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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

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

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’

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’

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Government in Solomon Islands ‘collapsing’ as MPs change allegiance

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October 31, 2017

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Bougainville autonomy ‘positive’ but improvements needed, says poll report

January 29, 2018

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South Africa’s ‘Mama’ Winnie Mandela – a political and media icon

April 3, 2018

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Fiji’s media decree and ‘draconian’ approach difficult, says publisher

Pacific Media Centre -

July 23, 2018

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Solomons police call for calm to counter riots after PM elected

April 24, 2019

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Early elections cannot become the norm in Timor-Leste, says Alkatiri

February 24, 2020

Timor-Leste hands

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Timor-Leste: Political leadership, patriarchal relationships, and the paedophile ex-priest

February 27, 2021

Australian Federal Police officers on peacekeeping duties in Honiara

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‘Don’t interfere’, Solomon Islands police tell opposition leader

December 5, 2021

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Another year over, and a new one just begun

January 11, 2016

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Chief magistrate rejects arrest bid in Vanuatu conspiracy case

February 1, 2016

Pacific journalists at the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) media workshop

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Media partnerships ‘vital for growing Pacific awareness’, says Vanuatu finance chief

August 17, 2022

Fiji Methodist Church conference in Suva

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Fiji’s Methodists face ‘worrying trend’ over misuse of funds, dictatorial style

October 12, 2022

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Plans to end violence, improve human rights in West Papua ‘unravelling’

Pacific Media Watch -

August 16, 2017

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Global refugee crisis solution ‘up to all of us’, says filmmaker...

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September 10, 2017

Helen Clark

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NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark

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September 2, 2018

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PNG police issue arrest warrant for former PM Peter O’Neill

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October 16, 2019

Elite 1 percenters

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We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts...

January 27, 2021

Greenpeace's Amanda Larsson

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Climate Commission report gives NZ dairy industry ‘free pass to pollute’,...

June 10, 2021

Maria Ressa of Rappler

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#HoldTheLine Coalition welcomes new dismissal of cyber-libel charge against Rappler’s Maria...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 14, 2021

A deserted central Auckland during August 2021 lockdown

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Ardern says Auckland to stay in lockdown for another week

September 13, 2021

Protestor Lana shouts out to the crowd by the Russian Embassy

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Putin ‘will not stop at Ukraine’ – NZ protesters condemn Russian...

February 25, 2022

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‘Baseless accusations’ in Fiji police witchhunt, says former intelligence chief

April 3, 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

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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

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

Palestinians mourn their relatives who were killed by the Israeli military in air strikes in spite of the Gaza ceasefire on 19 October 2025

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The 60+ UN member states complicit with the Gaza genocide –...

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu portrayed on a placard at a New Zealand pro-Palestine rally

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Israeli torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners, death penalty law – yet...

JAWS president Lagi Keresoma

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Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access

EDITOR'S PICKS

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

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Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

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

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

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Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

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Minister Moutchou ends New Caledonia visit – political announcements, no new...

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...