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Shailendra Singh: How hypocritical leaders try to divide and rule media

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May 3, 2016

Kabul Airport suicide bombing wounded

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Who speaks for Afghans? Climate realities with the Taliban takeover

Author May Pik

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May Pik: Waking up from a Zionist nightmare, let’s carry the spirit of Sumud

Defence analyst Paul Buchanan

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Where will NZ stand in rising tensions between China and other allies?

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 national interest

Stéphane Hessel was a leading member of the French Resistance

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Palestine Action – terrorists or the real heroes of our time?

July 18, 2025

"The genocide didn't stop"

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The world cannot ignore Trump’s death threat to my people of...

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March 8, 2025

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Mysterious Australian businessman swoops on Bougainville’s minerals

February 1, 2019

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West Papua – ‘a nation in waiting’: Behind this week’s uprising

May 4, 2016

US President Trump holds a meeting in the Situation Room at the White House

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Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only...

March 12, 2026

West Papua protest against violence

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

February 13, 2023

Australia's The Voice vote . . . passionate supporters for both the "yes" and "no" camps

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‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous Voice – a devastating wake-up call for...

October 17, 2023

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

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March 12, 2026

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West Papua: Sad plight of the Nduga internally displaced children

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January 21, 2020

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Andreas Harsono: Jakarta punishes journalists – leaves them in limbo

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February 1, 2020

Australian journalist, editor and manager Bob Howarth in Timorese ceremonial dress in Dili

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‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob...

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November 25, 2025

A Wellington protest against Putin

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How will NZ’s law targeting sanctions against Russia work – and...

March 9, 2022

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Rights groups condemn ‘cowardly censorship’ bid over Al Jazeera

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June 24, 2017

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Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships,...

December 12, 2018

Mousa Taher

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Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

May 31, 2026

NFIP three generations

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Nine takeaways from the Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter solidarity rally in...

July 22, 2021

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EMTV suspends senior journalist Scott Waide over NZ Maserati news story

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November 25, 2018

Front page report in the Post-Courier 120122

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

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January 13, 2022

Veteran Tahitian independence leader Oscar Temaru with his wife Marie at the UN

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France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia

October 5, 2023

Israel accepts the ceasefire

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Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli...

June 24, 2025

"It is hard to argue with the conclusion genocide is happening"

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New Zealand’s foreign policy stance on Palestine lacks transparency

June 8, 2025

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Martha Louis: We need to to do our bit in helping...

March 27, 2018

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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

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

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Laurie Humuni, general secretary of the Oceanian Democratic Rally (RDO)

Elections

Pro-French, pro-independence blocs remain in New Caledonia election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for...

Mainstream media priorities in Australia when the UN report on targeted children was released

Asia Report

Australian media ignores UN report on Israeli deliberate killing of children

Pascal Sawa, head of the UC-FLNKS list in the Northern province, welcomes the results in the municipality of Houaïlou

Asia Report

Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections

EDITOR'S PICKS

This latest UN report is significant because it focuses specifically on children

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A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

Fans bid farewell to the Iranian team’s players outside their hotel in Tijuana, Mexico

Analysis

Iran’s heartbroken Team Melli exit World Cup amid silver lining of...

Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai (left)

Democracy

Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut

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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

This latest UN report is significant because it focuses specifically on children

Opinion

A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

Fans bid farewell to the Iranian team’s players outside their hotel in Tijuana, Mexico

Analysis

Iran’s heartbroken Team Melli exit World Cup amid silver lining of...

Pascal Sawa, head of the UC-FLNKS list in the Northern province, welcomes the results in the municipality of Houaïlou

Asia Report

Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections