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Richard McLeod: Make our voices known against the euthanasia bill

January 31, 2018

Fiji at 50 years

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Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji

The Indonesian fishing boats reportedly seized by the PNG Defence Force

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Post-Courier: Border patrol by soldiers or navy must be taken seriously

Front page report in the Post-Courier 120122

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PNG Post-Courier: ‘Laughing stock’ sorcery issue way out of control

Biden supporter celebrations

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American columnist apologises to NZ for ‘scary’ Trump leadership

Vaccination rates must keep climbing in NZ

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NZ’s covid-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but it...

October 7, 2021

Part of the full page advertisement published by the Christchurch Star

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Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t...

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October 11, 2024

Oscar Temaru

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The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of...

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November 2, 2020

Timor-Leste news

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Effective coronavirus messages and fake news: Can we do better?

Pacific Media Watch -

March 28, 2020

The Democracy Project

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Geoffrey Miller: Tale of two summits – why Jacinda Ardern said...

June 20, 2022

Artificial intelligence

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Will AI decide one day humans are messing up the world...

May 21, 2019

Palestinians and community supporters mourn the deaths in the Gaza hospital bombing

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War on Gaza: Bombed hospital a turning point? Hegemonic security v...

October 19, 2023

USP's Laucala campus in Suva

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FijiFirst election candidates lineup – a bit light on educational credits

November 3, 2022

Free media display in WP

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Who is killing off top Pacific journalism – and why?

March 4, 2021

We in New Zealand see shapeless body bags

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Gavin Ellis: Show us the full horror of war in Ukraine

Pacific Media Watch -

April 19, 2022

Repression is a characteristic of Iranian government policy, but not the only characteristic

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Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog

March 20, 2026

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a solidarity rally in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today

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Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not...

June 28, 2025

Heta Gardiner

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A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19...

May 17, 2020

Today's front page banner headline in the PNG Post-Courier

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Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop

Pacific Media Watch -

July 7, 2022

Israeli strikes on Gaza in retaliation to the surprise Hamas attacks

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John Minto: Systemic NZ misreporting on Israeli occupation of Palestine and...

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October 8, 2023

Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity

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‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...

July 9, 2026

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Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol

January 25, 2019

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

An image generated by Kayt Davies using Dall-e AI via the question "Give me a photo of the ChatGPT's face"

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Kayt Davies: AI will take media jobs but will free up...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 3, 2023

The James Webb telescope

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Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins

December 28, 2021

Māori Television's Te Ao Māori News eyes on the Parliament occupation February 2022

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Parliament protest: What the cameras in the crowd witnessed

Pacific Media Watch -

March 9, 2022

Papamoa beach

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Selfish lockdown breaches cause headaches in Fiji, NZ

Sri Krishnamurthi -

April 13, 2020

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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

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

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...

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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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Israeli soldiers facing Palestinian reporters near Nablus

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RNZ's Morning Report

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RNZ tops trust survey, lifts radio and digital audiences

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

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The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

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New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

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Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

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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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New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap

Thai Mai Thon members delivered a protest letter to the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok

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Thai protesters picket Israeli embassy over tourist harassment

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

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Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

Analysis

Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...