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Nikunj Soni: Vanuatu airport – flying into the abyss?

February 8, 2016

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

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Behind the tears for Shireen, more evidence of Israel’s daily crimes with impunity

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

One of many newspaper headlines about New Zealand's low local election turnout

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Mediawatch: Coverage vital for NZ’s democracy but fact-checking in short supply

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Christchurch attacks a stark warning of toxic politics that enables hate

Destabilised uranium enrichment centrifuges at Natanz, and possibly the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, could cause them to vibrate and spin uncontrollably

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Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran

June 20, 2025

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Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 25, 2018

Prominent Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu

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Amnesty, Civicus condemn Fiji spelling mistake contempt lawsuit as ‘violation’

Pacific Media Watch -

August 10, 2022

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

The Sydney Harbour Bridge "March for Humanity" on 3 August 2025

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Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t

January 12, 2026

Independent writer Eugene Doyle

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Eugene Doyle: Writing in the time of the Gaza genocide

June 2, 2025

The ratified defence agreement between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia

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Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the...

March 11, 2024

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Ben Bohane: A tribute to the ‘grand old man’ of the...

November 16, 2018

Labor's Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese

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Dan McGarry: A new day in the Pacific – but will...

May 23, 2022

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Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ

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September 1, 2020

"Isn’t it time we woke from our deep slumber?"

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Is genocide the new normal? Could Israel and the US destroy...

June 15, 2025

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

Front page report in the Post-Courier 120122

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

Pacific Media Watch -

January 13, 2022

Curse of Gold

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Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

March 10, 2026

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

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Solomon Islands: The painful reality – my day on the road...

November 28, 2021

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How to move beyond simplistic debates that demonise Islam

March 22, 2019

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COP21: ‘We don’t want to die in silence’ – indigenous people...

December 8, 2015

A Palestinian response to Israel's genocidal war on Gaza

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John Minto: Why New Zealand should not designate Hamas a terrorist...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 28, 2024

Jacinda Ardern and Christopher Luxon

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Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics

April 18, 2022

"Bloodied but as yet unbowed, Iran knows it can rise like the Phoenix"

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Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We...

April 5, 2026

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Typhoon Usman and nightmarish Christmas holiday times in Bicol

January 25, 2019

"Journalists must use their imagination to exercise empathy in reporting.

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Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral...

March 17, 2026

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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

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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

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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)

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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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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God

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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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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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Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

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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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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel