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The Our Action Station petition plea over NZ media coverage of the Israeli war in Palestine

Opinion

Open letter to TVNZ – stop the bias, report fairly on the Israeli war on Palestine

September 8, 2024

Greta Thunberg cartoon

Opinion

Oil companies get caught spying on NZ children and the story sinks quickly

James Marape

Opinion

Keith Jackson: Marape’s commitment to PNG a checklist for judging him

Democracy in Fiji

Opinion

Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed democracy?

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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Marape blasts foreign media, claiming ‘fake news’ on mining conference

Peace Action cover detail

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Lessons from peace activists – and action is up to the...

March 20, 2023

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West Papua: Sad plight of the Nduga internally displaced children

Pacific Media Watch -

January 21, 2020

Propped up economy

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Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery

March 26, 2021

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

Pacific Media Watch -

October 16, 2022

Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

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War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream...

March 13, 2026

New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters march against genocide

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Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams

July 28, 2025

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

Opinion

Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

May 18, 2026

Opinion

La’o Hamutuk: Is the Tibar container port what Timor-Leste really needs?

June 19, 2016

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Evening Report’s Selwyn Manning talks to David Robie on Rainbow Warrior

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January 13, 2016

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

December 8, 2015

Freed West Papuan leader Victor Yeimo

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Release of Victor Yeimo from Indonesian prison rekindles West Papuan fight...

September 24, 2023

There is a way to support companies that have made the change towards greater gender equity

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Want to support companies that support women? Look at your investments...

March 8, 2023

Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, being treated for injuries

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It will take more than an Oscar to stop Israel’s West...

April 1, 2025

PNG torture

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The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy

Pacific Media Watch -

June 27, 2020

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

Opinion

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

March 2, 2026

Tehran mural . . . a massive Vali Asr Square image of the pro-government national protests

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Iran protests – why this upheaval is fundamentally different from 1979

January 14, 2026

Scott Waide

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Scott Waide: Memo to our younger people – go out to...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 8, 2021

Kanak independence flag

Opinion

‘Secret plots’, sovereignty and covid challenges face Pacific for New Year

January 1, 2022

Opinion

Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic

April 4, 2020

Opinion

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

Pacific Media Watch -

January 8, 2018

Russel Norman of Greenpeace Aotearoa

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Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of...

August 12, 2022

Digital platforms

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The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 20, 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

Opinion

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

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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

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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The International Court of Justice in The Hague

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Eugene Doyle: Sex crimes, Karim Khan and the West’s war on...

US President Dionald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia

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Lim Tean: What is an American signature by Trump actually worth?

Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process

Climate

The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

Israel and the US rejected the ICC legal ruling and demanded a political vote of all member states of the ICC to remove Karim Khan

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PSNA challenges Luxon to reveal NZ’s vote in ICC chief prosecutor...

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Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process

Climate

The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands

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Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port...

Lyttelton Port . . . controversial DP World-backed Tonui Consortium proposal rejected

Business

Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton...

An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed

Asia Report

Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in...

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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

Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process

Climate

The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands

Opinion

Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port...

Lyttelton Port . . . controversial DP World-backed Tonui Consortium proposal rejected

Business

Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton...

An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed

Asia Report

Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in...