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A section of the cover of New Zealand author Peter Macky's new book, Gaza: Anatomy of a Genocide

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NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide

November 1, 2026

Pacific Elders' Voice chair Anote Tong

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Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not ‘morally defensible’

"'Ungrounding' is a kind of destruction that we have not seen anywhere else

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‘Ungrounding’ – Eyal Weizman on Gaza genocide and Israel’s ‘architecture of control’

A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists

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Tracy Campbell: Democracy, Israeli-style: Bring your gun to the polling station

Fiji Military commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military chief urges accountability to the people amid coup immunity debate

350.org's Fiji community organiser George Nacewa

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Pacific climate activists join 180+ groups calling on COP30 hosts Brazil...

April 12, 2025

NZ Pacific People's Minister Aupito William Sio

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Aupito to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji instead of Mahuta

July 6, 2022

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Dan McGarry: Indonesia is slowly, slowly losing Melanesia

February 1, 2017

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Duterte critic Leila de Lima vows to fight charges, seeks prayers...

February 24, 2017

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BBC teams up with AFP’s growing television ‘firepower’

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March 31, 2017

New Zealand's French Pacific territories Consul-General Felicity Roxburgh

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NZ consul hails long-standing ties with New Caledonia

September 20, 2022

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Pōhiva’s cabinet stays as caretaker – NZ SAS troops to quit...

August 27, 2017

Finance Minister Grant Robertson

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NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare

May 18, 2023

Prisoner George Speight speaking to inmates in 2011

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2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon

May 31, 2023

A Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific Movement (NFIP) banner

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Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

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July 1, 2023

Mohammed Saneem

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Fiji Elections Office will monitor two-day blackout period

November 11, 2018

The Pacific region needs to be fully informed about ongoing negotiations about the global digital landscape

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Bid to protect Pacific indigenous knowledge in the global digital space

September 26, 2023

The United Nations has called for an independent international investigation into a devastating blast at the packed Al Ahli Arab Hospital

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Mediawatch: Media in the middle of Gaza claims and counterclaims

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October 22, 2023

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PNG’s Marape asks China for free trade deal and debt re-financing

August 7, 2019

A watermelon banner in last Sunday's pro-Palestinian rally calling for a Gaza ceasefire in Auckland's Queen Street

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NZ foreign policy critics warn over ‘inflaming’ Red Sea crisis, call...

January 23, 2024

Flashback to the Second World War

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Australian author leads silence protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans

April 21, 2024

Professor Pal Ahluwalia

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Fiji-deported USP vice-chancellor Ahluwalia gets new contract

May 26, 2021

NFP president Parmod Chand (left) and Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry

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NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance

November 18, 2024

Covid vaccine research

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Jo Spratt: ‘Free’ covid jabs are making the mega-rich richer

September 9, 2021

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

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New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots

December 1, 2021

The James Webb telescope

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Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins

December 28, 2021

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 9, 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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

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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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US midterm elections in the Pacific

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Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

Gold medal weightlifter George Speight

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Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji

"'Ungrounding' is a kind of destruction that we have not seen anywhere else

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‘Ungrounding’ – Eyal Weizman on Gaza genocide and Israel’s ‘architecture of...

The Solomon Islands coat of arms on Parliament buildings in Honiara

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Solomon Islands government moves to end ‘unstable coalitions, party defections’

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US midterm elections in the Pacific

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Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders

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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

Gold medal weightlifter George Speight

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Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji

Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones

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Journalism cannot survive where attacks on journalists go unpunished

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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

US midterm elections in the Pacific

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Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders

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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

Gold medal weightlifter George Speight

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Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji

Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones

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Journalism cannot survive where attacks on journalists go unpunished