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Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos

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October 3, 2026

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

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‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US bombing of Minab, killing 120+ Iranian kids

A pro-Palestinian rally on the 156th consecutive week of protest

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Palestine solidarity protesters in NZ to kick off ‘global action’ day marking 1100 days of genocide

Palestinian journalists work with cameras, laptops and limited equipment from makeshift press areas

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Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

Pro-France New Caledonian politician Nicolas Metzdorf, a deputy in the French National Assembly

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‘We are not a French province’ – Vanuatu slams pro-France lawmaker’s ‘racist rant’

RNZ Pacific's popular AM service is back

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RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region

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September 1, 2022

PNG's Communication Minister Timothy Masiu

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PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’

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March 29, 2023

A section of the Café Pacific front page

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Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website

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May 10, 2023

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Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our...

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November 25, 2018

Fiji parliament video frame

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Video showing Fiji PM seizing opposition MP goes viral

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August 26, 2019

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AUT apologises to Australian MP over sexual harassment complaint inquiry

August 25, 2022

Media freedom in Fiji . . . media law reform a priority

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‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press...

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February 1, 2023

Pacific reggae singer Jayrex from PNG

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PNG’s censorship office bans Jayrex songs over partner abuse allegations

June 21, 2023

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TVNZ Pacific reporter released after being detained in Nauru

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September 4, 2018

Papuan protesters

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Jakarta court finds 6 activists guilty of treason for holding Papuan...

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April 25, 2020

SIBC newsroom in Honiara

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SIBC chief defends ‘free’ state media broadcaster in face of tighter...

August 11, 2022

Christchurch lawcourts

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Foreign media told to ‘obey rules’ over mosque gunman sentencing

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August 9, 2020

Digicel Tonga’s technical team working on satellite link equipment

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Covering Tonga’s volcano eruption – without communications

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February 3, 2022

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Media monopoly: Was NZME trying to pull a ‘fast one’ over...

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May 13, 2020

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‘Untouchable’ teen journalist challenges corruption at Indian rural schools

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March 9, 2016

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Iwi against Ihumātao occupation social media pages shut down

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August 2, 2019

Violence against Indonesian journalists

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AJI slams sharp rise in violence against Indonesian journalists – 84...

December 30, 2020

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

Former AG Christian Porter 210621

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Journalists are not going to stop tweeting. But should media outlets...

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June 21, 2021

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Sky Pacific clearing cyclone backlog, planning new office

May 1, 2016

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

Former Marshall Islands president Hilda Heine

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Media warned over ‘doom-laden’ climate change narrative

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July 15, 2022

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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

The shunning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Jonathan Cook: The West wants Netanyahu gone – so Palestinians can...

SCO's Nurlan Yermekbayev

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian...

Fiji Justice Minister Siromi Turaga

Culture

Jale Moala: Words matter in politics, especially at a time like...

Labour's foreign policy spokesperson Vanushi Walters

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Labour ‘will not shrink’ from moral challenges – it will recognise...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay

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A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

The Reichstag Fire 1933

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Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

Fiji teachers union leader Paula Manumanunitoga

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

Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva

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Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

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 Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay

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A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

The Reichstag Fire 1933

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Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva

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Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

The shunning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Jonathan Cook: The West wants Netanyahu gone – so Palestinians can...