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Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

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Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being attacked. Guess who’ll pay?

April 27, 2026

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

PSNA secretary Neil Scott

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Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies

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10 reasons why NZ will still get a Labour-NZ First-Green government

September 26, 2017

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Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...

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January 30, 2018

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K150m released to PNG’s earthquake-ravaged districts in more relief efforts

March 6, 2018

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‘Blockade busters’ flotilla on way to help provide relief for Gaza

July 23, 2018

PNG Prime Minister James Marape did not give a firm answer on the signing of the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement

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Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue

May 19, 2023

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Detained Freedom Flotilla journalist speaks out over Israeli illegal actions

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August 23, 2018

Meraia Taufa Vakatale (centre) at an anti-nuclear protest march

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Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – Fiji anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer

August 22, 2023

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PNG politicians, journalists condemn O’Neill social media ‘crackdown’ plan

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May 15, 2019

West Papua protest

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West Papua riots: Why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken...

August 22, 2019

Foreign Policy cartoon

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Keith Locke: Covid-19 coronavirus helps us reshape NZ foreign policy

May 22, 2020

Tongan PM Pōhiva Tu'i'onetoa

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‘We don’t interfere in other countries’ affairs,’ says Tongan PM on...

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September 6, 2020

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36 arrested after police break up Free Papua rallies in Manokwari,...

November 29, 2020

Carmela Fonbuena

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Former Rappler reporter Carmela Fonbuena is new head of PCIJ

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January 3, 2021

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

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Ardern slams Australia for dumping over Turkey ‘terrorist’ detainees

February 16, 2021

The Pacific Newsroom

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Social media ‘bullshit’ threatens coping with covid-19 outbreak in PNG

March 23, 2021

Tappoos warehouse fire, Fiji 010821

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Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two...

August 3, 2021

Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) Papua pays tribute to the killed nurse Gabriella Meliani

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Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining,...

September 24, 2021

Kanaky referendum flags

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Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum

October 20, 2021

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#COP21: ‘Filthy’ corporate sponsors bankrolling Paris summit exposed

January 11, 2016

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Duterte pulls off huge Philippines win, Marcos trailing narrowly

May 11, 2016

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Polynesian leaders group gathers in Tahiti for climate change update

June 29, 2016

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Court bars overseas travel for accused Fiji Times publisher

Pacific Media Watch -

January 25, 2017

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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

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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Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

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"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

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Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

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FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

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Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

Fiji has climbed from 40th place in 2025 in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index

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Political reforms drive Fiji’s big press freedom gains, says RSF

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

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NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...