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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report

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Civicus raps 8 Pacific countries for ‘not doing enough’ to protect civic rights, press freedom

Pacific Media Watch -

November 26, 2025

Decades after the nuclear tests, Pacific people still endure many consequences

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Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

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 edition

Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center

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Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’

A training session for the UN Pacific peacekeepers cohort

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Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region

May 19, 2025

The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025

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Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

March 5, 2025

TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati

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Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

Pacific Media Watch -

February 9, 2025

It would be clearly unwise for New Zealand to threaten or cut aid to Kiribati

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau’s inability to engage with NZ difficult to defend

Pacific Media Watch -

February 1, 2025

Kiribati MP Ruth Cross Kwansing

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat

January 31, 2025

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...

January 28, 2025

NZ's Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ aid for Kiribati under review after meeting cancelled with Peters

January 27, 2025

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Dr Biman Prasad

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‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate...

January 23, 2025

Recent aid arrangements are emblematic of the geopolitical tussle playing out in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies

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Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations...

December 17, 2024

Vanuatu Police Force officers on deployment in Samoa for the CHOGM leaders’ meeting

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Pacific police chiefs open Australian base for regional rapid deployment force

December 12, 2024

Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

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Seven Pacific no votes in ‘historic’ UN General Assembly demand for...

September 19, 2024

Kiribati elections tomorrow

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Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in today’s vote

August 14, 2024

The Kiribati Parliament House

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What are the issues facing Kiribati as it prepares for elections?

August 5, 2024

International Seabed Authority secretary-general-elect Leticia Carvalho (left) of Brazil is congratulated

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New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality

August 3, 2024

Tuvalu delegates Monise Laafai and Demi Afasene

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Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator

August 2, 2024

An Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle

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Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit

July 30, 2024

TVNZ's Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver with Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro at Government House

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TVNZ Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver awarded ONZM for investigative journalism

Pacific Media Watch -

May 10, 2024

Kiribati justice

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Australia-born judge facing potential deportation from Kiribati

April 24, 2024

Performers from the Diversity Stage at the Auckland Polyfest 2024

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Auckland Polyfest 2024: Vibrant showcase of cultural diversity, youth empowerment

March 27, 2024

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

March 13, 2024

Rival flags of China and Taiwan

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China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says...

January 16, 2024

New Zealand Reporter of the Year Barbara Dreaver

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Pacific journalists are strong and ‘it’s up to us’, says honoured...

Pacific Media Watch -

December 30, 2023

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"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

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

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

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)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"

Asia Report

Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...

Samoan author and playwright Papali'i Sia Figiel

Culture

Samoan playwright found dead in prison, local media report

Invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog (inset)

Asia Report

Australia’s invitation to Herzog sparks protest plans over Gaza genocide

For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited

Asia Report

Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms –...

EDITOR'S PICKS

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

Analysis

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

Step back from your stupidity. Submit your claims to scrutiny

Asia Report

Open letter: Seven warning signals to the global warmongers who are...

UpScrolled . . . the Palestinian-Australian "free speech" platform

Asia Report

UpScrolled – the pro-Palestine platform shaking up social media

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Nadi, Fiji

Analysis

Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis...

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 Toitū te Aroha diversity supporters march up Queen Street

Civil Society

Two protests in Auckland’s CBD monitored by police with cordons, road...

The late Robson Henry

Federated States of Micronesia

Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare

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

Analysis

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

Step back from your stupidity. Submit your claims to scrutiny

Asia Report

Open letter: Seven warning signals to the global warmongers who are...