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The Greens have made history

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Sean Ackland: Chin up. There’s still a lot to celebrate over NZ election in spite of voter suppression tactics

November 11, 2026

The public broadcaster RNZ this week announced a $11.8 million ﬁscal blowout

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Journalism educators call on crisis-hit RNZ not to slash newsroom staff

British Council representative Natasha Beckman (left) and photographer Faaiuga Vaialia

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Pacific artists use photography and storytelling to challenge global leaders at COP31

Türkye is hosting the COP31 climate talks from 9-20 November in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya

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COP31 opens in Türkiye as global temperature flirts with 1.5°C line

Of the nearly 210 journalists killed in Gaza and Lebanon between October 2023 and October 2026, at least 71 were targeted or killed by Israeli soldiers in connection with their work

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Israeli military violence soars – 24 times as many journalists killed, RSF condemns impunity

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins

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Hipkins accuses National Party of ‘manipulating’ NZ’s electoral system

November 10, 2026

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‘A colossal mistake’ – Media Minister rules out coming to RNZ’s...

November 10, 2026

Abahlali baseMjondolo co-founder and leader S’bu Zikode

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‘Emulate 1981’ Springbok tour solidarity over Palestine plea by South African...

November 9, 2026

New Zealand's three-headed coalition government leadership

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NZ elections: What a weakened Luxon does with an empowered ACT...

November 9, 2026

Right to Democracy

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Advocacy group warns proposed US Census changes could deepen inequalities in...

November 9, 2026

Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong

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From Lautoka to NZ parliament – the remarkable journey of Qiulae...

November 9, 2026

Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong

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A knife-edge result, three possible outcomes – what comes next after...

November 8, 2026

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins

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Right bloc takes lead in NZ election, but senior National MPs...

November 8, 2026

An Al Jarmac News report about NZ's Free Palestine Party launched ahead of the 2026 general election

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Free Palestine party claims ‘censorship’ over NZ electoral advertisements

November 8, 2026

This billboard came down in strong winds in Grey Lynn, Auckland,

Politics

NZ election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and...

November 7, 2026

Flashback: Early days of the three-year Israeli war on Gaza

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Getting rid of the influence of US apologists for the tragedy...

November 7, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji govt being ‘hammered’ by media, says Rabuka – defends repeal...

November 7, 2026

$A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what to watch$

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A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what...

November 6, 2026

Al-Abd Abu Beid prepares a meal of lentils from food rations distributed by the World Food Programme

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‘This is catastrophic’ – Gaza hit hard by UN food cuts...

November 6, 2026

The Global March for Palestine in Auckland on October 10

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How freedom of expression and democracy are denied in Aotearoa when...

November 6, 2026

Israel’s apologists point to the treatment of a Palestinian minority inside Israel

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Israel’s election shows its democracy is a sham, but the West...

November 6, 2026

Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon

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Caitlin Johnstone: Israel claims it had nothing to do with Trump’s...

November 6, 2026

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

Politics

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

November 5, 2026

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

November 5, 2026

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

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Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

November 5, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

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‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...

November 5, 2026

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

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PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

November 4, 2026

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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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

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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

Politics

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

Politics

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

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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.”

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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"

Politics

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

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

Politics

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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

Politics

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)

Politics

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong

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From Lautoka to NZ parliament – the remarkable journey of Qiulae...

Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

Climate

Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

Politics

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong

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A knife-edge result, three possible outcomes – what comes next after...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Greens have made history

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Sean Ackland: Chin up. There’s still a lot to celebrate over...

The public broadcaster RNZ this week announced a $11.8 million ﬁscal blowout

Politics

Journalism educators call on crisis-hit RNZ not to slash newsroom staff

Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

Climate

Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Climate

Pacific journalists to amplify island voices at COP31 in Türkiye

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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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 Greens have made history

Politics

Sean Ackland: Chin up. There’s still a lot to celebrate over...

Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

Climate

Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Climate

Pacific journalists to amplify island voices at COP31 in Türkiye

British Council representative Natasha Beckman (left) and photographer Faaiuga Vaialia

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Pacific artists use photography and storytelling to challenge global leaders at...