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Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative

August 3, 2026

"Democracy not deals"

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Saige England: We spoke truth to power and the powerful folded

political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".

Politics

Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’

Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers

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Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in ongoing Israeli genocide

Trump's bluster works once

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When Trump’s Iran ‘deal’ isn’t a deal – it’s the third retreat in four months

The Daily Blog has been served legal directives

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The Daily Blog: We have secretly been taken to court and...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2026

American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

August 1, 2026

Kanaky New Caledonia's new Territorial President Milakulo Tukumuli

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‘Kingmaker’ candidate elected new president of New Caledonia’s government

August 1, 2026

7amleh's Nadim Nashif

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Meta censoring Palestinian content – and here’s proof of ‘platformicide’

Pacific Media Watch -

August 1, 2026

Slurs by NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters makes the global news for Al Jazeera

Politics

Responding to NZ Foreign Minister’s racist slurs on China and Green...

July 31, 2026

Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono o te Tiriti

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NZ tribunal finds Treaty reforms breach Te Tiriti principles, prejudice Māori,...

July 31, 2026

Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Mallielegaoi

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World Rugby says no ultimatum given to Samoa over governance fiasco

July 31, 2026

The Samoan rugby crisis as reported by the Samoa Observer

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Samoa face World Rugby ban over PM’s ‘political madness’, opposition warns

July 31, 2026

Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process

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The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

July 30, 2026

Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands

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Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port...

July 30, 2026

Lyttelton Port . . . controversial DP World-backed Tonui Consortium proposal rejected

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Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton...

July 30, 2026

An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed

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Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 30, 2026

Israel and the US rejected the ICC legal ruling and demanded a political vote of all member states of the ICC to remove Karim Khan

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PSNA challenges Luxon to reveal NZ’s vote in ICC chief prosecutor...

July 27, 2026

Tuvalu police inspecting the bridge of the arrested Chinese longliner Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138

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Tuvalu deploys conservation NGO to arrest Chinese longliner

July 27, 2026

The International Court of Justice in The Hague

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Eugene Doyle: Sex crimes, Karim Khan and the West’s war on...

July 26, 2026

PSNA flyers supporting Palestine

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Israel accused of ‘buying Pacific votes’ over plan to open Nauru...

July 26, 2026

Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)

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Fiji’s former chief prosecutor claims govt conspiracy to remove him

July 25, 2026

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch Western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF

Politics

Caitlin Johnstone: De-normalise Israel

July 25, 2026

Iranian Ambassador to New Zealand Reza Nazar Ahari

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Iranian Ambassador: Why the US blundered so badly – diplomacy and...

July 25, 2026

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...

July 24, 2026

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear –...

July 24, 2026

Dr Anna Naupa

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Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...

July 24, 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

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...

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

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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The Samoan rugby crisis as reported by the Samoa Observer

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Samoa face World Rugby ban over PM’s ‘political madness’, opposition warns

Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono o te Tiriti

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NZ tribunal finds Treaty reforms breach Te Tiriti principles, prejudice Māori,...

Trump's bluster works once

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When Trump’s Iran ‘deal’ isn’t a deal – it’s the third...

Kanaky New Caledonia's new Territorial President Milakulo Tukumuli

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‘Kingmaker’ candidate elected new president of New Caledonia’s government

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Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative

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John Minto: When TVNZ’s Israeli ‘counter-terrorism’ op against Palestinians is actually...

"Democracy not deals"

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Saige England: We spoke truth to power and the powerful folded

political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".

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Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

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Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative

Asia Report

John Minto: When TVNZ’s Israeli ‘counter-terrorism’ op against Palestinians is actually...

"Democracy not deals"

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Saige England: We spoke truth to power and the powerful folded

Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers

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Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in...