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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israel thanks Fiji and PNG for opening Jerusalem embassies, UN support

November 12, 2025

New documentary presents detailed accounts of Israeli soldiers opening fire unprovoked on civilians running toward food handouts

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Israeli soldiers killed civilians, aid seekers in Gaza free-for-all ‘at wish of army officers’

Palestinian rally MC Lamees Elthiny speaks to a protest rally in Auckland today themed on the "BDS - Boycott Divestments Sanctions" campaign against New Zealand companies alleged to be complicit with Israel's genocide in Gaza

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New Zealand backing Israel over two-state solution shows galling weak leadership

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste

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Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words can barely capture

Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland

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Australian author says shadow Gaza transit scheme company is operating ‘disaster capitalism’

Samoan flag and child

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Samoa Observer: Democracy tested as Samoa celebrates independence

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June 2, 2021

Victims of the Nipuralome shooting 4 June 2021

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Wenda accuses Jakarta’s military of ‘massacre’ after killing of 3 Papuans

June 10, 2021

The Future of Work in Journalism screenshot

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MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard...

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November 1, 2021

"Non" to independence vote posters in Noumea

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‘Unthinkable’ referendum on New Caledonia independence challenged

December 6, 2021

NZ local media have had to slash to survive

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NZ’s Public Interest Media Fund not media bribe but deal of...

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March 29, 2022

ReliefAid food delivery in Ukraine

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‘No 8 wire mentality’ used in New Zealand aid effort in...

April 10, 2022

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Polynesian leaders group gathers in Tahiti for climate change update

June 29, 2016

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Bill McKibben: Stop swooning over Justin Trudeau – he’s a disaster...

April 18, 2017

Protesters outside the Iranian embassy in Wellington 281022

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Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran...

October 29, 2022

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NZ’s Labour Party needs to ‘reach back into Pacific community’, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 18, 2017

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Fiji electoral officials urge voters to take part in next month’s...

October 1, 2018

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NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern

March 25, 2019

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Prabowo camp to ‘report US journalist’ over Indonesian poll strategy exposé

Pacific Media Watch -

April 17, 2019

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Former editor blasts Post-Courier over ‘trash’ coverage on PNG crisis

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May 7, 2019

Ishmael Toroama

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Former BRA leader Toroama increases his Bougainville poll lead over rivals

September 20, 2020

Jacinda Ardern 161020

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Jacinda Ardern on why Labour should form NZ’s next government

October 16, 2020

Otara and Clover Park covid testing sites

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NZ still has ‘broad control’ of Auckland covid outbreak, says...

September 30, 2021

Pangu Pati president Erigere Singin

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PNG’s Pangu Pati entangled in new legal row over female president

October 26, 2021

PNG National Court in Port Moresby

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Port Moresby workers challenge ‘no jab, no job’ workplace policy in...

November 4, 2021

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COP21: Fiji, Kiribati and Palau back ‘protect oceans’ action proposal

December 2, 2015

The Russian super yacht Amadea in Lautoka

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‘We don’t do Russians,’ says Fiji health minister over super yacht...

April 14, 2022

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Students threaten mass exodus from UPNG as anti-O’Neill tension grows

May 14, 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

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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

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Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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

"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"

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Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

Palau's Surangel S. Whipps Jr addresses the Climate Summit 2025, a high-Level special event on Climate Action, at COP30 in Brazil

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Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane...

USTKE and other inter-union members met French Overseas Minister Naïma Moutchou on her visit to Camp Est prison in Nouméa

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French Overseas Minister holds marathon political talks in New Caledonia

Palestinian rally MC Lamees Elthiny speaks to a protest rally in Auckland today themed on the "BDS - Boycott Divestments Sanctions" campaign against New Zealand companies alleged to be complicit with Israel's genocide in Gaza

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New Zealand backing Israel over two-state solution shows galling weak leadership

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New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

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Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

"The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"

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Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?

"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"

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Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

JAWS president Lagi Keresoma

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Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access

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

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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

New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

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Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

The UN Security Council adopted the US-sponsored Gaza resolution 13 votes to nil

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IDF failed on battlefield to disarm Hamas, but UN vote gives...

"The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"

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Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?

The pōwhiri for the start of the four-day WIPCE 2025

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World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland