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Donald Trump's abduction of Nicolás Maduro will make the world less safe

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Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnap of Maduro was very wrong

January 6, 2026

"War is stupid" . . . a message from three generations of New Zealand peace protesters

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Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective

Timor-Leste indpendence

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

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Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua

The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran

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Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law

Disaster news coverage

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Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm

Pacific Media Watch -

February 16, 2023

Dramatic increases in food prices always mean there is a famine, even though not every famine is accompanied by rising food costs

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Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real – and...

August 6, 2025

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Devendran Kumaran: USP – the case of a diminishing novel corona

June 16, 2020

Maria Ressa

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#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos

May 3, 2021

The Media Council of PNG working with Transparency International PNG in 2021.

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New PNG media policy will lead to government control of news...

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February 20, 2023

Tino Rangatiratanga flag

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Dominic O’Sullivan: The role of Te Tiriti in boosting local government

October 15, 2022

West Papua protest against violence

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Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua...

February 13, 2023

Voters in New Zealand's last election “were not sensitised to policy changes

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Eugene Doyle: Helen Clark on why AUKUS isn’t in New Zealand’s...

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April 19, 2024

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Indonesian president’s belated call for tolerance leaves minorities at risk

August 18, 2018

West Papuan support for the Melanesian Spearhead Group

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MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for...

August 26, 2023

Samoan Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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RNZ Saturday Morning: How will the Samoan constitutional crisis end?

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May 29, 2021

The Daily Blog publisher Martyn Bradbury & a nespaper

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Martyn Bradbury’s 17 editorial ‘no go’ zones for the NZ media

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January 5, 2023

Martial Law

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Crispin C. Maslog: Martial law amnesia – we didn’t teach history...

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April 23, 2016

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Walden Bello: When we defied China over the Spratlys

April 17, 2017

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Mereoni Chung: Through social media, Fiji’s youth challenge the political elite

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September 21, 2016

Fire and Fury screenshot

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A NZ media conundrum over how to cover the ‘dangerous’ conspiracists

Pacific Media Watch -

August 21, 2022

Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust

Opinion

Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

February 3, 2026

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Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say...

November 13, 2020

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Pillagers of the Pacific – tuna fishing out of control

Pacific Media Centre -

August 4, 2015

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Shailendra Singh: How journalists can walk the Pacific climate change talk

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October 18, 2017

Inside PNG opinion - PNG Parliament Haus

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Inside PNG: Media must be watchdog not government-controlled

Pacific Media Watch -

February 23, 2023

A Jewish Voice for Peace rally

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Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire...

March 28, 2024

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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

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

POPULAR POSTS

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

Israeli soldiers board a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla vessel and hold the crew at gunpoint

Asia Report

Greenpeace calls on global govts to ensure safety of Gaza flotilla...

Papua's Tom Beanal

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Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

New Caledonia’s special electoral card for Congress and provincial elections

Decolonisation

French Senate endorses change to New Caledonia’s ‘frozen’ electoral roll

EDITOR'S PICKS

$"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades$

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Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

Analysis

Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

Spanish MEP Irene Montero

Asia Report

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

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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

$"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades$

Opinion

Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

Analysis

Israel’s $700m Hasbara fiasco – how Ben-Gvir’s flotilla abuse video stirred...

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

Spanish MEP Irene Montero

Asia Report

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...