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Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global activists’ freedom from Israel

May 20, 2026

An Auckland Writers' Festival vigil with Marika (left) and Kathy

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Palestine on patrol – how a flag-dress caused a writers’ stir for justice

Israeli embassy controversy in Wellington

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Solve ‘genocide embassy’ issue – expel Israeli ambassador, says PSNA

Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast

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West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

"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."

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

Israeli military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

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Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

May 19, 2026

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

May 13, 2026

Israeli military intervene in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea to seize the Global Sumud Fleet

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Irish president’s sister, 2 Kiwis among Gaza flotilla activists detained by...

May 19, 2026

Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen

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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla...

May 9, 2026

$"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades$

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Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they...

May 23, 2026

Mousa Taher on board Ksar Sabadad

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87+ Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel now on hunger...

May 21, 2026

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives

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Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...

May 21, 2026

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

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‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

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May 23, 2026

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

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Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

May 21, 2026

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Israel is ‘doing a Ukraine’ in Lebanon but world stays silent,...

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May 21, 2026

Spanish MEP Irene Montero

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Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

May 21, 2026

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

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May 5, 2026

"The message is clear to every current or aspiring Republican politician: Be a toady to Trump, or you’re out."

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Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?

May 20, 2026

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

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Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

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May 13, 2026

Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara

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‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

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May 8, 2026

Israeli soldiers board a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla vessel and hold the crew at gunpoint

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Greenpeace calls on global govts to ensure safety of Gaza flotilla...

May 19, 2026

A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home

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Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

May 23, 2026

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

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Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

May 14, 2026

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

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Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

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May 15, 2026

Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and internal displacement of West Papuans

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Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw

March 21, 2026

Grubsheet blog 200920

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Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’...

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September 20, 2020

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi

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NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says...

May 6, 2026

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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"

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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

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

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

Analysis

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"

Analysis

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

Pacific Media Watch

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

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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.

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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

POPULAR POSTS

New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections

Decolonisation

French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."

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Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

Israeli soldiers board a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla vessel and hold the crew at gunpoint

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Greenpeace calls on global govts to ensure safety of Gaza flotilla...

Israeli military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

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Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

EDITOR'S PICKS

"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."

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Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies

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Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home

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Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu

Crime

Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

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

"The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."

Pacific Media Watch

Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations

A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home

Pacific Media Watch

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu

Crime

Chambers backs Pacific police leaders confronting corruption challenges amid drug trade...

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

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‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture