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A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’ becoming normalised

September 12, 2026

Australian Green Senator David Shoebridge seeking information from the Department of Home Affairs

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‘New level of bastardry’ – Australia releases NZYQ agreement with Naoero

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels

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Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’ rhetoric?

Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

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Indonesia accused of being ‘unfit’ for UN rights council presidency

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

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‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

May 17, 2026

Double standards over West Papua

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‘Double standards’ claims as world reacts to Ukraine crisis, ignores Papua

March 4, 2022

South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

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South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail

January 12, 2024

Rongelap MP Hilton Kendall speaking at the welcoming ceremony for the Rainbow Warrior in Majuro

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Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history

March 15, 2025

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza...

February 7, 2026

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From rags to riches to rags again – the Forum’s hidden...

September 3, 2018

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Rights, cultural activists among winners of Asia’s Nobel Prize

Pacific Media Centre -

July 28, 2017

Papuan People’s Solidarity members protest in Sorong last month against President Prabowo Subianto’s plan to resume a transmigration programme

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West Papuan outcry over Prabowo’s plan to revive transmigration

November 5, 2024

Rongelap Islanders on board the Rainbow Warrior bound for Mejatto in May 1985

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Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear...

March 1, 2025

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

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Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

May 22, 2025

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...

November 15, 2025

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Indonesia arrests 67 Papuan students in Jayapura backing Vanuatu’s UN bid

September 26, 2018

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True Christmas story: What history really tells us about the birth...

December 22, 2017

Filmmaker Kristo Langker nervously introduces his documentary with one of the Indonesian attack bombs that failed to explode

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New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua

August 5, 2023

Nduga refugees

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At least 139 die in Papuan refugee camps, claims relief group

July 20, 2019

South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

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New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others...

January 18, 2024

The latest photo of the condition of kidnapped New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens 200323

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Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end...

March 21, 2023

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Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...

Pacific Journalism Review -

July 20, 2018

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

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Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms...

April 22, 2025

Camera at Malang

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Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the...

March 11, 2021

NZ citizen Ahmed Zaoui

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Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says

October 6, 2023

Bikini Atoll descendant Sosylina Jibas-Maddison

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Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas

Pacific Media Watch -

December 29, 2022

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

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

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

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

Coronavirus

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

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

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

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

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

Analysis

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

Analysis

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"

Analysis

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

Bearing Witness

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

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

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)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

The Vanuatu ferry MV Matui

Disasters

Vanuatu ferry disaster: ‘It’s a miracle anyone survived,’ says rescuer

The Panguna mine arson attack

Bougainville

Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."

Culture

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

"Put the greens last"

Analysis

Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Put the greens last"

Analysis

Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

Zionist quartet

Analysis

Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

Analysis

The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...

President Trump boasts of having the greatest military in the world

Analysis

Why can’t Democrats outshine a dangerous, unstable, delusional, egomaniacal Trump?

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

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

"Put the greens last"

Analysis

Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

Zionist quartet

Analysis

Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

Fiji Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu's HIV warning

Fiji

Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live...

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

Analysis

The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...