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De Gaulle: Résistance and the subjective history of anti-Nazi struggle during Second World War

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October 18, 2026

The BBC still runs its story on six-year-old Hind Rajab, killed by Israeli forces, under the headline "Hind Rajab, 6, found dead

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UN puts media giants on notice over Gaza as journalists’ death toll spirals

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 ecocide under noses of military

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

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RSF cheekily climbing the barricades

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

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

March 12, 2026

The Sunday Graphic's 1953 Royal Tour Picture Album

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Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about...

September 9, 2022

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Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River

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July 19, 2017

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How Holland censored its post-Japan colonial war in Indonesia

March 26, 2016

Author Phil Kafcaloudes (centre) with Australia Calling colleagues

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Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement

January 27, 2023

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

American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson

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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

August 1, 2026

New Zealand author David Robie

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David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...

December 1, 2025

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...

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April 22, 2026

Auli'i Cravalho is still great as Moana

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

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December 2, 2024

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Rainbow Warrior … launch of the new ‘last voyage’ and bombing...

August 6, 2015

A scene from NAZA . . . the controversial documentary on Israel's industrial scale murder in the Gaza genocide

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Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

October 15, 2026

The podcast takes the listener into a room in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, where Greenpeace International leader Steve Sawyer met for the first time with Jeton Anjain

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How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior...

December 5, 2024

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Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage

January 15, 2017

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Behind the Blockade : A ‘prisoner’ mother’s struggle to remove barriers

February 29, 2016

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A timely climate media strategy to empower citizens

February 7, 2018

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

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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How soldier guitars, culture and faith paved way for Bougainville’s peace

April 23, 2019

PJR 26(1) cover detail

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

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2020

The mask comes off . . . how cartoonist Malcolm Evans characterised the Jack Tame Q&A interview

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Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media’s record of bias...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 23, 2024

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

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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

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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...

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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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TVNZ's Kaupapa Māori Debate

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NZ’s Te Tiriti, gangs and grocery prices – parties clash in...

Another four years of far-right rule would pose an immediate threat to Palestinian communities and their rights inside Israel

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Why Palestinian citizens of Israel can vote, but can’t expect any...

"'Ungrounding' is a kind of destruction that we have not seen anywhere else

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‘Ungrounding’ – Eyal Weizman on Gaza genocide and Israel’s ‘architecture of...

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‘Our people don’t want handouts’ – Pasifika voters seek action on...

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‘Our people don’t want handouts’ – Pasifika voters seek action on...

Journalist Mohamed Hassan

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Al Jazeera – its vital place in the global media landscape...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (centre) has promised to press on with tabling the bill

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Fiji PM Rabuka under pressure ahead of crucial vote on constitutional...

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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

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Journalist Mohamed Hassan

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Al Jazeera – its vital place in the global media landscape...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Democracy

Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (centre) has promised to press on with tabling the bill

Democracy

Fiji PM Rabuka under pressure ahead of crucial vote on constitutional...

A section of the cover of New Zealand author Peter Macky's new book, Gaza: Anatomy of a Genocide

Asia Report

NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide