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AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

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Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

August 18, 2026

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

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Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

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West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says PNG foreign minister

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

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‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for Palestinians

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

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Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza? It’s the media

Journalist and sports marketing official Charlie Charters

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Fiji High Court orders release of seven devices seized from journalist...

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August 17, 2026

Israeli soldiers facing Palestinian reporters near Nablus

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West Bank: RSF condemns Israeli army over escalating violence against Palestinian...

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August 24, 2026

NSW Justice Desmond Fagan

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Segal’s speech code meets the law – Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s...

August 24, 2026

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

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Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

August 22, 2026

NSW Premier Chris Minns

Pacific Media Watch

An armed Jewish police force in Australia? Minns defies police and...

August 23, 2026

An Auckland protest against Rocket Lab's implication in the Gaza genocide earlier this year

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Palestinian Kiwis, Māori doctor file claim against NZ govt over Gaza...

August 12, 2026

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

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Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

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August 13, 2026

A "I love China" cartoon on today's China Daily website

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China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach

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August 24, 2026

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

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Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

August 17, 2026

BlackRock spy satellites protest

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Palestine protesters told they are ‘rainbow people’ of hope after 150...

August 16, 2026

Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

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‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

August 8, 2026

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

August 13, 2026

KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo

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KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary

August 5, 2026

The New Arab's report in Arabic with a photograph of a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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New Zealand faces lawsuit over technology use during Gaza war

August 13, 2026

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Fiji’s Palestine solidarity group queries ‘unprecedented’ security for Israeli embassy

August 16, 2026

Lawyer Juleen Fatiaki, counsel for Charlie Charters

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Fiji judge orders motion seeking return of journalists’ e-devices seized by...

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August 14, 2026

Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome

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‘Deranged behaviour’ – Marco Rubio slammed for US sanctions on ICC...

August 19, 2026

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RSF brands Maria Ressa’s conviction as ‘masquerade’ amid global criticism

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June 17, 2020

Regionalism and consensus are the best safeguards

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Foreign espionage increasing in Pacific, says NZ’s spy agency

August 16, 2026

The Free Palestine Party

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Free Palestine Party becomes latest political party in Aotearoa

August 10, 2026

American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

August 1, 2026

This article will not only be about counting ships

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Strait of Hormuz: It’s not just the numbers – it’s the...

August 15, 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"

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

Pacific Media Watch

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

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

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...

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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

NSW Premier Chris Minns

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An armed Jewish police force in Australia? Minns defies police and...

A "I love China" cartoon on today's China Daily website

Pacific Media Watch

China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach

Reports from West Papua say parts of the highlands region have been blanketed by snow and ice in recent days

Asia Report

Snowfall in West Papua, while severe drought hits other parts of...

RNZ's Morning Report

Pacific Media Watch

RNZ tops trust survey, lifts radio and digital audiences

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

Analysis

Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

Decolonisation

‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...

A bushfire comes close to a residential area in Hohola, Port Moresby

Climate

PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño

A "I love China" cartoon on today's China Daily website

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China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach

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 Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

Analysis

Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

Decolonisation

‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...

A bushfire comes close to a residential area in Hohola, Port Moresby

Climate

PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño

A "I love China" cartoon on today's China Daily website

Pacific Media Watch

China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach