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Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne

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Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook Islands

August 18, 2026

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

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Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite global outcry

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

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Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza? It’s the media

Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi

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Four months on, still no charges in death of man in Fiji military custody

Tino Rangatiratanga flag

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Dominic O’Sullivan: The role of Te Tiriti in boosting local government

October 15, 2022

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Tongan broadcasting chief blames TBC shake-up on news failure

Pacific Media Watch -

October 13, 2017

Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman

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Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman

February 10, 2023

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Review of laws passed by Parliament ‘not in Tongan king’s power’

May 4, 2018

PNG anti-corruption drive

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PNG corruption – ‘Our people think MPs are automatic teller machines’

May 25, 2023

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Scott Waide: Amid the PNG silence on military aid, calls go...

September 23, 2018

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a media conference in Wellington

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Potential AUKUS deal could divide NZ and Pacific, says academic

July 29, 2023

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Gallery: Christchurch terror: Prayers and hijabs for peace at Ponsonby

March 23, 2019

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Former PNG PM O’Neill denies fleeing country

November 5, 2019

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‘Jakarta Six’ trial to continue online after court rejects postponement

Pacific Media Watch -

April 15, 2020

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Devendran Kumaran: USP – the case of a diminishing novel corona

June 16, 2020

Propped up economy

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Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery

March 26, 2021

#FreeWestPapua

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Papuan resistance slams Indonesian internet gag amid leader crackdown

June 4, 2021

Dr Baladina Kavoa

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Fiji GPs chief criticises ‘misconstrued’ video supporting conspiracy theories

July 5, 2021

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NZ lockdown ‘having an impact’, PM Jacinda Ardern tells nation

August 26, 2021

US trainers in Afghanistan

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West spins ‘humanitarian’ tale over Afghanistan, China talks up war...

August 29, 2021

Women journalists now scarce in Kabul

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Fewer than 100 of Kabul’s 700 women journalists still working, says...

September 8, 2021

MIQ security cameras

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Second person isolating at home in NZ dies – 163 new...

November 5, 2021

New Caledonia independence vote

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New Caledonia votes in third ballot on independence from France

December 12, 2021

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Indonesia strengthens ties with Pacific ‘good friends’

April 8, 2016

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Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka: Don’t be bullied, Indonesia is not Melanesia

May 28, 2016

Ballistic vests and helmets gifted from Australia to PNG police arrive in Port Moresby

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Australia gifts PNG with vests and helmets ahead of elections

June 17, 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

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

POPULAR POSTS

Education Minister Aseri Radrodro

Asia Report

Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational...

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

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West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night

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Stability key driver in Cook Islands Party’s election performance, says analyst

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli soldiers facing Palestinian reporters near Nablus

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West Bank: RSF condemns Israeli army over escalating violence against Palestinian...

NSW Premier Chris Minns

Asia Report

An armed Jewish police force in Australia? Minns defies police and...

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

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Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

MOST COMMENTS

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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

Global

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 soldiers facing Palestinian reporters near Nablus

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West Bank: RSF condemns Israeli army over escalating violence against Palestinian...

Paramedics from New South Wales led the rescue

Global

Whale-watching boat carrying NZ Anglican Church delegates capsizes in Tonga

NSW Premier Chris Minns

Asia Report

An armed Jewish police force in Australia? Minns defies police and...

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

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Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...