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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

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IFJ condemns Solomons threat to ban ‘disrespectful’ foreign journalists on China

August 26, 2022

The International Court of Justice will today begin hearing oral arguments in the case filed by South Africa, invoking the Genocide Convention in the context of Israel’s ongoing military assault on Gaza

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This genocide is being live-streamed. We can’t say we didn’t know

Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders' summit participants and journalists attend the closing ceremony in Port Vila

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IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist

Israel is Washington’s most favoured client state

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Jonathan Cook: Does the tail wag the dog? How both sides are missing the bigger picture

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Indonesian police arrest Papuan activists for ‘treason’

The Gaza Media Office calls on the international community to pressure Israel to stop the genocide

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Media analyst slams Israeli killing of five Gaza journalists – calls...

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August 26, 2025

Dili, Timor-Leste

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Church demands Timor-Leste faithful accept defrocking of accused priest

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January 30, 2021

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Asia-Pacific journalists plan strategy for gender-based violence reporting

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February 8, 2019

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

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Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis

February 26, 2026

"Our keffiyeh is part of our national dress."

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New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or...

April 14, 2025

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

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Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

May 29, 2026

Veteran Tahitian pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru

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Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case

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May 25, 2023

Photojournalist Doaa al Baz working in Gaza

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One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says...

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October 12, 2024

Fiji Sun headline 22032022

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History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’

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March 22, 2022

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

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Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

March 12, 2026

AAP product director Steve Jancetic and, international development lead, Delia Obst

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Daily Post journalists boost global reporting skills with AAP training

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August 7, 2024

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More female Pacific and Māori youth needed for techno future, says...

June 13, 2016

A "No Iran War" placard as protests across Iran and around the world condemn Israeli and US aggression

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Illegal US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities came in spite of...

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June 22, 2025

MediaWorks

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Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster

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September 7, 2020

Communications Fiji Ltd (CFL) chair William Parkinson

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Repeal Fiji’s media law and start with ‘clean slate’, says CFL...

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March 24, 2023

Manokwari police convoy

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ULMWP accuses Indonesia of ‘ethnic cleansing’, aggression against Papuans

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January 21, 2021

Rappler's Maria Ressa 150621

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Lawyer Clooney welcomes dismissal of second libel suit against Maria Ressa

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June 15, 2021

Fiji Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua

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Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers

April 17, 2025

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Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support...

July 13, 2019

Counterspin Media visits Peka Peka

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Ian Powell: Sociopaths, psychopaths, the far-right and Jacinda Ardern

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January 25, 2023

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

PNG government agencies responsible for communications and ICT

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PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny...

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March 25, 2025

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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

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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

Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)

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Tonga ratifies nuclear test ban treaty amid China missile debacle

RIMPAC 2026

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RIMPAC 2026: Part 1 – World’s biggest naval games a dress...

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

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Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Deir el Balah in 2024

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What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege

French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

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Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

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Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...

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

Deir el Balah in 2024

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What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege

French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

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Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

Ex-coup convict George Speight

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Former coup leader re-enters Fiji political debate with challenge to immunity...

Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president