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NZ protesters call for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over Gaza atrocities

March 24, 2024

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RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory

UN report on Indonesia's "serious Papuan abuses"

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

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

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Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US proposal

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Australia won’t meet Nauru, Manus resettlement target

June 17, 2019

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

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NZ protesters lock gates of Australian High Commission in Manus protest

November 14, 2017

Starving Gazans waiting for scarce humanitarian aid

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NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza

March 21, 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

A Naoero detention centre in 2018

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

Pacific Media Watch -

September 1, 2018

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182 dead in Papuan displacement camps, says aid group

August 5, 2019

ReliefAid food delivery in Ukraine

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

April 10, 2022

Journalists say they have been directly fired at by Israeli troops

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NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine

July 4, 2023

USA "sold to Israel"

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As Donald Trump plays God in Gaza, Israel acts like spoiled...

January 31, 2025

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Manus Island refugees offered $25,000 each ‘if they go home’

Pacific Media Watch -

October 2, 2017

Refugees

NZ offer still open for taking 150 refugees, says PM Ardern

Rahul Bhattarai -

September 1, 2018

The Global March for Palestine in Auckland

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What is happening to Palestine is the tip of the spear...

October 12, 2026

Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa

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Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...

February 28, 2023

Co-chairs Nina Santos and Father Henry Rogo of the Te Ohu founding assembly last night

Refugees

NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...

September 7, 2023

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

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Few ‘rotten apples’ shouldn’t prevent NZ aid to thousands of innocent...

January 31, 2024

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

December 22, 2017

Carteret Islands

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‘Step up’ over Carterets food crisis, PNG minister warns rich nations

June 3, 2021

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Highlands security crisis hampers PNG quake response

May 7, 2018

Refugees

PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2017

Iranian refugee Hamid and two of his children

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

January 20, 2023

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Pacific Island leaders tightening the screws on press freedom, dissent

September 5, 2018

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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

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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

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

Decolonisation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

Part of a fullpage Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) advertisement in The New Zealand Herald

Asia Report

‘Please explain’, Palestine Forum tells NZ over Israeli-Pacific Islands Forum ‘partnership’

Oceanographers deploy a buoy inside the Rose Atoll in American Samoa waters

American Samoa

Environmental groups, chiefs file lawsuit as US pushes American Samoa deep...

PIF Secretary-General Baron Divavesi Waqa with Israeli Ambassador Maya Yaron

Asia Report

Israel joins Pacific Islands Forum as development partner

EDITOR'S PICKS

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

Editor's Picks

Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food

Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

Decolonisation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,

Analysis

Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says...

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 partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.

Analysis

Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation

Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini

Editor's Picks

Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food

Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation

Decolonisation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...