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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

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The Daily Blog: We have secretly been taken to court and I’m facing 6 months in prison: We can’t tell you who, how, why...

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

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

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

7amleh's Nadim Nashif

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

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Former PNG PM O’Neill denies fleeing country

November 5, 2019

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‘Jakarta Six’ trial to continue online after court rejects postponement

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April 15, 2020

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Devendran Kumaran: USP – the case of a diminishing novel corona

June 16, 2020

"Nameless, faceless Palestinians" - a NZ newspaper editorial comment: Refaat Alareer

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Open letter: On NZ news media and ‘faceless, nameless’ Palestinians

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April 13, 2024

More than half the people in Rafah are children

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Rafah ‘last place of safety’ in Gaza, UN aid boss warns

May 8, 2024

Sir Michael Somare with ULMWP

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West Papuans send prayers for the recovery of Sir Michael Somare

February 23, 2021

Universities gender

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No change at the top for university leaders as men outnumber...

March 8, 2021

How the front page of today's Samoa Observer covered the arrival of King Charles

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King Charles arrives in Samoa for ‘resilient environment’ CHOGM

October 24, 2024

Dr Robbie Robertson

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Former USP academic and author of Fiji coup books Robbie Robertson...

June 11, 2021

Ratu Tevita Nabekwahiga Makutu

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Chief shuns Fiji’s law talks in protest over ‘gross disrespect’ to...

August 16, 2021

Nobel Peace laureate and journalist Maria Ressa

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Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned

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December 8, 2021

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah

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Jakarta lashes out at UN annual report, denies intimidation of rights...

December 19, 2021

An Aotearoa New Zealand vaccination centre

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Covid-19 analyst calls for Māori and Pasifika priority or risk ‘brown...

January 20, 2022

Gavin Ellis column

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Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters

February 16, 2022

The clashes continued for more than 14 hours

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How NZ’s Parliament anti-covid protest was brought to an end

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March 4, 2022

Parliament protest and anti-vaxxer Jamie Patrick Mansfield

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Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history...

March 31, 2022

Fiji's first coup leader and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka with RNZ

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Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand

June 26, 2022

Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu

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Vanuatu president dissolves parliament – ‘respect it’ plea by Loughman

August 18, 2022

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Drop ‘politically-motivated’ sedition case against Fiji Times, says AI

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March 30, 2017

Fire and Fury freeze frame

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Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists

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August 31, 2022

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Gary Juffa: Why these PNG elections are taking us towards dictatorship

July 2, 2017

Pre-polling venues have been set up in Fiji

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Pre-polling kicks off for next week’s Fiji general election

December 6, 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

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

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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

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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

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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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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 Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury

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Why I am willing to go to prison tomorrow for Free...

An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand

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Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo

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...

7amleh's Nadim Nashif

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International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber

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Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state,...

112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza

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Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement

In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership

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NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

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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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International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber

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Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state,...

112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza

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Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement

In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership

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NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media