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Rappler founder Maria Ressa in Hawai'i

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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa calls for journalists to fight ‘Devil’s megaphone’

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July 1, 2022

Meri Kirihimete!

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Meri Kirihimete! Merry Christmas – and all the best for 2022

An Auckland Writers' Festival vigil with Marika (left) and Kathy

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Palestine on patrol – how a flag-dress caused a writers’ stir for justice

Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar

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‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’ – Gaza hostages, mainstream media and truth

Palestine solidarity protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire

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Palestinian agency condemns funding cuts as ‘ collective punishment’

Palestinian activist Jana Fayyad

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Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women

March 13, 2024

Auckland councillors Alf Flilipaina (left) and Fa'anana Efeso Collins

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‘God bless them’ – church in covid cluster brushes off racist...

August 25, 2021

Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte

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Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2022

US President Donald Trump has deprived more than 400 million citizens of reliable information overnight

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New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global...

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May 4, 2025

The Melanesian Spearhead Secretariat office in Port Vila

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West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG

June 6, 2023

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Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’

Pacific Media Watch -

April 15, 2026

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown (left) fronting a media conference

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Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

Pacific Media Watch -

January 31, 2023

A mega public media initiative

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TVNZ, RNZ merger a watershed moment for NZ media

Pacific Media Watch -

March 14, 2022

Protesters shout slogans and hold placards during a national demonstration against the Israeli wars on Gaza, occupied Palestine and Iran

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Starving Gaza civilians toll climbs at Israeli humanitarian ‘death traps’

Pacific Media Watch -

June 22, 2025

PNG government agencies responsible for communications and ICT

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PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 25, 2025

A protest against the division of Papua Province and the establishment of a New Autonomous Region in Jayapura City in 2022

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Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests

Pacific Media Watch -

May 20, 2023

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape pictured in September 2024

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Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape

Pacific Media Watch -

April 7, 2025

A deputation from Palestine supporters take a letter to TVNZ management on World Press Freedom Day

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‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and...

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May 4, 2025

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Fiji contempt of court case – now defence lawyer cited over...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 29, 2022

Jacunda Ardern . . . nasty personal attacks

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The hatred and vitriol NZ’s Jacinda Ardern endured ‘would affect anybody’

January 20, 2023

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Israel Folau ‘misuses’ Bible to justify hatred, says Samoan minister

June 17, 2019

How the PNG Post-Courier reported the social media threat

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Masiu vows 10-day shutdown of PNG’s social media after capital riots

Pacific Media Watch -

January 16, 2024

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Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says...

Michael Andrew -

September 22, 2019

Fiji journalists at a sexual harassment seminar

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Sexual harassment of Fiji’s women journalists ‘concerningly widespread’

Pacific Media Watch -

March 20, 2024

Governor Powes Parkop, city chief of PNG's capital Port Moresby

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Port Moresby governor Parkop stable and recovering after cardiac scare

December 28, 2022

NZ's Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 19, 2025

Television New Zealand . . . killing off current affairs

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Mediawatch: Apocalypse now for NZ news – take 2?

Pacific Media Watch -

March 10, 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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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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

Analysis

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...

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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)

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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

In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership

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NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

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

Climate

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

The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury

Commentary

Why I am willing to go to prison tomorrow for Free...

NZ's Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

Democracy

Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’

EDITOR'S PICKS

Counsel Assisting before Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism a ‘$131 million whinge’

The Democrat voters chose Dr Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter

Analysis

El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win against tyranny a good omen for a...

Pacific Islands Forum member flags

Climate

Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber

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Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state,...

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

Counsel Assisting before Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism a ‘$131 million whinge’

The Democrat voters chose Dr Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter

Analysis

El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win against tyranny a good omen for a...

Pacific Islands Forum member flags

Climate

Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber

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Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state,...