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Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa 260521

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Samoan democracy hangs in the balance as a constitutional arm wrestle plays out — with the world watching

May 26, 2021

WP flag-raising Jakarta

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Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has shown no sign he is capable of leading the rejuvenation policy the party needs

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NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with itself

French policies over Kanaky under fire

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Pacific alliance condemns France over bid to ‘derail’ Kanaky decolonisation

A protest over a controversial and widely condemned series of heavily armed nationwide Te Urewera raids

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An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics

Israel destroying Gaza and now Jenin

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Mars, watch out — President Trump’s coming for you too

January 24, 2025

Australian Attorney-General Michelle Rowland

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Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine...

January 22, 2026

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Praise for young Pacific journalists and threats to Melanesian journalism

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November 16, 2019

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

Death penalty removed in PNG

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Court lifts temporary block to PNG executions after 70 years –...

August 11, 2021

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with Israeli Foreign Minister Sa’ar Gideon Moshe in Munich

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Fiji and Israel strengthen bilateral relations, plan embassy opening

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February 15, 2025

Rappler's Maria Ressa 150621

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#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media

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July 10, 2020

Front page report in the Post-Courier 120122

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PNG Post-Courier: ‘Laughing stock’ sorcery issue way out of control

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January 13, 2022

This legislation could capture critics of New Zealand’s foreign and defence policy

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Why the draft ‘foreign interference’ bill is so dangerous for Aotearoa

January 15, 2025

People waiting to vote in Bougainville’s capital Buka during the referendum on independence in 2019

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Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence

March 22, 2025

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani

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US officials talked about merits of removing $10m bounty on Syrian...

Pacific Media Watch -

December 9, 2024

Twenty years on for Boris Léontieff

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Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight

May 24, 2022

Ripeka Evans and John Minto

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1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the...

July 27, 2021

Suspended Fiji police chief Sitiveni Qiliho (left) and ex-prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama

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Ex-Fiji PM Bainimarama, suspended police chief found not guilty

October 13, 2023

1987 Fiji coup "reenactment"t

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Days of Fiji ‘banana republic’ protests remembered in Bavadra reunion

May 29, 2021

West Papuan activist Leonie Tanggahma

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Papuans mourn sudden loss of ‘one of their brightest stars’

October 16, 2022

Transparency International PNG spokesperson Peter Aitsi

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Transparency PNG calls for further charges over ‘worrying’ Paraka case

June 3, 2023

Pro-independence former New Caledonia Congress president Roch Wamytan

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

August 1, 2025

Papuan protest 2019

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Seven Papuan protesters jailed for treason amid drop charges call

June 18, 2020

Professor David Robie

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

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October 20, 2022

Rodrigo Duterte poster

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Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection

July 27, 2020

Activist minister Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua brandishes the petition against the AUKUS military pact at the launch

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Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Rev Mua Strickson-Pua

Pacific Media Watch -

July 2, 2025

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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

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

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Justice

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

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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

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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

APJS newsfile

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

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

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‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

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,...

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

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Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

A young Gazan journalist describes her setting up for story telling about Al Shifa Hospital

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Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes

EDITOR'S PICKS

Dr Rami Khouri

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US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power...

Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

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Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...

Alternative Jewish Voices radio at Wellington Access Radio 106.1FM

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Alternative Jewish Voices launches new access radio programme

"Israel’s supporters in the West have launched the biggest assault on free speech since the height of McCarthyism"

Analysis

Owen Jones: At The Telegraph, journalist support for Israel is now...

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Australia

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

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

Dr Rami Khouri

Analysis

US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power...

Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

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Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...

Alternative Jewish Voices radio at Wellington Access Radio 106.1FM

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Alternative Jewish Voices launches new access radio programme

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

Asia Report

Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges