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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

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Lim Tean: Marco Rubio embarrasses himself – and America – over Iran

June 25, 2026

A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

Religion

Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

How global news channel Al Jazeera reported the death of Pope Francis at 88

Religion

Pope Francis dies one day after first post-hospital public appearance and with final plea for Gaza

Papua's Tom Beanal

Religion

Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

Holy Shit. Cartoon by Mr Fish

Religion

Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican

Religion

Pope Leo XIV faces limits on changing the Catholic Church −...

May 9, 2025

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal (from left), Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod, and vice-chancellor Mark Scott at Sydney University

Religion

Sydney Uni appoints antisemitism ‘lecturer’, forgets to tell anybody

April 22, 2026

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Religion

Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear

January 23, 2025

Cardinal David of the Philippines

Religion

Cardinal David slams Israel, says Jesus would have been born in...

December 26, 2024

A state visit to Australia "presented to us not as diplomacy, not as geopolitics, not as a strategic signal, but as 'healing'"

Religion

What is Israel’s Herzog doing in Australia – who invited him,...

February 2, 2026

A 2017 constitutional amendment still guarantees individuals freedom of religion, belief and worship in Sāmoa

Religion

Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions

January 12, 2026

Pope Leo and US President Donald Trump

Religion

Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power...

April 5, 2026

Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves

Religion

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

July 21, 2025

Another shelter day for the Tangata Tuārangi RSE workers

Religion

Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay

February 18, 2023

Sāmoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt

Religion

Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy

January 11, 2026

Cenderawasih University protest

Religion

West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation

October 12, 2020

Reverend Dr Munther Isaac

Religion

Gaza Christians pray for end of Israeli war’s ‘death and destruction’

December 25, 2024

New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters march against genocide

Religion

Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams

July 28, 2025

PCC general secretary Reverend James Bhagwan

Religion

2 out 3 of Fiji women experience domestic violence, says Reverend...

November 25, 2024

French gendarmes in law and order operations in Kanaky New Caledonia

Religion

Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete...

June 6, 2024

A young girl holds a placard quoting from the late Pope Francis while calling for an end to the war on Gaza in Auckland last Saturday

Religion

Gaza not a religious issue – it’s a massive violation of...

July 23, 2025

UCA News screenshot

Religion

Fear still marks the trial of a former priest in Timor-Leste...

February 22, 2021

Religion

New report tells of murder, kidnapping and torture in West Papua

March 14, 2016

Pope Leo XIV to journalists

Religion

Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity for ‘persecuted’ journalists seeking truth, calls...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 13, 2025

Rabaul's Archbishop Rochus Tatamai

Religion

Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’

July 3, 2025

Naked Samoan group comedian Oscar Kightley

Religion

‘Never our intention to mock Jesus’ – Naked Samoans respond to...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 8, 2025

PNG's Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby Cardinal Sir John Ribat welcomes Pope Francis during his four nation Pacific and Southeast Asian tour

Religion

Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in...

September 15, 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

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Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

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‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’...

The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London

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The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he...

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RIMPAC 2026: Part 1 – World’s biggest naval games a dress...

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The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London

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The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he...

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace

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Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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Australia

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

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

The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London

Analysis

The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he...

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity

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‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...