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Murray Horton: Independent foreign policy? Fine words, but not reality

December 27, 2017

James Marape

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Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him

"Trouble is brewing in the West, as people realise just how controlled their rulers are."

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12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the West over US-Israel’s ‘manifestly illegal’ war on Iran

Ma'ohi Nui's covid second wave

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Covid-19 delta pandemic a Trojan horse to extend French colonialism

TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati

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Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

"Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.

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Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral...

March 17, 2026

The Al Jazeera Six journalists

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Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide...

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November 4, 2024

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Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality

Pacific Media Watch -

June 8, 2019

Timor-Leste news

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‘We can’t keep working like this’ – a journalist’s plea to...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 26, 2020

If the US can install another puppet in Tehran as obedient as the Shah after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s refineries will once again be at the mercy of US oil companies

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Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible...

March 3, 2026

West Papua . . . Indonesia is claiming to oppose genocide in Gaza

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From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 1, 2024

Shortage of healthcare workers

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Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in...

August 1, 2022

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Kanaky independence campaign rolls on … encouraged by ballot result

November 8, 2018

A young girl keeps vigil besides lists of thousands of names of the more than 47,000 Palestinians killed by Israel in the war on Gaza

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Moral bankruptcy, Israel’s genocide and the betrayal of the Palestinians

February 2, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden at the White House

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Promoting peace and stability in the Middle East by unconditionally backing...

August 2, 2024

Christopher Luxon and 7 Days

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Nick Rockel: Why are there no rightwing comedians?

Pacific Media Watch -

July 18, 2022

PNG Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare's state funeral in 2021

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The bleak and black covid year that shook Papua New Guinea...

January 3, 2022

Dr Biman Prasad

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Biman Prasad: Is our Fiji democracy really working?

February 2, 2016

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NZ aid workers’ open letter condemns broadcaster for Pacific ‘leeches’ attack

Pacific Media Watch -

September 21, 2018

Owen Wilkes speaking at a protest at the US base at Christchurch Airport

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Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance

January 17, 2023

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Dan McGarry: Freedom of speech comes with responsibility

Pacific Media Watch -

March 18, 2016

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Alexandra Wake: In defence of journalism schools and underpinning civil society

Pacific Media Watch -

July 19, 2020

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Graham Davis: It’s our flag, not theirs – defend it, Fiji

October 13, 2020

What now for Aotearoa after Queen Elizabeth?

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From evolving colony to bicultural nation, Queen Elizabeth II walked a...

September 9, 2022

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...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 22, 2026

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier

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Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law

Pacific Media Watch -

October 6, 2022

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Naashon Zalk: Why are New Zealand’s waters so polluted?

Pacific Media Centre -

September 4, 2017

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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

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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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A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

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Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump

Analysis

Iran war almost over . . . and the end...

"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

PINA president Kalafi Moala

Asia Report

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Commissioner Virginia Bell

Australia

Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

Opinion

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year

Business

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017

Decolonisation

Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

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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

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

Opinion

Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

Commissioner Virginia Bell

Australia

Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

Video footage obtained by human rights researchers shows a crowd of angry Papuans throwing stones towards police infrastructure in Kobakma

Asia Report

West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning...

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom