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A bouquet for the Gaza ceasefire in Auckland's Te Komititanga square today

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Gaza genocide protesters welcome ceasefire but will fight on for justice

January 18, 2025

Australia's The Voice vote . . . passionate supporters for both the "yes" and "no" camps

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‘No’ to Australia’s indigenous Voice – a devastating wake-up call for resistance to colonialism

2019 federal election cartoon

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Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 election shows media regulation needs

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Mobile era Pacific Media Centre website upgrade ready to go live

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 waters

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka stands by anti-corruption body after arrest of critic

February 24, 2026

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Samoa’s Ombudsman on complaints over Observer story

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June 27, 2016

"Housing is a human right"

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John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial...

September 9, 2022

Donald Trump's abduction of Nicolás Maduro will make the world less safe

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Six reasons why Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnap of Maduro...

January 6, 2026

The Koi Tū 2024 media report

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New Koi Tū future report calls for overhaul of outdated NZ...

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May 1, 2024

PNG torture

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The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy

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June 27, 2020

News conference in Fiji

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The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power...

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September 27, 2021

Mai TV's Stanley Simpson

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Fiji media’s Stan Simpson blasts ‘hypocrites’ in social media clash...

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May 8, 2025

Recent Indonesian military images showing torture of indigenous Papuans

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Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over...

April 1, 2024

Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka

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Fiji’s draconian media law to be repealed for ‘free society’, says...

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January 2, 2023

Police and protestors clash at the conclusion of the 2022 occupation at NZ's Parliament grounds

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RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an...

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March 2, 2023

Peter Greste AJF

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AJF’s Peter Greste presses for media freedom act to protect journalists

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July 15, 2021

"News organisations don't often end up in court for [defamation], but when they do it's big news."

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Mediawatch: Talley’s vs TVNZ in defamation confrontation

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October 27, 2025

Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra

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The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

April 1, 2026

The rise in drug trafficking through Fiji is just one part of a booming trans-Pacific trade

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Fall of a Fijian trafficker exposes previous government’s blind eye to...

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October 20, 2023

Pacific Media Centre ... still in limbo

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Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air

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May 18, 2021

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RSF condemns journalist assaults as Hong Kong violence escalates

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August 14, 2019

Ghost demonstrators

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Myanmar’s junta plans draconian cyber-security law to stifle dissent

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February 12, 2021

Critics say the lack of transparency, including unclear numbers, roles, and oversight, is troubling, especially while international courts are examining serious allegations linked to the conflict. Image: OnePath Network

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600 Australians, 50 Kiwis fighting for Israeli military during Gaza genocide

February 16, 2026

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa takes a selfie

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Nobel Peace laureates slam ‘Damocles’ sword’ threat to press freedom

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December 10, 2021

The NZ Council of Trade Unions' controversial front page advocacy ad in The New Zealand Herald

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NZ election 2023: Political advocacy angst as campaign begins – officially

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September 10, 2023

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‘Don’t be afraid’ – give Bougainville, West Papua freedom, says Parkop

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February 1, 2019

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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

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...

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

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...

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...

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...

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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

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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."

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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

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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...

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

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