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"Never again, never forget" says the slogan for Martial Law Day

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Melissa Cruz: The power of collective memory on martial law – never again!

September 21, 2026

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

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . and other notes

"Put the greens last"

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Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

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Gallery: ‘Save our land – sell Luxon instead’ message at NZ Greenpeace nature rally

TUC unions back motion demanding boycotts and sanctions to oppose the "catastrophic destruction of Gaza"

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Palestine Forum calls on NZ unions to follow TUC sanctions lead in Britain

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Rainbow Warrior ’s truth-seeking remembered as secrecy lingers

December 3, 2015

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Vanua’aku Pati political bloc confident of forming Vanuatu government

January 25, 2016

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Regenvanu ‘available’ for position of Vanuatu’s next prime minister

February 5, 2016

A media crew at gthe 2018 APEC leaders summit in Port Moresby

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Good news for Pacific regional broadcasting – bad news for locals

April 2, 2022

The Russian super yacht at Lautoka, Fiji

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Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht...

April 26, 2022

Amnesty International Indonesia hands over its report on human rights in Wabu Block

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Amnesty says police forced Papuans to cut hair and beards in...

June 2, 2022

Sabotage under the NZ Crimes Act

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NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges

Pacific Media Watch -

September 2, 2022

The body of the latest victim of the Porgera killings

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Slaughter goes on in Porgera mining town as PNG police plan...

September 21, 2022

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Jakarta bombing attack retaliation against police, says analyst

May 26, 2017

Pro-independence Tahitian MP in Paris Moetai Brotherson

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France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’

October 18, 2022

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Lawmaker wants to dissolve ‘waste of money’ anti-graft, rights watchdogs

July 4, 2017

Major-General Mark Goina

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PNG military chief warns troops to ‘shape up or ship out’

December 20, 2022

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Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...

July 15, 2018

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region

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Papuan churches call on Jokowi to halt military ops for NZ...

June 12, 2023

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Dear Heather, we’re really talented, empowered – and we’re not leeches!

Leilani Sitagata -

October 3, 2018

Some of the PNG teachers and their families after beating the kidnap bid

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‘Heroic efforts’ save 7 PNG teachers and families in kidnap attempt

June 27, 2023

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Thousands of NZ students demand urgent climate action

March 15, 2019

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji’s Radrodro dismissed after ‘due process’, says Rabuka

January 22, 2024

Former Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) director Nga Puna

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Cook Islands deputy PM, 2 former officials found guilty of corruption

February 2, 2024

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Rights advocate says security chief’s ‘garbage’ slur will open Papua wounds

Pacific Media Watch -

February 13, 2020

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Christchurch commission’s call to improve NZ social cohesion is its hardest...

December 9, 2020

Henry Puna

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A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific – three key questions...

February 6, 2021

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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

Analysis

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

“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

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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APJS NEWSFILE

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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For as long as states have made war, they have assassinated, disappeared, tortured and executed

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Gaza genocide: We made machines that think – then corrupted them...

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film

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The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa

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Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

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Gallery: ‘Save our land – sell Luxon instead’ message at NZ...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Innovative educator, author and thinker Paulo Freire

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‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ Brazilian educator Paulo Freire profiled in new...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Sweeping changes to Fiji’s governance recommended by Constitution Commission

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka talks to journalists at Savusavu

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In the wake of MIDA, Fiji’s news industry has turned full...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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Palestine advocacy group criticises NZ failure over Gaza human rights test

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Innovative educator, author and thinker Paulo Freire

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‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ Brazilian educator Paulo Freire profiled in new...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Sweeping changes to Fiji’s governance recommended by Constitution Commission

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka talks to journalists at Savusavu

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In the wake of MIDA, Fiji’s news industry has turned full...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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Palestine advocacy group criticises NZ failure over Gaza human rights test