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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape and the Solomon Islands leader Matthew Wale

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‘Stop empty promises’ – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands leaders demand climate action

September 26, 2026

Investigative journalist Nicky Hager

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Dirty Work – shining a light on the machinery of NZ’s conservative politics

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler

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From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of struggle for justice

The Al Jazeera Media Network has repeatedly and vehemently condemned the “unfounded allegations” by the Israeli military - and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech

Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma

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Tuvalu appoints first woman governor-general ahead of 48th Independence Day

Julie King with Ralph Regenvanu

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Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports

October 20, 2022

A Papuan protest

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Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day

December 11, 2022

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Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’

January 28, 2018

Draft PNG National Media Development Policy "flies in the face of global norms for self-regulation"

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PNG draft media development policy ‘contemptuous’ of public interest

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March 11, 2023

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Nine-Fairfax merger warning for investigative media – and democracy

August 1, 2018

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Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism...

November 27, 2018

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Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force

February 25, 2019

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‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte

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April 8, 2019

The PNG flag being raised for the first time as an independent nation on 16 September 2023

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PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way

September 16, 2023

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West Papuan leader who advocated compromise with Jakarta dies

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April 30, 2019

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Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa

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July 9, 2019

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NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity

September 1, 2020

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Melanesian Spearhead Group still backs Kanak decolonisation agenda

October 7, 2020

Part of the crowd at the New Zealand rally in Auckland today honouring the Palestinian journalists

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Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award

Pacific Media Watch -

May 5, 2024

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RSF condemns Google for dropping Australian media searches in ‘tests’

Pacific Media Watch -

January 26, 2021

Australian academic and social justIce advocate Helen Hill

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Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence

July 23, 2024

Polynesian Panthers - J. Miller

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Appeal for NZ government to offer apology for race-based Dawn Raids

March 21, 2021

Assassinated Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh

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Israel accused of being a ‘rogue state’ trying to destabilise Middle...

August 3, 2024

West Papua protest at UN

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Papuan protest outside UN after Anari gagged for second time

April 23, 2021

Moruroa and the bomb

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France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris...

May 20, 2021

PNG covid vaccine rollout 200621

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PNG Council of Churches declares support for covid vaccine rollout

June 20, 2021

Fiji security forces covid monitoring

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Fiji reports 290 new covid cases, 8 more deaths in 24...

September 2, 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

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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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The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

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New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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A Greenpeace deep-sea mining protester dressed as US President Donald Trump

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Greenpeace seabed mining activists protest on board NZ research vessel Tangaroa

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit

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Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit

The Fijian Health Ministry predicts more than 3000 new cases will be reported this year

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Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency

Human rights lawyer Muhammad Dahleh

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Palestinian-led parties in Israel face ‘institutional discrimination’, says lawyer

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

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American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...

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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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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit

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Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit

The Fijian Health Ministry predicts more than 3000 new cases will be reported this year

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Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency

Human rights lawyer Muhammad Dahleh

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Palestinian-led parties in Israel face ‘institutional discrimination’, says lawyer

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

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American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...