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The bombed Rainbow Warrior next morning

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The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence

July 3, 2025

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

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

The Encampments

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The Encampments vs October 8 – a battle of narratives on Palestine plays out in cinema

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

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 podcast series

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

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2017

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Investigative journalism – from the NZ wars to Pike River

Pacific Media Watch -

July 19, 2017

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Post-coup Rabuka crackdown as seen from Fiji Times editor’s ‘hot seat’

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April 23, 2017

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Drone killings on a par with mafia hitmen murders

March 9, 2017

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Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage

January 15, 2017

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

December 14, 2016

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

Shailendra Singh -

August 3, 2016

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Tribute to a free and independent Pacific media

Pacific Media Centre -

April 21, 2016

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Polar bear mojo for Greenpeace captain’s environmental thriller

April 9, 2016

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Putting state terrorism in context – the Rainbow Warrior follies

March 1, 2016

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

February 29, 2016

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Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance

January 9, 2016

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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

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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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Since the data breach, the Tongan government has said "a small amount" of information from the attack was published online. This included confidential information,

Crime

Tonga cybersecurity attack wake-up call for Pacific, warns expert

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

Asia Report

UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy...

PSNA co-chairs John Minto and Maher Nazzal said the referral “carefully outlines a case that six NZ individuals should be investigated”

Asia Report

Palestine solidarity group lawyers refer NZ prime minister Luxon, 3 ministers...

West Papua human rights advocate and independence leader Octo Mote

Civil Society

Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Civil Society

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman

Asia Report

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

Asia Report

UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy...

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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

The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Civil Society

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific...

West Papua human rights advocate and independence leader Octo Mote

Civil Society

Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote

Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman

Asia Report

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

Protesters picketing a Rocket Lab manufacturing site in Warkworth

Asia Report

Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide