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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 court. And won

July 29, 2025

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

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Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on Iran

Former Kiribati President Anote Tong

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Former Kiribati president warns judicial crisis could undermine democracy

South African activist Achmat Esau speaking out at the New Zealand protest rally in downtown Auckland

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Young Israelis ‘don’t want peace’, warns former Israeli top diplomat

Flashback to the Ponsonby People's Union

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Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism

The Palau Senate

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Palau court denies Senate bid to stop US deportee deal

February 21, 2026

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

An idyllic scene at Taga Beach, Tinian, in the Northern Marianas

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A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C...

September 9, 2026

Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands

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Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port...

July 30, 2026

PM James Marape

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PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election

November 27, 2020

Papuan activist Victor Yeimo being examined in Jayapura hospital 270821

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Indonesian court orders hospital treatment for accused Papuan activist Victor Yeimo

August 29, 2021

Vanuatu Parliament

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Vanuatu Supreme Court confirms 19 government MPs lose seats

June 18, 2021

Suspended Fiji Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde

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Fiji’s Kiwi prosecutor’s suspension ‘not a matter for’ Foreign Minister Peters

July 22, 2024

The Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Major-General Jone Kalouniwai,

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Fiji police confirm murder probe launched into death of man in...

April 20, 2026

The Panguna mine arson attack

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Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

September 13, 2026

Owen Wilkes

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Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon

November 16, 2022

Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’...

March 22, 2025

"This is cruelty - this is not a war," says this young girl's placard quoting the Pope

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NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip...

July 22, 2025

Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags...

May 18, 2021

Protesters shout slogans and hold placards during a national demonstration against the Israeli wars on Gaza, occupied Palestine and Iran

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Starving Gaza civilians toll climbs at Israeli humanitarian ‘death traps’

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June 22, 2025

Ramana Akula

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It’s not surprising Indian-Australians feel singled out. They have long been...

May 4, 2021

Nobel Peace laureate and journalist Maria Ressa

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Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned

Pacific Media Watch -

December 8, 2021

The council president is not merely a passive moderator but a pacesetter, agenda-shaper, balance-keeper

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Indonesia’s human rights law being revised under a global spotlight

February 21, 2026

Deir el Balah in 2024

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What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege

July 12, 2026

Filipino community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio

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RSF condemns verdict in ‘fabricated’ case against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 22, 2026

The Papua Police deploys 30 rangers

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Australian group warns of new ‘arrests, torture’ in Papuan crackdown

March 25, 2024

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Thousands of NZ teachers take to streets to protest for better...

May 29, 2019

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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"

Asia Report

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

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

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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"

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...

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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 Panguna mine arson attack

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Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’...

Palestinian media political prisoners

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37 Palestinian journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails, says prisoner rights group

Pacific locations could host intelligence and combat-support units

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US think tank proposes military shift to Guam, CNMI and Pacific...

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Zionist quartet

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Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

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The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...

President Trump boasts of having the greatest military in the world

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Why can’t Democrats outshine a dangerous, unstable, delusional, egomaniacal Trump?

Pacific locations could host intelligence and combat-support units

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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

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Zionist quartet

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Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

Fiji Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu's HIV warning

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Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live...

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

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The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...

President Trump boasts of having the greatest military in the world

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Why can’t Democrats outshine a dangerous, unstable, delusional, egomaniacal Trump?