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Dreaver ‘thrilled’ to report in Fiji again

October 20, 2016

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 ships’ vote and that’s for Iran

Outbrain propaganda

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How Israeli propaganda filters into NZ media – drop it, says Mediawatch

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Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’ – freed on bail

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine

Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh

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Israel passes extreme death penalty law targeting only Palestinians

March 31, 2026

Fiji Media Association secretary Stanley Simpson

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Fiji media welcomes credible news services, but not ‘pop-up propagandists’, says...

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May 6, 2025

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OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’

September 15, 2023

Police raid ABC

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MEAA blasts ‘disturbing assaults’ on press freedom after new ABC raid

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June 5, 2019

"Press freedom in New Caledonia"

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New Caledonia’s women sit-in to support smeared Kanak journalist

May 4, 2024

Pacific Journalism Review celebrates 30 years of publishing

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Amid decline in mainstream media trust, Pacific Journalism Review remains a...

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July 11, 2024

Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani

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US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...

April 3, 2026

Mousa Taher

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Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

May 31, 2026

First responders carry the bodies of several children

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The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’...

August 14, 2025

University of the South Pacific Union president Reuben Colata and Professor Biman Prasad

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USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not...

November 28, 2023

"Either the Iran death toll is massively inflated, or the Gaza death toll is a massive underestimate

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Jonathan Cook: BBC pushes the case for an illegal war on...

January 31, 2026

Dr Joan Donovan speaking to media executives and editors

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Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’

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June 18, 2023

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

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier

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Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law

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October 6, 2022

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‘Economic headwinds’ force Newshub shutdown, media jobs cut in NZ

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April 10, 2024

Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba

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Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

August 9, 2026

Fiji police talk to a Palestine protest organiser, Fiji Women's Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali

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Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting...

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June 2, 2026

President Joe Biden

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UN to vote over reviving Palestine’s bid for membership as Biden...

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May 10, 2024

Kanak roadblocks on the highway to Nouméa's La Tontouta International Airport

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RSF calls on French authorities to guarantee journalist safety in Kanaky...

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May 22, 2024

The Biden administration’s dramatic escalation in Yemen

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Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into...

January 13, 2024

One of the 15 online articles that have been the subject of RNZ's audit

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RNZ investigating series of ‘Kremlin-friendly’ story edits in audit

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June 11, 2023

A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Selective Justice is Injustice"

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How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

November 28, 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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

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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

A banner at the Auckland "global day of action" march calling on the New Zealand government to sanction Israel

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Aotearoa marches, vigils kick-off ‘global day of action’ for Palestine with...

Fiji teachers union leader Paula Manumanunitoga

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Fijian Teachers Association head’s threat to ‘roast’ critics in earth ovens...

The Global March for Palestine in Auckland

Asia Report

What is happening to Palestine is the tip of the spear...

Writer Nick Bollinger speaking at the Roger Fowler whānau's book launch

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A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival...

EDITOR'S PICKS

No adversary has damaged Western civilisation as profoundly as Israel

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Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

Candidates Alani Fisher Taione, Lemauga Lydia Sosene, and Vicky Hau

Civil Society

Māngere voters left ‘wanting more’ as local candidates pitch for support

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia

Masked Kumul 23 elite police tactical force members

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Eight dead in September violence at Papua New Guinea’s troubled Porgera

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

No adversary has damaged Western civilisation as profoundly as Israel

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Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia

UNGA adopts the political declaration on pandemic prevention

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‘Humiliating’ – former PM Helen Clark slams NZ abstention on United...

Masked Kumul 23 elite police tactical force members

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Eight dead in September violence at Papua New Guinea’s troubled Porgera