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John Roughan on covid

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Rod Jackson: Why New Zealand’s response to the covid pandemic was proportionate

April 22, 2022

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Time for US, Australia to change policy on West Papua or risk major setback

Papuan supporters of Governor Lukas Enembe protest against efforts by Indonesian authorities to "criminalise" him

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Papuan protesters warn Jakarta – ‘don’t criminalise’ Governor Enembe

While Australia's Palestine Action Group plans protests against the visit of the Israeli President Isaac Herzog

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Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia

Guess which attack, according to our media, threatens world peace?

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Palestine double standards: Ten lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Leaked messages from a WhatsApp group called "Lawyers for Israel"

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Cancelling the journalist: Furore over ABC’s coverage of Israel war on...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 20, 2024

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How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious

March 29, 2020

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Time for Xanana Gusmao to step up and fix Timor-Leste’s problems

May 26, 2018

Timor-Leste indpendence

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East Timor-style referendum possible for Papua, says Jakarta Post editor

Pacific Media Watch -

August 27, 2019

Anzac Day . . . that spirit of humanitarianism

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New lessons about old wars: keeping the complex Anzac Day story...

April 25, 2023

US Vice-President Kamala Harris

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Donald Trump ‘unfit to lead’ – vote for Harris, warns New...

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November 5, 2024

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Why we may have lost battle against China’s coronavirus

January 29, 2020

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Twelve Nobel Prize winners, a Beatle, and the Pope can’t all...

February 25, 2016

Marape and Wong EMTV

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Drama and panic as PNG government blunders through first Covid-19 crisis

Pacific Media Watch -

March 19, 2020

In the Eye of the Storm

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

March 19, 2021

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region

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I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...

June 15, 2023

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Hostile climates and journalism challenges

January 6, 2016

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Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers

Pacific Media Watch -

June 7, 2019

Scott Waide

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Scott Waide: Memo to our younger people – go out to...

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October 8, 2021

Charlotte Bellis at Kabul International Airport

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‘I’ll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can,’ says reporter...

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September 1, 2021

PNG Parliament

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Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our...

March 14, 2020

These dramatic changes that have been foisted upon the country’s public square have been central to a broad campaign that the Zionist lobby

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Federal government’s crackdown on free speech affects all Australians

January 23, 2026

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

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Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear

January 23, 2025

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

July 25, 2018

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...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 16, 2025

Need work

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Bryan Bruce: Unemployment isn’t working – we need universal job creation

August 20, 2020

Fiji Attorney-General v Richard Naidu

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Graham Davis: Scandalous or ridiculous? The timing of a Fiji political...

July 1, 2022

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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

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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"

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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Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

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

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

Asia Report

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

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...

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Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

Opinion

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

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

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

Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

Democracy

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

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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

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

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 journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

Democracy

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...