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Rising Tide Newcastle coal port protest protesters on Sunday

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Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’

November 28, 2024

News outlets around the world carried reports of the Hīkoi

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Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation

John Miller's photograph of the 1975 Land March held up in the same location at the 2024 Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in Pōneke Wellington.

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Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens

A "Netanyahu wanted for child killing" placard at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland this month

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ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders ‘wake up call’ for NZ, says Minto

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in military gear

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Sanders praises arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and warns against ‘further barbarism’ over Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant

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‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC...

November 22, 2024

Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke is Aotearoa’s youngest MP since 1853 and is seen as representing the "kohanga reo" generation of young Māori

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NZ’s leading newspaper defends young MP’s Parliament ‘shining light’ haka

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November 21, 2024

Police estimate 42,000 people participated in the Wellington leg of the hīkoi

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Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national...

November 20, 2024

HĪkoi at outside the parliamentary Beehive today

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Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches...

November 19, 2024

Arwa Damon, founder of the medical nonprofit INARA, speaks from Deir al-Balah in Gaza

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‘It’s a complete and total nightmare’ – aid worker speaks about...

November 18, 2024

Fijian newsrooms are embracing the digital shift

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Fiji’s mainstream media fight for survival in social media era

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November 18, 2024

Professor Mohamad Elmasry

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Western media ‘parrots Israeli propaganda’ over Gaza, says analyst

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November 16, 2024

ACT leader David Seymour and former prime minister Jenny Shipley

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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley

November 16, 2024

Media company NZME proposes to close 14 of its community newspapers

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Call for expanded Local Democracy Reporting scheme as NZME plans to...

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November 15, 2024

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti

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NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald

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November 14, 2024

Maipi-Clarke beginning the Ka Mate haka

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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP evicted...

November 14, 2024

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide

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Hundreds of Israel lobbyists ‘writing America’s news’, reveals new probe

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November 14, 2024

Thousands of people have streamed across the Auckland Harbour Bridge

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Hīkoi day three: Thousands of protesters walk across Auckland Harbour Bridge

November 13, 2024

Rainbow Warrior crew help Rongelap islanders

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The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – Rongelap podcast series

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November 13, 2024

Te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti Day 2

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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti sets off from Whangārei on day two

November 12, 2024

New Zealand investigative journalist Aaron Smale

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NZ Speaker reverses journalist bar from abuse apology at Parliament

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November 11, 2024

The national hīkoi against the controversial Treaty Principles Bill begins

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Meeting with Seymour ‘pointless’, say protest hīkoi organisers

November 11, 2024

Palestine supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand protesting against the genocide and calling for an immediate ceasefire

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‘Catastrophic’ ethnic cleansing amid north Gaza news void, says global media...

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November 10, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump

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US elections featuring ‘racism, sexism’ pose challenges for Global South

November 9, 2024

Activist author Maire Leadbeater

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Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’

November 9, 2024

Author and columnist Fatima Bhutto

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Kamala Harris’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza ‘betrayal of true...

November 8, 2024

MAGA

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Paul Buchanan: All in all, Trump’s election is a calamity in...

November 8, 2024

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

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

Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

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King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade

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.

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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

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John Miller's photograph of the 1975 Land March held up in the same location at the 2024 Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in Pōneke Wellington.

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Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in military gear

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Sanders praises arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and warns against ‘further...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant

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‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC...

Rising Tide Newcastle coal port protest protesters on Sunday

Pacific Media Watch

Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’

EDITOR'S PICKS

Emmanuel Tjibaou speaking after his election as new president of the oro-independence Union Calédonienne party

Decolonisation

Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

John Miller's photograph of the 1975 Land March held up in the same location at the 2024 Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in Pōneke Wellington.

Pacific Media Watch

Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant

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‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC...

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

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Rising Tide Newcastle coal port protest protesters on Sunday

Pacific Media Watch

Climate protests to continue despite 170 charged in Newcastle ‘protestival’

News outlets around the world carried reports of the Hīkoi

Pacific Media Watch

Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Decolonisation

Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for...

Emmanuel Tjibaou speaking after his election as new president of the oro-independence Union Calédonienne party

Decolonisation

Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party