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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

April 29, 2026

Opinion

New Zealand PM’s diplomatic debacle and geopolitical hypocrisy over Fiji

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Neoliberalism poisoned climate action and renewables are the antidote

"Nameless, faceless Palestinians" - a NZ newspaper editorial comment: Refaat Alareer

Opinion

Open letter: On NZ news media and ‘faceless, nameless’ Palestinians

Dr Rami Khouri

Opinion

US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power shifts

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Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters

December 9, 2016

For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy

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Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development...

November 7, 2025

Rongelap Islanders on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior travelling to their new home on Mejatto Island in 1985

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Nuclear free Pacific – back to the future, Earthwise talks to...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 20, 2025

Covid-19 and New Zealand

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Why we must not allow covid to become endemic in New...

October 13, 2021

Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

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War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream...

March 13, 2026

"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

Under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, states must take positive steps to prevent genocide. The New Zealand government appears to be failing in this obligation

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John Hobbs: New Zealand’s shameful stance on Israel

August 14, 2025

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters

Opinion

Why NZ must act against Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide

May 29, 2025

The author, Joe Hendren, stands in Martyr's Square, Beruit

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Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of...

November 21, 2024

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Baseless rumours: why talk of Chinese military base in Vanuatu misses...

April 13, 2018

Opinion

Eelco Rohling: We need to get rid of carbon in the...

April 20, 2017

Fire and Fury freeze frame

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Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists

Pacific Media Watch -

August 31, 2022

Kabul Airport suicide bombing wounded

Opinion

Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover

August 28, 2021

NZ climate action protest

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Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’

February 3, 2021

Hele Christopher-Ikimotu

Opinion

Banaba Island: The land that died so others could live

July 14, 2021

Deadly incursions by the Israeli State into Gaza and the Occupied West Bank

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New Zealand lacking principles on Israeli occupation of Palestine

August 25, 2022

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird

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East Sepik governor Allan Bird on how to ‘change the trajectory’...

March 7, 2024

Opinion

Gallery: Peace campaigners and nuclear-free advocates celebrate Peacemonger

December 16, 2022

Opinion

No Nauru election visa for SBS journalist despite presidential handshake

Pacific Media Watch -

July 10, 2016

Nelson Anjain

Opinion

Remembering Nelson Anjain: A champion for nuclear justice in the Pacific

March 3, 2021

James Marape

Opinion

Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly

January 2, 2021

Fiji police officers Corporal Gerry McGoon (on left) and PC Sevania Manulevu on foot patrol along Victoria Parade in Suva

Opinion

The Fiji Times: We need to work together in the war...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 10, 2023

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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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The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka

Business

New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

Niue's Dalton Tagelagi

Democracy

Close vote sees Niue’s Dalton Tagelagi back in as prime minister

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

Analysis

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

Activist Mike Smith

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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

Asia Report

Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

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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

Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

Asia Report

Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...