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PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi

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NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says PSNA

May 6, 2026

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack

"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month

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Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

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Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees

A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today

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PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war graves in Gaza

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Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste

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June 9, 2020

NZ level 4 lockdown

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High Court rules some of NZ’s covid-19 level 4 lockdown was...

August 19, 2020

NZ police and firefighters work to get the pro-Palestinian protester with flag down from the roof of Christchurch City Council

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NZ pro-Palestine protester climbs onto Christchurch City Council roof

May 13, 2024

Sydney Airport 102020

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Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business, says epidemiologist

December 15, 2020

Lionel Aingimea

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Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum

February 8, 2021

Otsus failed protest

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After 19 years of special autonomy, trust between Jakarta and Papua...

March 15, 2021

Jakarta protest against crimalisation of journalists

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Criminalisation of activists blamed for Indonesia’s declining democracy

September 20, 2021

Voting at Koné

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Paris delighted at New Caledonia result, but Kanaks dismiss it

December 13, 2021

Kepari Leniata

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Still no justice for PNG sorcery burning victim Kepari Leniata after...

January 14, 2022

More than 50 police form a ring around the front of New Zealand's Parliament

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Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass

February 9, 2022

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PNG media council warns media crackdown may lead to censorship

December 12, 2015

Māori Television's Te Ao Māori News eyes on the Parliament occupation February 2022

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Parliament protest: What the cameras in the crowd witnessed

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March 9, 2022

NFP's Biman Prasad (left) with People's Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji’s political ‘power game’ – Ratuva says how rival MoU pact...

April 18, 2022

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Free jailed Wewak students now, says PNG opposition leader

May 30, 2016

Kanak flags in Noumea

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French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...

June 6, 2022

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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Jacinda Ardern first New Zealander to be invited to speak at...

June 18, 2022

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Media still shut out of Te Tii Marae in lead up...

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February 5, 2017

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier

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Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law

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October 6, 2022

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From ‘anticipation, excitement’ to dictatorship fears in PNG election

Pacific Media Watch -

July 7, 2017

Fiji political rivals Sitiveni Rabuka (left), a former prime minister, and Voreqe Bainimarama, the current Prime Minister

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Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy

December 11, 2022

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Tūhoe leader’s address to deliver ‘hard truths’ about New Zealand

October 30, 2017

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Protesters in PNG’s Highlands torch plane, shut Mendi airport

June 14, 2018

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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

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

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

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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 New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka

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New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

Fiji Times journalist Alifereti Josefa-Sakiasi speaking at the combined Fiji universities' World Press Freedom Day talanoa

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Media programmes at USP, FNU join forces for World Press Freedom...

Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23

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Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

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Rotuman culture and language

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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

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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

Rotuman culture and language

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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

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Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session