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Proof of the failure of Western media came this week with the coverage of Israel’s brazen act of piracy against a UK-flagged ship, the Madleen

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Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they have no shame

June 13, 2025

Palestinians celebrating after the announcement of a ceasefire in the 15-month Israeli war on Gaza

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Māori politicians call for ‘rapid’ aid to Gaza after ceasefire deal

The Our Action Station petition plea over NZ media coverage of the Israeli war in Palestine

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Open letter to TVNZ – stop the bias, report fairly on the Israeli war on Palestine

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Online hate speech ‘gives green light’ to religion, race attacks

Cuban Ambassador Luis Morejón Rodríguez speaks about the US fuel blockade

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Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

The Gaza ceasefire begins with three Israeli women hostages in good health being reunited with their families

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Netanyahu’s war on Hamas backfires as Gaza resistance holds strong

January 20, 2025

Every time a Fiji student misses school because the river that she crosses is flooded or at risk of flooding, that student is denied the full enjoyment of this right

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Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with...

January 6, 2026

A free press in Fiji at last

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Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks

May 4, 2023

"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"

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Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

February 8, 2026

New Zealand pro-Palestine protesters stage a rally in Te Komititanga Square

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The Gulf tollbooth that demands real recognition – Iran closes the...

July 12, 2026

Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu

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Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua

August 30, 2023

The lack of proportionality is the key

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They’re saying the attack on Iran was ‘proportional’ – here are...

June 13, 2026

Journalist David Robie talking in a live cross to ABC News in Australia from the Rainbow Warrior dawn memorial service for Fernando Pereira on the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland

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Dawn service held 40 years on from Rainbow Warrior bombing

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July 10, 2025

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

Asia Pacific RSF Index 2021

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RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific

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April 20, 2021

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

July 8, 2026

Journalist and film director Hassan Abu Dan

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‘Will I make it back alive?’: Gaza journalists tell of being...

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August 18, 2025

Associate professor Shailendra Singh

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Scrap or reform Fiji’s media law, says new elections report

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August 8, 2022

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a solidarity rally in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today

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Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not...

June 28, 2025

Brig-Gen Jone Kalouniwai

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RSF challenges Fiji over general’s ‘stifle criticism’ views on virus

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April 29, 2020

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

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How covid-19 has undermined climate change initiatives in the Pacific

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August 15, 2020

PNG's stood down Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko

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20 MPs walk out as PNG’s Tkatchenko apologises for ‘media trolls’...

June 8, 2023

Ernestina Maro and Rachael Mario in the Pacific Media Network studios

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Fun, community activism and Rotuman language on the airwaves

May 9, 2023

Ultimately Newshub's demise is a story of ruthless transnational interests

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Geopolitical reasons why Warner Bros were always going to mutilate NZ’s...

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April 12, 2024

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza...

February 7, 2026

"Friends and colleagues, with few exceptions, are in exile, dead or, in most cases, have disappeared"

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Chris Hedges: Remove curse of Gaza genocide before it becomes the...

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October 22, 2025

Tax and contempt

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News Corp lies to Australian Parliament in lobbying putsch to change...

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January 26, 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

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

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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

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

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US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

Pro-Palestine activists at a public meeting in Auckland last night planning for the New Zealand share of the Global March for Palestine

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PSNA raps NZ govt over ‘haphazard’ foreign policy and mixed messages

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

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Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

The coastline on Futuna Island in southern Vanuatu

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Two small Pacific islands creating one big stink with France over...

EDITOR'S PICKS

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

Development

France commits more financial help to struggling New Caledonia

Peace movement historian Maire Leadbeater

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Shane te Pou: Matua Pita Tipene, I wish you weren’t in...

Indonesian Embassy response on West Papua

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UN human rights commissioner visit to West Papua on track, says...

A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July

Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

Development

France commits more financial help to struggling New Caledonia

Peace movement historian Maire Leadbeater

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Shane te Pou: Matua Pita Tipene, I wish you weren’t in...

Indonesian Embassy response on West Papua

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UN human rights commissioner visit to West Papua on track, says...

A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July

Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test