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Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River

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July 19, 2017

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

Scotty Morrison

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

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Putting state terrorism in context – the Rainbow Warrior follies

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Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua

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

New Marshall Islands fisheries book

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How extraordinary Marshall Islands fisheries story grew … and grew

October 2, 2021

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono

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Indonesia’s political system has ‘failed’ its minorities – like West Papuans

April 16, 2019

Single Asia Female

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Single Asian Female: A reflection

May 6, 2021

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Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’

January 28, 2018

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

April 23, 2019

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

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August 4, 2017

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

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

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

Women’s solidarity march, Sydney, 2017

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Is the #MeToo era a reckoning, a revolution, or something else?

March 8, 2022

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Timely strategic research spotlights killings of journalists

September 1, 2017

Owen Wilkes

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Tribute to a human comet who lit everything he touched

February 21, 2023

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

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

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

March 12, 2026

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

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Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua

July 16, 2018

Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) . . . Indonesian colonialism in West Papua

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Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 1, 2026

NZ Listener June 1972

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A Listener flashback: The sacking of an editor

May 9, 2020

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

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September 26, 2015

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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

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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

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire

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‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back...

So now this modern American Nero struggles to convince us that he "won"

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How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit...

The Arctic Sunrise

Asia Report

Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise to join Global Sumud Flotilla mission to Gaza

EDITOR'S PICKS

Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.

Climate

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

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally

Asia Report

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

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

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

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...

MOST COMMENTS

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

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

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

"War is stupid" . . . a message from three generations of New Zealand peace protesters

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Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian...

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

Climate

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

Iranian Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Report

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