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Co-editors Vijay Naidu and Claire Slatter at the launch of ‘Remembering Epeli Hau’ofa'

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A tribute to a Pacific visionary – remembering Epeli Hau’ofa

March 18, 2024

Pacific Journalism Review celebrates 30 years of publishing

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Pacific Journalism Review turns 30 – and challenges media over Gaza

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

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Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must read for activism

Waves of Change co-authors Associate Professor Shailendra Singh (from left), Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad and Dr Amit Sarwal

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Groundbreaking book Waves of Change launched at Pacific Media Conference in Fiji

A protest over a controversial and widely condemned series of heavily armed nationwide Te Urewera raids

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An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics

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‘Paying it forward’ – a new dance concept with Ia Manuia

Pacific Media Centre -

September 26, 2015

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A damning indictment of the parlous state of affairs in the...

Shailendra Singh -

August 3, 2016

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Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River

Pacific Media Watch -

July 19, 2017

Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast

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West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and...

March 8, 2026

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Journalist turns tales of undercover Papuan reporting into love novel

Pacific Media Watch -

May 7, 2018

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

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Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

March 12, 2026

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How Holland censored its post-Japan colonial war in Indonesia

March 26, 2016

Peace Action cover detail

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Lessons from peace activists – and action is up to the...

March 20, 2023

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The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG

Pacific Media Watch -

February 10, 2018

Pilot and author Silva McLeod

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Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’...

Sri Krishnamurthi -

May 10, 2023

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A timely climate media strategy to empower citizens

February 7, 2018

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Murdered journalists a ‘hurdle’ for Jakarta in concealing Timor invasion

Pacific Media Watch -

March 6, 2020

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Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua

July 16, 2018

Margaret Mills

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Pioneering saga of early Otago horse whisperer author’s dream come true

December 24, 2020

New Marshall Islands fisheries book

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How extraordinary Marshall Islands fisheries story grew … and grew

October 2, 2021

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Disney’s Moana: First Pacific movie princess the real deal

December 14, 2016

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Polar bear mojo for Greenpeace captain’s environmental thriller

April 9, 2016

Auli'i Cravalho is still great as Moana

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Moana 2: The magic is missing in this half-baked Pacific sequel

Pacific Media Watch -

December 2, 2024

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Timely strategic research spotlights killings of journalists

September 1, 2017

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

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The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...

May 21, 2025

Curse of Gold

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Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

March 10, 2026

Owen Wilkes speaking at a protest at the US base at Christchurch Airport

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‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ –...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 1, 2023

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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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

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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

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...

Iranian Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Report

Iranian envoy slams ‘rule of the jungle’ in criticism of NZ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference on the first day of the Iran ceasefire on 8 April 2026

Analysis

Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

Climate

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

EDITOR'S PICKS

A "dove of peace" in Iran

Analysis

Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their...

Iranian negotiators flew to Pakistan on a plane they called “Minab 168” as a tribute to the 168 people - mostly schoolgirls - killed in a US missile strike on an elementary school in the city of Minab on February 28

Analysis

Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade

A "New Zealand government must sanction Israel" banner flutters on one of the Global Sumud Flotilla boats

Asia Report

Global Sumud Flotilla heads from Barcelona to break Gaza blockade

Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

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

The RFMF has assured the Fiji public that "there is no threat to public safety"

Crime

Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats

PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal (from left), councillor Julie Fairey and Kathy Ross

Asia Report

Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies

A "dove of peace" in Iran

Analysis

Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their...

US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz begins

Analysis

Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke