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The joint Keris Woomera 26 exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Australian Defence Force (ADF)

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Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence over Papua’

October 19, 2026

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

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Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says it has become PIF partner

Asia Pacific Media Network

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APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan

“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

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Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

Fiji Deputy PM Viliame Gavoka

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Israel’s relationship with Pacific is ‘biblical, ageless, real’, says Fiji deputy PM

Super Saturday Vaxathon on Māori Television

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Super Saturday Vaxathon tops 129,000 jabs – 41 new NZ community...

October 16, 2021

Police clearing away the protesters in Parliament grounds

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120 protesters at NZ’s Parliament arrested as tension grows on third...

February 10, 2022

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‘No secret’: Russia supplied small arms to Fiji at government’s request

January 30, 2016

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese President Xi Jinping

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Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...

March 25, 2022

Covid-19 testing in NZ

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Leaked memo raises questions over NZ Health Ministry’s daily covid-19 cases

April 6, 2022

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Indonesian digital journalist couple attacked at mayor’s house in Makassar

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June 22, 2016

Palestinian children wave the national flags at the West Bank village of Masafer Yatta

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John Minto: From Raglan to Palestine – let our voice be...

July 14, 2022

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Santo kava farmers fear ‘silent killer’ investor threat to their production

January 21, 2017

The late Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (rear) during Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s visit to Fiji in 1977

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‘Fijian hearts are heavy’ says PM as Pacific mourns Queen Elizabeth...

September 9, 2022

Police guarding PNG exams

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PNG police put national exams under guard over cheating fears

October 10, 2022

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Strip medals from French Rainbow Warrior saboteurs, says Star-Times

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July 9, 2017

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Pacific Media Centre turns ten, talks media freedom under violent threat

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December 4, 2017

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Richard McLeod: Make our voices known against the euthanasia bill

January 31, 2018

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Move to sack Tongan police chief lays bare ‘prohibited’ guns imports

March 6, 2018

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Mediterranean update from the Gaza ‘blockade busters’

July 26, 2018

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

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I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...

June 15, 2023

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To conserve West Papua, start with land rights and forget past...

October 10, 2018

Police officers in high-vis vests have today re-entered the high-rise Auckland central building

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Auckland shooting: City security beefed up as probe continues

July 21, 2023

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Facebook strips fake account network of Duterte social media manager

Pacific Media Watch -

April 2, 2019

Nuclear-free rally

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Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy

July 5, 2019

Former French Overseas Territories Minister Louis le Pensec

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Tributes flow over death of French ‘peacemaker’ minister in New Caledonia

January 15, 2024

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (centre) flanked

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Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not...

January 24, 2024

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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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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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Sacha Roytman, chief executive of Combat Antisemitism Movement

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Israelis mislead Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism

Senior journalist Salveen Chand, now with the Cook Islands News

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Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and...

The French and Kanak flags flying high

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New Caledonia pro-independence leaders boycott EU critical minerals deal

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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‘Serious questions to answer’ – Labour slams Luxon over Israel’s Pacific...

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"It takes an enormous amount of courage and a reservoir of humility (to think less of oneself and more of others) to say the things needed to be said about violence, injustice and hypocrisy"

Decolonisation

Aisake Casimira: How Christian Zionism has become hitched to the chariot...

Veteran Filipino investigative journalist Philip Lustre

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Arrest of Philip Lustre Jr. a ‘sad day for journalism in...

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

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Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food

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Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

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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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“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

Politics

Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

"It takes an enormous amount of courage and a reservoir of humility (to think less of oneself and more of others) to say the things needed to be said about violence, injustice and hypocrisy"

Decolonisation

Aisake Casimira: How Christian Zionism has become hitched to the chariot...

Veteran Filipino investigative journalist Philip Lustre

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Arrest of Philip Lustre Jr. a ‘sad day for journalism in...

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

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Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...