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Another four years of far-right rule would pose an immediate threat to Palestinian communities and their rights inside Israel

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Why Palestinian citizens of Israel can vote, but can’t expect any change

October 27, 2026

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

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PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian grandfather evicted in Hebron

New Zealand electon voting papers being printed

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New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Viliame Gavoka

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Open letter: Mr Gavoka, don’t present your personal theology as the ‘voice of the Pacific’

I've written these last years about the injustices, about the vile support for a horrendous genocide

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Saige England: Our NZ Coalition has joined all the toxic govts of this cruel world who won’t call a genocide a genocide. Vote them...

Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry

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Fiji ‘worse off today’, former PM warns, as Rabuka’s constitution overhaul...

October 26, 2026

Samoan Prime Minister La'auli and New Zealand's Christopher Luxon in Apia

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‘I said no’ – Samoan PM told Luxon treaty refresh must...

October 26, 2026

“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

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Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

October 25, 2026

How Newsroom covered the Kerrin Leoni gang controversy

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The lynching takes 48 hours – whiteness, the NZ press, and...

October 25, 2026

Veteran Filipino investigative journalist Philip Lustre

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Arrest of Philip Lustre Jr. a ‘sad day for journalism in...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 25, 2026

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

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Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 24, 2026

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food

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Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

October 24, 2026

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

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Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says...

October 23, 2026

The French and Kanak flags flying high

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New Caledonia pro-independence leaders boycott EU critical minerals deal

October 23, 2026

Fiji Deputy PM Viliame Gavoka

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Israel’s relationship with Pacific is ‘biblical, ageless, real’, says Fiji deputy...

October 22, 2026

Gaza family tents as far as they eye can see

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NZ’s foreign policy obligation to confront Israel’s Gaza genocide

October 22, 2026

Part of a fullpage Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) advertisement in The New Zealand Herald

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‘Please explain’, Palestine Forum tells NZ over Israeli-Pacific Islands Forum ‘partnership’

October 21, 2026

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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‘Serious questions to answer’ – Labour slams Luxon over Israel’s Pacific...

October 21, 2026

PIF Secretary-General Baron Divavesi Waqa with Israeli Ambassador Maya Yaron

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Israel joins Pacific Islands Forum as development partner

October 21, 2026

Sacha Roytman, chief executive of Combat Antisemitism Movement

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Israelis mislead Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism

October 21, 2026

Children at the Global March for Palestine in Queen Street

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Palestine Forum calls for NZ action as 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza...

October 20, 2026

Senior journalist Salveen Chand, now with the Cook Islands News

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Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 20, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Who is a ‘Fijian’?: Constitution reform reignites identity debate

October 20, 2026

Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis

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Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

Pacific Media Watch -

October 19, 2026

The joint Keris Woomera 26 exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Australian Defence Force (ADF)

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Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence...

October 19, 2026

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa

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Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

October 19, 2026

Badly beaten photographer Heidi Levine in hospital

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Masked settler assault on Washington Post photographer a snapshot of Israel’s...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 18, 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

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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

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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

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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.”

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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

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"

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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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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.

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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)

Politics

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

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‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

Fiji Deputy PM Viliame Gavoka

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Israel’s relationship with Pacific is ‘biblical, ageless, real’, says Fiji deputy...

West Papuan researcher and human rights defender Rosa Moiwend

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West Papuan civil society calls for UN and Pacific access to...

Another four years of far-right rule would pose an immediate threat to Palestinian communities and their rights inside Israel

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Why Palestinian citizens of Israel can vote, but can’t expect any...

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Another four years of far-right rule would pose an immediate threat to Palestinian communities and their rights inside Israel

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Why Palestinian citizens of Israel can vote, but can’t expect any...

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

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PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian...

Israel has been added to the Pacific Islands Forum list as a sectoral partner

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‘Strengthening ties’ or ‘shameful’? – why Israel’s new Pacific status is...

New Zealand electon voting papers being printed

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New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

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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

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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

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Another four years of far-right rule would pose an immediate threat to Palestinian communities and their rights inside Israel

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Why Palestinian citizens of Israel can vote, but can’t expect any...

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

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PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian...

New Zealand electon voting papers being printed

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New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Viliame Gavoka

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Open letter: Mr Gavoka, don’t present your personal theology as the...