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Jeremy Agar (right) and Murray Horton in Crusaders/Canterbury supporters regalia

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CAFCA stalwart and prolific reviewer Jeremy Agar dies

December 13, 2022

Carlos Latuff on the US-Israel dual attacks on Iran

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Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of impunity

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Why is NZ turning its back on human rights abuses in West Papua?

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West Papua: Five urgent issues for Indonesia’s president to address

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The presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy challenge ahead

Vanuatu PM Ishmael Kalsakau

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Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM

June 7, 2023

University of the South Pacific

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Top global accolades for USP, the ‘captain’ and Pacific regionalism

September 11, 2021

A Sydney protest against the US-Israeli war on Iran

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Epstein cabal play games with human lives in Iran while grasping...

March 26, 2026

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With a mandate to govern NZ alone, Labour must now decide...

October 21, 2020

Rongelap MP Hilton Kendall speaking at the welcoming ceremony for the Rainbow Warrior in Majuro

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Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history

March 15, 2025

Gaza devastation as the result of the relentless Israeli bombardment

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Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from...

November 24, 2023

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Chris Trotter: Catastrophic loss of trust over Canberra’s Manus provocation

November 20, 2017

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COP21: Forum’s Meg Taylor makes Pacific video plea to world leaders

December 5, 2015

Dr Ashley Bloomfield lampooned at a conspiracy theorist rally

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Martyn Bradbury: Why these feral anti-vax conspiracy theorists seeking public office...

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August 29, 2022

Cartoon: Malc McGookin/Independent Australia

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Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under

January 29, 2025

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Benny Giay: West Papua – The journey of our nation

May 12, 2016

President Jokowi

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Why Indonesia’s planned new Papuan provinces will cause division and destruction

February 7, 2021

Part of the vandalism outside human rights activist John Minto's home

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Photos of attack on Palestine activist’s property ‘censored’ by Facebook

January 8, 2026

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Mediawatch NZ: Reporting Islam before and after 15/3

Pacific Media Watch -

March 31, 2019

Israel’s attack on Lebanon was “one of the deadliest single bombing campaigns

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‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from...

April 11, 2026

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KP Lew: It’s easy to be cynical … harder to fight...

January 31, 2016

Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest at the frontline

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John Mitchell: Blessed are the peacemakers – why this day is...

September 24, 2023

Fiji at 50 years

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Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji

October 10, 2020

Passengers at Suva Bus Terminal

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The Fiji Times: Maintaining physical distancing

June 4, 2021

201 Palestinian journalists killed in Israel's war on Gaza

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Killing of five Gaza journalists by Israel strike highlights weak NZ...

Pacific Media Watch -

December 28, 2024

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Despite Trump, 2017 should be another top year for global wind

January 19, 2017

A young girl keeps vigil besides lists of thousands of names of the more than 47,000 Palestinians killed by Israel in the war on Gaza

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Moral bankruptcy, Israel’s genocide and the betrayal of the Palestinians

February 2, 2025

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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

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

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 narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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Jacinda Ardern

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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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