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‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

October 9, 2019

UN report on Indonesia's "serious Papuan abuses"

Refugees

Australian group calls for action over UN Indonesian ‘Papuan abuses’ report

PSNA co-chair John Minto

Refugees

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

Refugees

Ukraine, Israel, racism and the tired hypocrisy over refugees and Palestine

Refugees

Journalism educators protest over ‘targeting’ of Boochani on Manus

Refugees

NZ protesters bring ‘human face’ to suffering of Manus, Nauru refugees

July 19, 2017

Refugees

NZ pro-Palestinian ‘justice’ protesters target Israel Day waterfront events

Rahul Bhattarai -

May 13, 2018

Refugees

182 dead in Papuan displacement camps, says aid group

August 5, 2019

Manus Island detention centre

Refugees

Outrage as Australia walks away from PNG refugee responsibilities

October 14, 2021

UNRWA under attack

Refugees

Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former...

January 30, 2024

Refugees

PNG’s Manam volcano erupts again, forcing islanders to evacuate

August 25, 2018

Refugees

NZ ‘chose us to come here … to die here’, says...

March 19, 2019

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman

Refugees

Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving...

March 22, 2022

Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland

Refugees

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

November 15, 2025

Recovery and humanitarian workers ramp up efforts on Maui island

Refugees

Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept...

August 17, 2023

South Tarawa in Kiribati

Refugees

Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

October 10, 2025

Pacific Islanders protesting for an immediate ceasefire to Israel's War on Gaza

Refugees

Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the...

February 12, 2024

Iranian refugee Hamid and two of his children

Refugees

‘New Zealand, get me off this island,’ pleads 9-year Iran refugee...

January 20, 2023

New Zealand journalist and author David Robie talks to Greenpeace activists last month about the Rainbow Warrior bombing and Rongelap voyage

Refugees

‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior...

May 7, 2025

Double standards over West Papua

Refugees

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

March 4, 2022

Refugees

PNG condemned for sorcery attacks, police brutality and over refugees

May 24, 2018

Refugees

Aid groups call on Pacific leaders to end Nauru refugee ‘stain...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 1, 2018

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

Refugees

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

March 15, 2025

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

Refugees

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

February 22, 2026

Refugees

Media freedom commentators condemn Nauru ‘gag’ actions

Pacific Media Watch -

September 5, 2018

Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

Refugees

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

January 13, 2026

Protesters over the Gaza genocide in Sydney earlier this week

Refugees

Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide

March 21, 2024

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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

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...

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

APJS newsfile

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

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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

Former journalist and media publisher Jo Nata, spent 24 years in jail for his role in the 2000 Fiji coup

Culture

Fiji will remain unstable while Indigenous people are economically sidelined, says...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

Analysis

Pakistan PM drops a ‘truth bomb’ on US about the Iranian...

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

This latest UN report is significant because it focuses specifically on children

Analysis

A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...

EDITOR'S PICKS

This latest UN report is significant because it focuses specifically on children

Analysis

A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

Fans bid farewell to the Iranian team’s players outside their hotel in Tijuana, Mexico

Analysis

Iran’s heartbroken Team Melli exit World Cup amid silver lining of...

Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai (left)

Democracy

Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut

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

This latest UN report is significant because it focuses specifically on children

Analysis

A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in...

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

Fans bid farewell to the Iranian team’s players outside their hotel in Tijuana, Mexico

Analysis

Iran’s heartbroken Team Melli exit World Cup amid silver lining of...

Pascal Sawa, head of the UC-FLNKS list in the Northern province, welcomes the results in the municipality of Houaïlou

Asia Report

Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections