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Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

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Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words can barely capture

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November 15, 2025

Matangi Tonga publisher Pesi Siale Fonua

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Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’

"On top of her bold activism, Hilda LINI was also a mother to us."

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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

Fa'anānā Efeso Collins

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Pasifika leaders remember ‘stand-out community leader’ Fa’anānā Efeso Collins

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

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Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms – and controversies

Former Green parliamentarian and political activist Keith Locke at a Waihopai protest

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How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...

June 27, 2024

This image of Tui O'Sullivan is a portrait painted by Professor Welby Ings

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Obituary: Tui Rererangi Walsh O’Sullivan, the ‘flying bird in the sky’

June 2, 2023

Professor Brij Lal

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Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar

December 26, 2021

Sir Julius Chan . . . "Last man standing"

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Sir Julius Chan, one of Papua New Guinea’s founding fathers, dies...

January 31, 2025

Publisher, broadcaster and tourism enthusiast Marc Neil-Jones

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Vanuatu mourns loss of iconic Pacific media pioneer Marc Neil-Jones

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March 11, 2025

Former Palestinian diplomat Ali Kazak

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Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine

May 19, 2025

Somare tribute marches

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Gallery: Somare tribute marches from Hela, Western Highlands and Jiwaka people...

March 11, 2021

Australian academic and social justIce advocate Helen Hill

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Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence

July 23, 2024

The Sunday Graphic's 1953 Royal Tour Picture Album

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Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about...

September 9, 2022

Filmmaker Max Stahl

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Timor-Leste’s ‘true hero’ cameraman Max Stahl who exposed Indonesian atrocities dies

October 29, 2021

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Ben Bohane: A tribute to the ‘grand old man’ of the...

November 16, 2018

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Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power

Pacific Media Watch -

November 3, 2020

How global news channel Al Jazeera reported the death of Pope Francis at 88

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Pope Francis dies one day after first post-hospital public appearance and...

April 21, 2025

Lawyer Helen Reddy with her father Jai Ram Reddy

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Helen Reddy: A tribute to my father, Fiji’s visionary Jai Ram...

August 30, 2022

The late Queen Elizabeth on her first visit to Fiji in December 1953

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Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute...

September 10, 2022

Academic and historian Dr Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard

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Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer

June 2, 2024

Fiji-born journalist Sri Krishnamurthi

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Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller...

August 7, 2023

Brazil's Pelé

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Tony Fala: Pelé – a tribute from Aotearoa and Oceania

January 5, 2023

The late former US President Jimmy Carter in his younger years

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Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI

December 31, 2024

The late Chief Lukas Enembe's family mourns him after his coffin is delivered

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Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling...

January 10, 2024

Jai Ram Reddy (right) and Mahendra Chaudhry at a meeting

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Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son...

September 3, 2022

Maata Wharehoka . . . Parihaka Matriarch

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Parihaka’s matriarch, champion of tikanga and peace advocate Maata Wharehoka dies...

February 25, 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

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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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 UN Security Council adopted the US-sponsored Gaza resolution 13 votes to nil

Asia Report

IDF failed on battlefield to disarm Hamas, but UN vote gives...

Samoan PM La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

Democracy

Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence

Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland

Asia Report

Australian author says shadow Gaza transit scheme company is operating ‘disaster...

"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"

Democracy

Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

EDITOR'S PICKS

New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

Analysis

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

"The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"

Analysis

Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?

"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"

Democracy

Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

JAWS president Lagi Keresoma

Democracy

Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access

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

New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

Analysis

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

The UN Security Council adopted the US-sponsored Gaza resolution 13 votes to nil

Asia Report

IDF failed on battlefield to disarm Hamas, but UN vote gives...

"The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"

Analysis

Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?

The pōwhiri for the start of the four-day WIPCE 2025

Culture

World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland