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Tracy-Moana Campbell: Genocide training for NZ teachers by Israel a ludicrous idea

August 16, 2026

BlackRock spy satellites protest

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Palestine protesters told they are ‘rainbow people’ of hope after 150 weeks of Gaza protest

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)

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Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s future?

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

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

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Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

Tappoos warehouse fire, Fiji 010821

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Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two...

August 3, 2021

Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa

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Samoa’s PM Fiame sacks AG over ‘lack of public trust’

September 3, 2021

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#COP21: ‘Filthy’ corporate sponsors bankrolling Paris summit exposed

January 11, 2016

PNG opposition leader Belden Namah

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PNG opposition leader calls on lawyer MP to resign over shooting...

March 15, 2022

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What PM O’Neill told the protesting PNG students – in full

May 24, 2016

Flashback to West Papua 1971

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OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’

July 4, 2022

PNG police and court sheriffs consulting

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PNG court sheriffs clamp down on dangerous weapons, boost security

July 28, 2022

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PNG Media Council seeks opinion over Cybercrime Act’s ‘free speech’ impact

Pacific Media Watch -

June 30, 2017

More than half of Afghanistan's population rely on humanitarian aid

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Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers

December 27, 2022

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West Papua petition causes UN stir, but Papuans say demands still...

October 8, 2017

The Oosterman greenway proposal property

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Simon Oosterman Beckers: After the Great Flood – a greenway offer...

February 7, 2023

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Another Facebook photo ‘community filtering’ policy failure

Pacific Media Watch -

April 29, 2018

The evacuation of Michelle Kurisi's body

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Papuan lawyers call for impartial probe into woman killed over NZ...

September 6, 2023

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Independent, returning MPs dominate new Solomon Islands Parliament

April 8, 2019

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Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers

Pacific Media Watch -

June 7, 2019

Oscar Temaru

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Tahiti’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru suspends justice hunger strike

June 13, 2020

Mimika students protest 1

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West Papuans reject Jakarta plan for extension of special autonomy

February 25, 2021

PNG's James Marape (left) and Bougainville's Ishmael Toroama

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PNG and Bougainville agree on new terms for state power transfer

May 14, 2021

Security officers at Fiji's FEMAT field hospital

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Fiji’s field hospital begins covid crisis transition with 791 new cases,...

July 8, 2021

Women protest over Taliban rule

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With the Taliban return, 20 years of progress for women looks...

August 18, 2021

Mass equity vaccination

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Vaccination clinics prioritising Māori ‘swamped by Pākehā’

September 7, 2021

Maprik, East Sepik, independence rally

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Covid-19 red alert over PNG ‘super spreader’ independence events

September 17, 2021

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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

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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

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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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...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

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‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

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‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

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Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

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Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

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

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

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Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

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Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

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Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

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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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Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

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

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

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‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

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Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

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Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...