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

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Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology

Pacific Media Watch -

March 1, 2026

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (left) and Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr

Innovation

Palau’s Our Ocean conference commitments top US$16 billion

Under the old regime, press barons, from William Randolph Hearst to Rupert Murdoch, at least pretended they were committed to truth-telling journalism

Innovation

Murdoch to Musk: how global media power has shifted from the moguls to the big tech bros

Glorious Tour is run by sisters Louisa Tipene Opetaia (left) and Ama Mosese from Māngere

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‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists

Professor Steven Ratuva

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Future of Fiji’s democracy at stake over coalition, warns Ratuva

PNG Minister for Information and Communications Technology Timothy Masiu

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PNG Communications Minister calls for media to ‘protect, preserve Pacific identity’

July 8, 2024

New Zealand's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, with journalist and educator Dr David Robie at the investiture ceremony

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Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2025

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

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How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific

Sri Krishnamurthi -

August 15, 2020

Climate provisions in New Zealand's Budget 2023

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Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and...

May 19, 2023

Pacific Islanders protesting for an immediate ceasefire to Israel's War on Gaza

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Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the...

February 12, 2024

A Vanuatu passport

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Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

January 27, 2026

Waves of Change co-authors Associate Professor Shailendra Singh (from left), Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad and Dr Amit Sarwal

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Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 14, 2024

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

November 28, 2023

Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation's Bulent Yildirim . . . recently announced the Freedom Flotilla Coalition plans

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‘Time for talking is over’ – Turkish plan to break Gaza...

February 27, 2024

The Chinese-funded Edevu Hydropower Station

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K650m PNG hydropower project opens after 15 years – end to...

April 24, 2023

Adelaide Writers' Week Festival Board members who resigned

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Adelaide Writers Week: Cancelled – no decorum without a quorum

January 13, 2026

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Fiji gender groups welcome 56 women candidates, slam lack of diversity

November 8, 2018

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

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Pacific storytelling with a focus on the ignored and ‘untold’ issues

Pacific Media Watch -

October 3, 2018

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Rappler co-founder questions ‘guns blazing’ legal attack on top network

Pacific Media Watch -

February 19, 2020

Documentaries

Climate change doco highlights Tokelau as world leader in ‘solar revolution’

August 12, 2016

Climate change action 2019 170621

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Problem of racism towards Pasifika in climate change: ‘We want to...

June 17, 2021

One of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla campaigners

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Israel delays Gaza Freedom Flotilla departure with bureaucratic ‘block’

April 27, 2024

Outbrain propaganda

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

Pacific Media Watch -

February 16, 2025

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

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

March 19, 2026

It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge

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How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest...

July 29, 2025

A ni-Vanuatu family at the Blacksands community in Port Vila on Efate Island in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kevin

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As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis....

March 23, 2023

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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

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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

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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

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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

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The "Israelian" . . . media managed complicity

Analysis

This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war

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

So now this modern American Nero struggles to convince us that he "won"

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The two primary architects of a controversial war

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Monsters of war – the men who have put the world...

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Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah

Asia Report

‘Heinous’ Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in genocidal...

So now this modern American Nero struggles to convince us that he "won"

Analysis

How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit...

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

Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire

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‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back...

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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

Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah

Asia Report

‘Heinous’ Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in genocidal...

What, then, have the two sides actually agreed to

Analysis

What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire

So now this modern American Nero struggles to convince us that he "won"

Analysis

How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit...

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