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A controversial Fiji and Israeli plan to cooperate in security training has triggered criticism

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Fiji joins global Israel allies network, security plan slammed as ‘shameful’

July 20, 2026

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as he looked three years ago

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‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed over ignoring plea

The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World

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Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people and handed to predator companies

"FBI Director Kash Patel sounds super stoked about the chance to become a 21st century J Edgar Hoover"

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Caitlin Johnstone: They’re launching a new COINTELPRO for the 21st century

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal court in The Hague

PNG police search for the notorious “Het Wara” gang

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PNG church workers plead for more police help to end gang...

December 22, 2021

People in Wellington's Civic Square protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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Ukraine, covid mandate protesters compete for attention in NZ’s capital

February 27, 2022

Protesters clashed with police during the 23-day occupation of Parliament grounds

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Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive

March 7, 2022

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Three Kalsakau brothers make Vanuatu political history – all elected

January 25, 2016

Yap State Hospital

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Yap doctors, nurses resign en masse – governor declares emergency

April 4, 2022

Vanuatu opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu

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Vanuatu opposition plans new boycott of ‘dangerous’ changes special sitting

June 17, 2022

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Get rid of untrusted ‘public serpents’ in PNG, says Juffa

August 5, 2016

Human Rights

Aus ban on refugees goes against international law, says NGO

November 1, 2016

PNG Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen

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Kramer ‘ambushes’ PNG’s chief ombudsman, challenges integrity

August 23, 2022

Mangareva Atoll, population 1500

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French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests

October 18, 2022

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Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia

July 11, 2017

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Deported NZ missionary to push for reform on return to PNG

August 2, 2017

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Philippine clergy appeal for justice over assassination of retired priest

December 6, 2017

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Rappler links Duterte 2016 campaign to Philippine fake news ‘ecosystem’

Pacific Media Watch -

February 2, 2018

Ponsonby mosque child

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Christchurch terrorism attacks: NZ’s darkest hour – Friday, March 15, 2019

March 19, 2019

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NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza...

November 25, 2023

Chinese detainees in Vanuatu

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Secrecy veil over deportation of six Chinese nationals raises key questions

July 8, 2019

PNG's Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika

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PNG chief justice urges Moresby governor Parkop to enforce law

February 7, 2024

Garden Hills eviction POM 1

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Garden Hills squatters evicted in Port Moresby crackdown on church land

December 14, 2021

A PNG polling booth during a general election

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PNG’s political system ‘being hijacked’ by leaders, warns analyst over election

April 19, 2022

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Vanuatu’s Appeal Court upholds 10-year ban on 14 former MPs

April 19, 2016

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MeP pushes ahead with plan for Pacific media educators and trainers

July 20, 2016

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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

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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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Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying

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Sara Duterte impeachment trial – Matibag says no hitman yet, but...

A Nile crocodile, the creature to be deployed in Israel's Ketziot Prison moat

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Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

Dr Anna Naupa

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Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...

Reverend James Bhagwan, general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches

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Nauru’s government announces plans for embassy in Israel

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

Asia Report

New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear –...

The world spent 40 years building an oil reserves shock absorber for exactly this war

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The illegal US war on Iran – and now the economic...

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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

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

Asia Report

New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear –...

Dr Anna Naupa

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Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...