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Fiji Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem raises a point

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Fiji Elections chief issues legal order for Times to remove ‘no apology’ article

November 19, 2022

The Auckland Domain

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Auckland closes Domain to vehicles over anti-health camping protesters

"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures

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‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

Outgoing New Caledonia President Louis Mapou

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‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government

Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto

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Wenda calls for Dutch support over UN visit, slams Prabowo presidency

NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with his West Papuan rebel captors

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NZ government ‘intervened’ to stop operation to save pilot, says Jakarta

February 24, 2023

How Al Jazeera reported the global reaction to the viral video of Indonesian military torture

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Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan...

March 29, 2024

Bulatlat journalist Carlo Manalansan interviewing

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Philippine court orders telco agency to ‘unblock’ Bulatlat media website

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August 13, 2022

Protesters at Molodoï, Strasbourg, demanding the release of Kanak indigenous political prisoners being detained in France

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UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding...

October 26, 2024

KNPB's Ones Suhuniap

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13 years of Indonesian harassment, but KNPB’s ‘spirit remains unbroken’

November 21, 2021

Matariki dawn

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‘This is when we came of age’, says Māori leader on...

June 24, 2022

Challenges facing journalism - Dr David Robie's wide-ranging keynote address

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‘Frontline Media Faultlines’ – David Robie’s keynote address to Pacific Media...

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July 14, 2024

Carmen Parahi

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Carmen Parahi: The Fourth Estate needs to be aware of how...

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September 14, 2020

A meeting of the Caledonian Union, one of the partners in the FLNKS

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FLNKS message to French PM about Kanak ‘humiliation’ over referendum

March 31, 2023

Papuan student Laurens Ikinia (left) with Governor Lukas Enembe

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West Papuan students in dire straits in NZ after Indonesia cuts...

March 21, 2022

The worst things about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

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Caitlin Johnstone: US presidential races hide the criminality of the Empire

July 27, 2024

Kwajalein Atoll

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Covid at Kwajalein Army base sparks Majuro worry, protocol changes

November 2, 2020

Israel is Washington’s most favoured client state

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Jonathan Cook: Does the tail wag the dog? How both sides...

March 29, 2026

One of the two detained Indonesian fishing boats in Port Moresby

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Marape pledges investigation into border shooting incident as Jakarta protests

August 29, 2022

tree plantations that were established with government support after the devastation of Cyclone Bola

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Time to invest in natives in response to devastating...

February 22, 2023

Palestinian protesters at the media vigil tonight calling for solidarity with the Gazan journalists

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Palestine protesters call for Gaza press ‘solidarity’ at NZ media awards

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May 24, 2024

A PNG soldier guarding Bougainville's Panguna mine in 1989

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Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave...

June 7, 2025

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine

April 22, 2024

New Caledonian politician Vaea Frogier

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New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race

May 23, 2022

Philippine police inspect the assassination crime scene at the Ateneo de Manila University

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Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting

July 25, 2022

MAF missionary plane

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Confusion reigns over real reasons for burning of missionary plane in...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 16, 2021

Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’

January 18, 2022

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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

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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

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

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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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

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

Professor David Robie

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

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran

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Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu

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Fiji defends its isolated UN stance supporting Israel

An "IDF = Murder Machine" banner at the "Banners for Humanity" exhibition

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South African activist praises World Court genocide case against Israel

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

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Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

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Associate law professor Maryam Jamshidi

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Who is breaking international law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s...

Dr Rami Khouri

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US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power...

An "IDF = Murder Machine" banner at the "Banners for Humanity" exhibition

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South African activist praises World Court genocide case against Israel

Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

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Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...

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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

Amnesty International’s report comes as multiple conflicts rage across the world

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Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as ‘voracious predators’

Komnas HAM also warns about the risk of mass displacement of Papuan villagers

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Indonesia’s human rights body to investigate deaths of 12 Papuans in...

Associate law professor Maryam Jamshidi

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Who is breaking international law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s...

Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu

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Fiji defends its isolated UN stance supporting Israel