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Rukuwai Tīpene-Allen Maori TV

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Māori in the gallery: Coping with daily racism in the Beehive as a Māori journalist

May 24, 2021

Palestinian demonstrators protesting in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank against Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in the aftermath of the death of activist Nizar Banat

Opinion

‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on 30 years of the Oslo Accords

"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month

Opinion

Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

PNG covid misinformation

Opinion

Just 1.7% of people in PNG are vaccinated against covid. Why is resistance so fierce?

Press Freedom poster

Opinion

Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate

The Mek family in Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea

Opinion

Papua New Guinea: ‘My education journey from Jiwaka to UPNG’

April 19, 2023

Oscar Temaru

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The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of...

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November 2, 2020

Opinion

How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious

March 29, 2020

Indonesian security forces intimidate Papuans

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West Papua and other critical issues – why is NZ media...

June 5, 2021

Protesters in Auckland call for a permanent end to the war on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and for justice

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New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable

March 18, 2025

Samoa Observer editorial

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Samoa Observer: A slap across the face of media freedom

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September 13, 2024

IDF assault case . . . no follow-up in New Zealand media but Israeli news website reports "behind the scene" revelations

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Israeli Embassy and meddling in the NZ police and courts over...

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February 2, 2026

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

October 19, 2020

The ratified defence agreement between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia

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Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the...

March 11, 2024

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Ramzy Baroud: Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?

April 4, 2019

Dr Ashley Bloomfield

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Nick Rockel: ‘Over and out from me’ – Dr Ashley Bloomfield

August 1, 2022

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Gary Juffa: Happy Independence Day PNG but what about our daughters?

September 16, 2017

Saki disaster

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At the heart of the Goilala landslide disaster – prayers for the...

January 2, 2021

Opinion

Michael Bain: A shameful neglect of our Moruroa campaign veterans

May 2, 2018

Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with Voreqe Bainimarama in 2018.

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Fiji’s dilemma – how its military has become so deeply mired...

September 5, 2022

"The genocide didn't stop"

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The world cannot ignore Trump’s death threat to my people of...

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March 8, 2025

Opinion

Pacific news journalists grapple with challenges of social media, harsh laws

June 14, 2018

Independent Jewish protesters take part in a rally for a permanent ceasefire and peace in Gaza

Opinion

Open letter from local Jewish Voices condemns Zionist ‘colonisation’ project

February 17, 2025

Opinion

A broken body and mind, but not a shattered spirit

Sri Krishnamurthi -

February 25, 2020

The Pacific stupor/amnesia

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Canberra must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 20, 2022

The bombed Rainbow Warrior next morning

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The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end...

July 3, 2025

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti

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NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald

Pacific Media Watch -

November 14, 2024

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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

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...

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

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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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Iran's head coach Amir Ghalenoei

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At the World Cup, the Western media has set up a...

Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

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Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

"For Israeli diplomacy, the enemy is never merely the armed adversary"

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Monsters playing victims – how Israel’s Danny Danon twists his war...

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

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Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

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Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

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John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

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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

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New US Ambassador Jared Novelly to NZ

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Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

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Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

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John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

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