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Solomon Islands police investigate social justice commentator

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May 30, 2020

Opinion

Key misses vital moment to step up over climate change – case of Ioane Teitiota

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

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Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

1News coverage on New Zealand public broadcaster television

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Maher Nazzal: Shame on New Zealand’s mainstream news media

Opinion

Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela

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Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Another Pacific talkfest but what about the carbon...

September 8, 2017

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

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Solomon Islands: The painful reality – my day on the road...

November 28, 2021

South Africa's first fully democratic President Nelson Mandela

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Ian Powell: When apartheid met Zionism – the case for NZ...

April 6, 2025

Opinion

Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene

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September 7, 2020

While Australia's Palestine Action Group plans protests against the visit of the Israeli President Isaac Herzog

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Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t...

February 7, 2026

Opinion

Donors have opened up their hearts and wallets, but too often...

Pacific Media Centre -

August 10, 2015

“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

Opinion

Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

October 25, 2026

Opinion

Mike Treen: Gaza Freedom Flotilla sets sail from Sicily

July 23, 2018

Opinion

Hard to fight nature, but Fiji deserves better house building

March 12, 2016

Opinion

Crispin C. Maslog: Open letter to Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte

June 4, 2016

Opinion

Pillagers of the Pacific – tuna fishing out of control

Pacific Media Centre -

August 4, 2015

The published wrap-around’s subject matter was so obviously contentious

Opinion

NZ Herald’s disclosure obligation to readers: Why are we waiting?

Pacific Media Watch -

August 13, 2024

While Māori are guaranteed representation through the Māori electoral roll at the national level . . .

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Gerard Otto: Low turnout and rates pressure drive down Māori wards...

October 12, 2025

Opinion

Peter Solo Kinjap: Corruption threat to PNG – is the death...

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July 25, 2016

Opinion

MSG, ACP and the (almost) forgotten case of West Papuan independence

July 8, 2016

For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

Opinion

Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

September 21, 2026

Opinion

Time for Xanana Gusmao to step up and fix Timor-Leste’s problems

May 26, 2018

Rappler fights on

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Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines

Pacific Media Watch -

June 30, 2022

Opinion

Indonesia’s climate crisis: Is the world still looking away?

March 31, 2016

Opinion

Benny Wenda: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, only West Papua solution

July 9, 2020

Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest at the frontline

Opinion

John Mitchell: Blessed are the peacemakers – why this day is...

September 24, 2023

Opinion

‘The people have spoken’ – Fiji Times comments on a...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 19, 2018

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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

Opinion

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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Opinion

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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"

Opinion

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...

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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

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Veteran Filipino investigative journalist Philip Lustre

Asia Report

Arrest of Philip Lustre Jr. a ‘sad day for journalism in...

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

Asia Report

PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian...

How Newsroom covered the Kerrin Leoni gang controversy

Opinion

The lynching takes 48 hours – whiteness, the NZ press, and...

Fiji Deputy PM Viliame Gavoka

Culture

Israel’s relationship with Pacific is ‘biblical, ageless, real’, says Fiji deputy...

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PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

Asia Report

PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian...

Israel has been added to the Pacific Islands Forum list as a sectoral partner

Culture

‘Strengthening ties’ or ‘shameful’? – why Israel’s new Pacific status is...

New Zealand electon voting papers being printed

Democracy

New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Viliame Gavoka

Opinion

Open letter: Mr Gavoka, don’t present your personal theology as the...

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

Asia Report

PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian...

New Zealand electon voting papers being printed

Democracy

New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Viliame Gavoka

Opinion

Open letter: Mr Gavoka, don’t present your personal theology as the...

I've written these last years about the injustices, about the vile support for a horrendous genocide

Opinion

Saige England: Our NZ Coalition has joined all the toxic govts...