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Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into Papua

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May 6, 2021

Red Crescent rescue workers recover bodies of the 15 Palestinian ambulance and first responder crews killed by Israeli forces

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The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows

Indonesian tweets in Papua

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Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda

Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte

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Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory

The bombed Rainbow Warrior next morning

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The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence

AUT vice-chancellor Professor Damon Salesa

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AUT VC Damon Salesa responds over 170 academic staff cuts

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December 7, 2022

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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

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February 14, 2025

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Samoan PM takes aim at local journalists, claims overseas media ‘in...

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November 22, 2025

Activist minister Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua brandishes the petition against the AUKUS military pact at the launch

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Nuclear-free campaigners warn against AUKUS raising Pacific tensions

July 10, 2023

Instagram posting of Dinar Candy protest

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Indonesian artist charged under ‘pornography’ law for bikini protest faces 10...

August 7, 2021

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UPNG students burn 800 newspapers in protest over political crisis

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May 7, 2016

An unknown Papuan artist's depiction of the graphic torture videos

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Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

April 12, 2024

Photographer Massoud Hossain filming in Balkh province, Afghanistan

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Kabul one year on – cat-and-mouse with the Taliban intelligence agents

August 7, 2022

Open Access

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Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar

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October 26, 2022

Sydney journalist Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory

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Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists

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August 27, 2025

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USP journo students head to Solomons for environmental reporting project

June 25, 2019

News Corp Google inquiry

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Google aren’t ‘stealing’ news content, publisher Eric Beecher tells Senate

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February 2, 2021

Southern Cross

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Pacific coronavirus: NZ’s big decision, j-schools and media closures

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April 20, 2020

CPJ's Jodie Ginsberg speaking to Al Jazeera

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CPJ condemns ban on Al Jazeera – network decries bid to...

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January 2, 2025

PNG musician Jason Suisui aka Jayrex

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Jayrex’s lawyers threaten lawsuit if PNG music ban isn’t lifted

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June 23, 2023

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How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

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March 25, 2019

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‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji, Vanuatu...

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April 6, 2020

Palestinians walk amid the rubble of a destroyed area in the Al-Ramal neighborhood in Gaza

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IPI calls for respect of journalists’ safety amid Israel-Hamas war

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October 14, 2023

Fiji - freedom of the press

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Ajay Bhai Amrit: Freedom of the press – Fiji’s ranking a...

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July 30, 2022

PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal (left) at yesterday's Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland

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NZ group slams Israeli ‘hoodwinking’ of US over nuclear strikes –...

June 22, 2025

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

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Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

May 22, 2025

Suva lawyer Richard Naidu

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Fiji judge dismisses lawyer Richard Naidu’s guilty conviction over ‘scandalising court’...

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July 21, 2023

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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

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

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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.

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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

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...

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

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

Editor's Picks

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

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...

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

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China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach