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Draft PNG National Media Development Policy "flies in the face of global norms for self-regulation"

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PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest

Pacific Media Watch -

March 11, 2023

Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe in court in Jakarta

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Court rejects Papua governor Enembe’s objections but suspends proceedings over his poor health

Part of the "inclusiveness" wall at Marshall Islands High School

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Trump’s racist, corrupt agenda – like a bank robbery in broad daylight

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It’s all about trust – and why I trust Jacinda over the coronavirus action

A fragment of the 1840 Tiriti o Waitangi

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Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal

UNRWA social work teams organise activities

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Israel’s planned expulsion of UNRWA – time for UN to walk...

January 15, 2025

A child holds a medical "safe staffing" placard at the mega strike in Auckland

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NZ health minister unethical over medical ethics – ‘look in the...

October 27, 2025

A pro-Iranian protest in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, yesterday

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Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time

June 29, 2025

Every time a Fiji student misses school because the river that she crosses is flooded or at risk of flooding, that student is denied the full enjoyment of this right

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Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with...

January 6, 2026

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UN critics join global outrage over Duterte’s Rappler ‘free press’ attack

January 26, 2018

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

The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury

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Why I am willing to go to prison tomorrow for Free...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 3, 2026

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

Pacific Media Centre -

September 4, 2017

Rev Socratez Yoman

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Open letter to Jakarta – Papuan self-determination isn’t special autonomy v2

July 3, 2020

The village on Serua Island, Fiji

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Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood...

January 10, 2023

Lilo Ema Siope

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Loimata – a poignant family-to-family story of the revival of waka...

Sri Krishnamurthi -

July 22, 2020

Flashback to Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara's funeral in 2004

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How live TV technology changes have opened up remote areas of...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 8, 2025

Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul (right) and cameraman Rami al-Rifi targeted by Israel military

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Gaza killings and the death of Western journalism – why the...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 3, 2024

Part of the crowd paying tribute to the Gazan journalists who have been awarded the 2024 Guillermo Cano Media Freedom Award

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Media freedom award for the Gaza journalists who have paid a...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 5, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters picket New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)

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Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over...

April 18, 2025

A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

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Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

June 7, 2026

The Democrat voters chose Dr Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter

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El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win against tyranny a good omen for a...

August 7, 2026

Political commentator appointed The Post chief editor Matthew Hooton

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Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor

June 15, 2026

Israel's "apartheid wall" looms high above Aida refugee camp, up to nine metres tall in some places

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Cole Martin: The Gaza ceasefire isn’t the end – what six...

October 24, 2025

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden

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As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions...

March 18, 2023

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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Mediawatch: Broadcaster’s Pacific slurs on Newstalk ZB censured

Pacific Media Watch -

April 7, 2019

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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

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

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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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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

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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

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"

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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...

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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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Fijian Media Association general secretary Stanley Simpson (right) greets Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka at the 8th Pacific Media Summit in Savusavu

Cook Islands

Rabuka urges Pacific media to verify facts, warns over rise of...

Indonesia's President Prabowo speaking dressed in a keffiyeh

Asia Report

Prabowo’s tears and cries of ‘Free Palestine’ are not enough

PINA president Kalafi Moala

Crime

PINA president calls for greater protection for Pacific journalists covering crime...

A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa

Editor's Picks

Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

EDITOR'S PICKS

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape and the Solomon Islands leader Matthew Wale

Asia Report

‘Stop empty promises’ – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands leaders demand...

The Al Jazeera Media Network has repeatedly and vehemently condemned the “unfounded allegations” by the Israeli military - and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Asia Report

Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

Asia Report

‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits...

A makeshift West Papuan refugee camp in Puncak Regency after dozens of villagers were displaced from their community by armed conflict in February

Asia Report

‘They just have to get out’ – civilians pay the price...

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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

The Al Jazeera Media Network has repeatedly and vehemently condemned the “unfounded allegations” by the Israeli military - and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Asia Report

Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

Asia Report

‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits...

A makeshift West Papuan refugee camp in Puncak Regency after dozens of villagers were displaced from their community by armed conflict in February

Asia Report

‘They just have to get out’ – civilians pay the price...

Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, talks to Al Jazeera's Listening Post

Asia Report

Selling the Iran war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda