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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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RSF demands White House restores AP’s access — and let press do its job

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February 14, 2025

"Gaza isn't for sale" . . .

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How would Israel respond if Trump called for death camps in Gaza?

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s lawsuit against the public broadcaster ABC

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In the quest to appease Israel, the media undermine our basic rights

Miss Pacific Islands 2025, Litara Ieremia-Allan (left)

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‘Damage has been done’ – Miss Pacific pageant statement too late, say critics

The New Zealand government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic

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Will New Zealand ‘invade’ the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously

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Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free...

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February 13, 2025

Trump speaks of transforming Gaza into a magnificent "Riviera of the Middle East"

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Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism

February 11, 2025

The Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem is full with shoppers

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Israeli police cite children’s ‘colouring book’ for Palestinian bookshop raid

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February 11, 2025

Marshall Islands Journal editor and founder of the Pacific Media Institute Giff Johnson

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Trump’s USAID freeze ‘undermines relationships in Pacific’, says editor

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February 10, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Cook Islands crisis: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the...

February 10, 2025

Al Jazeera's senior political analyst Marwan Bishara

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Analyst condemn’s Netanyahu’s ‘crocodile tears’ over captives as ‘beyond absurd’

February 10, 2025

TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati

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Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

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February 9, 2025

The USAID controversy featured on New Zealand's 1News tonight

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Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws independent journalism into chaos

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February 8, 2025

"Australia-owned Pacific telco likely exploited by private spies"

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‘Journalism has become a blood sport. It is harder and harder...

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February 8, 2025

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How the Palestine Authority and Israel are allies in silencing the...

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February 3, 2025

Protesters against Israeli genocide in Nelson today

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‘Ignore Trump’s bully’ and take stand over genocide, PSNA tells Peters

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February 2, 2025

Kiribati MP Ruth Cross Kwansing

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat

January 31, 2025

Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar

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‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’...

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January 30, 2025

"All power belongs to the PNG people"

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PNG media policy ‘new era journalism’ draft law ready, says Masiu

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January 28, 2025

The Electronic Intifada

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The Electronic Intifada: Bringing Israeli genocide perpetrators to justice

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January 28, 2025

President Donald Trump

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Trump’s ‘free speech’ vision comes at expense of press freedom

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January 27, 2025

Vanuatu Daily Post journalist Doddy Morris

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Ni-Vanuatu journalist Doddy Morris balances grief and duty in the aftermath...

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January 26, 2025

Tax and contempt

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News Corp lies to Australian Parliament in lobbying putsch to change...

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January 26, 2025

An aerial shot of the new 2024 RNZ Pacific transmitter

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RNZ Pacific – 35 years of broadcasting trusted news to the...

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January 25, 2025

Al Jazeera journalist Muhammad al-Atrash

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Al Jazeera says correspondent’s arrest latest bid to gag Jenin coverage

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January 24, 2025

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

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Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear

January 23, 2025

Pride Marianas founder Roberto Santos

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Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives

January 23, 2025

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

Analysis

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

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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

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

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Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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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.

Pacific Media Watch

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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Israel has repeatedly violated the ceasefire deal

Asia Report

Hamas report to mediators accuses Israel of pervasive Gaza ceasefire violations

Asia Report

Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US...

The Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem is full with shoppers

Pacific Media Watch

Israeli police cite children’s ‘colouring book’ for Palestinian bookshop raid

Trump speaks of transforming Gaza into a magnificent "Riviera of the Middle East"

Pacific Media Watch

Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism

EDITOR'S PICKS

Kanak flags flying high at a pro-independence rally in Nouméa

Decolonisation

France’s top diplomat confirms ‘unfreezing’ of New Caledonia’s electoral roll back...

"Gaza isn't for sale" . . .

Pacific Media Watch

How would Israel respond if Trump called for death camps in...

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s lawsuit against the public broadcaster ABC

Pacific Media Watch

In the quest to appease Israel, the media undermine our basic...

The New Zealand government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic

Pacific Media Watch

Will New Zealand ‘invade’ the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Kanak flags flying high at a pro-independence rally in Nouméa

Decolonisation

France’s top diplomat confirms ‘unfreezing’ of New Caledonia’s electoral roll back...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Pacific Media Watch

RSF demands White House restores AP’s access — and let press...

Journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s lawsuit against the public broadcaster ABC

Pacific Media Watch

In the quest to appease Israel, the media undermine our basic...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China

Asia Report

China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...