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Husband and wife duo Lauren and Matt Barus perform under the stage name Terrible Sons

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First-ever recipients of ‘outstanding’ Asian music funding unveiled

July 3, 2023

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‘Play for our people’ call by Southern Highlands musicians after PNG quake

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Samoan opera singer sings praises for benefit of teenager hopefuls

An artist's impression of Quay Park stadium - Te Tōangaroa

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‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words over Eden Park

Pacific Music Awards 2022

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Back on stage – Pacific Music Awards gig banishes covid blues

Biak massacre testimonies

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Activists call for peaceful remembering of 1998 Biak massacre in West...

July 6, 2021

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‘Girl Power’ wows Port Moresby with new anti-violence video ‘No More’

April 7, 2018

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Samoan opera singer sings praises for benefit of teenager hopefuls

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May 23, 2018

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‘Play for our people’ call by Southern Highlands musicians after PNG...

March 3, 2018

Girmitiyas - Indentured labourers - in Fiji

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New NZ theatre production highlights Fiji Girmityas’ struggles

June 11, 2023

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A tale of colonisation – deep music connections for Māori, Caribbean

April 10, 2018

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The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of...

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November 8, 2019

Pacific Music Awards 2022

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Back on stage – Pacific Music Awards gig banishes covid blues

August 5, 2022

Te Ao journalist, lawyer, advocate and musician Moana Maniapoto

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Moana Maniapoto on the sound of the 80s to world-class journalism

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December 24, 2024

PNG musician Jason Suisui aka Jayrex

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Jayrex’s lawyers threaten lawsuit if PNG music ban isn’t lifted

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June 23, 2023

Malia Vaurasi

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Musicians across Pacific stage virtual Wan Musik Wan Sing for West...

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December 1, 2020

Kris Douw

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Indonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists

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November 23, 2020

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NZ’s classical music station not safe yet – innovation and leadership...

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February 17, 2020

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Obituary: Andy Ayamiseba – long road home to an ‘independent’ West...

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February 26, 2020

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Sounds of Caribbean planned for Auckland’s first steelband festival

February 16, 2018

Pacific reggae singer Jayrex from PNG

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PNG’s censorship office bans Jayrex songs over partner abuse allegations

June 21, 2023

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

Coronavirus

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

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

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?

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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

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Susi Newborn, a Greenpeace founder, Rainbow Warrior crew stalwart, activist and author

Civil Society

Susi Newborn among activists featured in Pacific ‘nuclear free heroes’ video

Sky expects the deal to deliver revenue diversification and uplift of around $95 million a year

Business

Sky TV to buy channel Three owner Discovery NZ for $1

The Cook Islands' outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations

Cook Islands

Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels

Asia Report

Is the international community finally speaking up about Israel’s Gaza genocide?

EDITOR'S PICKS

A "save the world" banner at last Saturday's pro-Palestinian march in Auckland's Viaduct precinct

Decolonisation

Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters

"It's more than ironic that while Western countries like Britain and New Zealand are calling for an end to the war in Gaza, they continue to be hostile toward the anti-war protest movements in their own countries"

Asia Report

Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries

The first-ever US military flight carrying 18 Marshall Islanders deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrives at Majuro

Crime

ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base

"Western media institutions promote a colonial narrative that reproduces the discourse of Israeli superiority, using linguistic and legal mechanisms to justify genocide."

Asia Report

Systematic bias: how Western media reproduces the Israeli narrative

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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

If successful, the ICJ ruling could have major ramifications for international law and how climate change disputes are litigated

Climate

ICJ climate crisis ruling: Will world’s top court back Pacific-led call...

A "save the world" banner at last Saturday's pro-Palestinian march in Auckland's Viaduct precinct

Decolonisation

Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters

Former PNG national Parliament regional representative for Bougainville Joe Lera . . . "We will try to make big changes in addressing sustainable development"

Analysis

Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development

A young girl holds a placard quoting from the late Pope Francis while calling for an end to the war on Gaza in Auckland last Saturday

Asia Report

Gaza not a religious issue – it’s a massive violation of...