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Recent aid arrangements are emblematic of the geopolitical tussle playing out in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies

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Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations still lose out

December 17, 2024

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Keith Locke: How to combat Islamophobia, white supremacy

New Zealand-Palestinian Rana Hamida on board the Hamada

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Open letters on Gaza that The Press shunned – the Handala protest

What, then, have the two sides actually agreed to

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What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire

Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu's reply to former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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‘Claims a serious matter’ – lawyer Richard Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum’s attack

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Rosa Koian: PNG is rich already, we just need to care...

June 20, 2019

Social justice and Palestine campaigner Roger Fowler

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The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute

February 25, 2026

Community members in Iowa protest against the US-Israeli war on Iran

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New Zealand ‘shameful’ over Iran stance, says Peace Movement Aotearoa

March 4, 2026

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‘I was told it was against kastom for women to be...

March 8, 2016

Evelyn Kunda at her safe house

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Paul Wolffram: Resisting sorcery violence in PNG from the ‘grasruts’

August 17, 2022

"I watched women weep for loved ones, denied the chance to mourn them"

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The murderous, absurd ‘feminism’ of the US-Israeli war on Iran

March 26, 2026

Éliane Tevahitua

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Covid-19: Politicians row over ‘out of control’ pandemic in Mā’ohi Nui

November 20, 2020

A Fiji news media conference

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Fiji Times: Fiji media freedom’s big win against ‘imperious rule’

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May 4, 2023

Papuan protesters at Papua govt office

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Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe

June 28, 2021

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Gary Juffa: People, covid is real … and dangerous. I know,...

March 7, 2021

Wellington City Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman

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Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent...

April 7, 2026

Celebrated Middle East expert and journalist Chris Hedges . . . out, replaced by a former IDF colonel now ambassador by Australia's National Press Club?

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Australia’s National Press Club blocks Hedges’ Gaza media talk, lines up...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 7, 2025

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

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

May 5, 2026

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Sylvester Gawi: Papua New Guinea, a dream of the new...

July 25, 2018

The leaked drafts are just that: drafts

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Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help...

May 27, 2022

Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, being treated for injuries

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It will take more than an Oscar to stop Israel’s West...

April 1, 2025

West Papua independence supporters in Manokwari

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A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest...

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April 17, 2024

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Elizabeth Cox: Bring back a revitalised Radio Australia to all rural...

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August 4, 2018

Kanaky for independence from France

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New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia

May 28, 2024

Camera at Malang

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Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the...

March 11, 2021

Nakba Day in Auckland this week

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Open letter challenges Zionist advert missing Gaza ‘injustices’ in Herald

May 16, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters carrying the Fiji and Tongan national flags

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War on Gaza: The US plan to revamp Palestinian Authority is...

January 21, 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

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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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Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

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After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom

Australia

Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain...

Fiji has climbed from 40th place in 2025 in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index

Democracy

Political reforms drive Fiji’s big press freedom gains, says RSF

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

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

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

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After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

Democracy

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

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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

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

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

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

Democracy

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention