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Associate law professor Maryam Jamshidi

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Who is breaking international law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s not Iran, says scholar

April 21, 2026

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Joanne Wallis: Australia needs to sing from same song sheet as Pacific

Italy pandemic

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Confusion behind PNG’s first Covid-19 case – flawed state communications

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Colin Peacock: New era heralded in broadcasting – or more of the same?

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Journalists need voluntary certification to ‘build trust’ in media, says AJF

Part of the crowd paying tribute to the Gazan journalists who have been awarded the 2024 Guillermo Cano Media Freedom Award

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Media freedom award for the Gaza journalists who have paid a...

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May 5, 2024

Missing NZ-British aid worker Andrew Bagshaw

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NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine – the tragedy of...

January 16, 2023

So now this modern American Nero struggles to convince us that he "won"

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How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit...

April 8, 2026

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Keith Jackson on Turnbull in PNG — media snubs, refugee jitters...

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April 12, 2017

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

November 20, 2017

Save Papuan journalists

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Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed

July 22, 2019

Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif, one of the five journalists and media people killed by Israel

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Why Israel’s assassination of Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and crew threatens...

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August 11, 2025

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

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February 11, 2020

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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Dan McGarry: Silence in the face of Florence’s bravery an indictment

September 5, 2016

"His favourite merchant." - Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists

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September 3, 2025

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Bryan Kramer: One year in – why so quiet about corruption...

September 17, 2020

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Sano Malifa: Criminal libel and PM Tuilaepa’s ‘gift’ from American Samoa

Pacific Media Watch -

January 8, 2018

Bilingual road signs in English and te reo Māori

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Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...

May 30, 2023

Foreign Policy cartoon

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Keith Locke: Covid-19 coronavirus helps us reshape NZ foreign policy

May 22, 2020

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese President Xi Jinping

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Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...

March 25, 2022

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John Minto: Barack Obama – ‘Yes, We Can’ champion of the...

March 24, 2018

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

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Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

May 29, 2026

Confusion over Fiji military role in democracy

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Sort out the uncertain Fiji military constitutional role, says professor

February 1, 2023

Fiji-born journalist Sri Krishnamurthi

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Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller...

August 7, 2023

Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed

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Gaza and the Western media – complicit in genocide

Pacific Media Watch -

January 22, 2025

Farewelling Sir Michael Somare

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Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for...

March 17, 2021

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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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Maher Nazzal

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Maher Nazzal: I walked through Palestine

FLNKS president Christian Téin

Civil Society

Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

Kanaky, Palestinian and West Papua flags flying at the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre last week during a protest against the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Suva

Civil Society

Te Kuaka advocacy group calls for NZ transparent, independent ‘Pacific foreign...

Author May Pik

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May Pik: Waking up from a Zionist nightmare, let’s carry the...

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Author May Pik

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May Pik: Waking up from a Zionist nightmare, let’s carry the...

Germany defeated in the UN Security Council vote

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Lim Tean: Why standing on the wrong side of history cost...

A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

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Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

FLNKS president Christian Téin

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Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

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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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Kanaky, Palestinian and West Papua flags flying at the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre last week during a protest against the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Suva

Civil Society

Te Kuaka advocacy group calls for NZ transparent, independent ‘Pacific foreign...

Government field officers assess the condition of communities and collapsed structures in General Santos City

Asia Report

Tsunami advisories issued in Pacific after 7.8 Philippines earthquake

Germany defeated in the UN Security Council vote

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Lim Tean: Why standing on the wrong side of history cost...

A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

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Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel