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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

October 3, 2026

PSNA's Leeann Wahanui-Peters reading out Te Pāti Māori's statement for co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

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NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’ over Gaza genocide

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

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‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US bombing of Minab, killing 120+ Iranian kids

SCO's Nurlan Yermekbayev

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Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian region

Passengers at Karanga-a-Hape, one of Auckland's new City Rail Link stations

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Greens eye free, fast and reliable public transport with NZ election promises

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Indonesia’s Pacific trade show kicks off in New Zealand

July 11, 2019

Papua police

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NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting

Pacific Media Watch -

March 31, 2020

Arrsted Chinese-Vanuatu citizen on Philippines "aliens watch list"

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Philippines arrests Chinese fugitive who became Vanuatu citizen

February 28, 2024

Fiji at 50 years

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Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji

October 10, 2020

Donald Trump

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With re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in...

November 6, 2020

Protesters at ASEAN

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Police scuffle with protesters against Myanmar junta leader at ASEAN

April 26, 2021

Victor Yeimo

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Free Victor Yeimo now, says exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda

May 11, 2021

Bombed Mabugi village church

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‘We’ll be extinct,’ warns West Papuan churches, call for halt to...

July 20, 2021

Takubar School destroyed by fire

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PNG teacher helpless as vandals fire ravages Takubar classrooms

August 3, 2021

Honiara's Chinatown in ruins

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Defiant Sogavare vows he will not resign in wake of riots

November 25, 2021

Professor Michael Baker

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Otago University covid-19 experts copping abuse from anti-vaxxers

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January 6, 2022

Dr Biman Prasad

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Fiji’s National Federation Party suspended for 30 days over accounts

February 2, 2016

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IAG/State Insurance wins Roger Award for ‘worst transnational’

May 2, 2016

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

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Death of PNG student denied, protest action continues at 3 campuses

Pacific Media Watch -

June 14, 2016

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Top journo students honoured at USP’s award night

October 26, 2016

Porgera valley villagers

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Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely

July 22, 2022

Victor Mambor

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Indonesia faces chance to prove it is more ‘journalist-friendly’ in 2017

Pacific Media Watch -

December 16, 2016

Police direct traffic outside Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

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As the FBI raids Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump reaches for unconvincing historical...

August 10, 2022

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Upgrade deadlock over Port Vila runway ends – China contract ok

April 3, 2017

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Indonesia is ‘double-dealing’ on media freedom, says RSF

Pacific Media Watch -

May 3, 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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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

POPULAR POSTS

The stiff-right-arm salute and the phrase “Heil Hitler,” used to signify allegiance to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, were captured in previously unseen 2007 footage involving Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Samoan PM La’aulialemalietoa apologises for historical ‘Heil Hitler’ video

Pro-France New Caledonian politician Nicolas Metzdorf, a deputy in the French National Assembly

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‘We are not a French province’ – Vanuatu slams pro-France lawmaker’s...

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) invited New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon

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New Zealand walks away from multi-billion dollar Defence Bank

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Yue Lai Hotel in Suva and the Overseas Chinese Service Center located within it

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US designates prominent Fiji businessman for advancing ‘China-based interests

Israeli sniper position in a watchtower in the illegally occupied West Bank

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Tracy Campbell: War on Gaza – unpacking the ‘Year Zero’...

ABC Media Watch

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‘Flying High Dubai’ – Michael West Media responds to ABC Media...

Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr, and Tonga Prime Minister Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua

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‘Let’s rally behind them’ – PNG commits to help Tuvalu at...

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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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Yue Lai Hotel in Suva and the Overseas Chinese Service Center located within it

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US designates prominent Fiji businessman for advancing ‘China-based interests

Israeli sniper position in a watchtower in the illegally occupied West Bank

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Tracy Campbell: War on Gaza – unpacking the ‘Year Zero’...

ABC Media Watch

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‘Flying High Dubai’ – Michael West Media responds to ABC Media...

Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr, and Tonga Prime Minister Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua

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‘Let’s rally behind them’ – PNG commits to help Tuvalu at...