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Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

April 28, 2026

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Polar bear mojo for Greenpeace captain’s environmental thriller

Martyred women in the Philippines

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Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw nerve in NZ

Anand Giridharadas

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Beware of elite billionaire ‘do-gooder’ hypocrisy, warns author

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‘They get up in the morning, sing their dreams’ – PNG doco explores shaman cult

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Polar bear mojo for Greenpeace captain’s environmental thriller

April 9, 2016

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

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Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance

January 17, 2023

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‘They get up in the morning, sing their dreams’ – PNG...

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August 4, 2017

Scotty Morrison

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In search of our Hawaiki origins – behind the myths and...

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October 7, 2020

Activist author Maire Leadbeater

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Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’

November 9, 2024

New Marshall Islands fisheries book

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How extraordinary Marshall Islands fisheries story grew … and grew

October 2, 2021

Curse of Gold

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Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

March 10, 2026

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

December 14, 2016

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Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua

July 16, 2018

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How Holland censored its post-Japan colonial war in Indonesia

March 26, 2016

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Drone killings on a par with mafia hitmen murders

March 9, 2017

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

Martyred women in the Philippines

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Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw...

September 18, 2022

The Encampments

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The Encampments vs October 8 – a battle of narratives on...

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May 10, 2025

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RSF cheekily climbing the barricades

January 9, 2016

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

West Papua independence supporters in Manokwari

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A montage of West Papuan everyday life from hip-hop to protest...

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April 17, 2024

PJR 26(1) cover detail

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PJR warns growing risks and hostile laws ‘silencing’ Melanesian media

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August 4, 2020

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Journalist turns tales of undercover Papuan reporting into love novel

Pacific Media Watch -

May 7, 2018

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...

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July 14, 2024

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

Pacific Journalism Review investigation over Ophir

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Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR

October 2, 2021

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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

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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

Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

Democracy

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila

Business

New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

Asia Report

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

PINA president Kalafi Moala

Asia Report

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila

Business

New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

PINA president Kalafi Moala

Asia Report

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...

"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month

Analysis

Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

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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

Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila

Business

New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

Two foreign activists -- Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Spanish Palestinian Saif Abukeshek -- from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were kidnapped and taken to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May 3 and again two days later

Analysis

Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

Democracy

Manele calls parliament for Thursday to face no confidence motion