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’

Pacific Media Watch -

April 15, 2026

Breakaway A Fano Tia members, led by Tematai Le Gayic, appear dressed in white

Innovation

French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions

April 13, 2026

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Innovation

What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...

April 13, 2026

The Iran fiasco is only the latest in a host of examples revealing how to defeat US President Donald Trump

Innovation

Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time

April 10, 2026

The Arctic Sunrise

Innovation

Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise to join Global Sumud Flotilla mission to Gaza

April 7, 2026

Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra

Innovation

The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

April 1, 2026

New Zealand surgical team leader in Vietnam Dr Peter Eccles-Smith

Innovation

How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance

April 1, 2026

Māori radio network chair Peter-Lucas Jones

Innovation

Māori radio network says funding cuts threaten survival of iwi stations

Pacific Media Watch -

March 31, 2026

Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry

Innovation

Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry leaves legacy

Pacific Media Watch -

March 26, 2026

Vanuatu investigative journalist and editor Dan McGarry

Innovation

‘He will never be replaced’ – tributes flow for ‘fearless’ Vanuatu...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 26, 2026

Then French prime minister Lionel Jospin (centre) shakes hands

Innovation

Tributes pour in for Lionel Jospin, ‘father’ of the Nouméa Accord

March 25, 2026

Democracy Now host Amy Goodman interviewing economist Dr Laleh Khalili

Innovation

End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global...

March 22, 2026

In October 2025, Israeli forces kidnapped the crew members of 41 aid ships near Gaza

Innovation

Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza

March 19, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz

Innovation

Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic...

March 18, 2026

New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie

Innovation

‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage...

March 5, 2026

Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) . . . Indonesian colonialism in West Papua

Innovation

Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 1, 2026

Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

Innovation

Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections

February 18, 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"

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

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Innovation

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

Innovation

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

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

Analysis

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

Analysis

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"

Analysis

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

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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

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Democracy

Manele calls parliament for Thursday to face no confidence motion

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi

Asia Report

NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says...

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

Democracy

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns

EDITOR'S PICKS

Commissioner Virginia Bell

Australia

Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

Analysis

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year

Business

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017

Decolonisation

Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

MOST COMMENTS

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

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

Innovation

Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

Commissioner Virginia Bell

Australia

Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

Video footage obtained by human rights researchers shows a crowd of angry Papuans throwing stones towards police infrastructure in Kobakma

Asia Report

West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning...

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

Analysis

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom