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Arab members of the Global March To Gaza were the targets of the most dramatic and violent excesses committed by the Egyptian authorities

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Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to ‘defeat genocide’

June 19, 2025

RFMF Territorial Brigade soldiers taking part in the three-day Operation Genesis exercises in Fiji

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Joint Fiji forces tackle civil strife, flash flood crisis and rebels in exercise

A crew member on board the RAN frigate HMAS Stuart monitors the Chinese Navy's missile destroyer Zunyi and the supply ship Weishanhu

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Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world

The Pacific and the world

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Call for fresh Blue Pacific rules-based order: ‘Our home, our rules’

A "No Nuclear Winter" placard at a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland at the weekend

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‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of Trump row

Staff leave the Newshub studio in central Auckland

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RNZ Mediawatch: Under the sinking lid from offshore tech companies

Pacific Media Watch -

December 15, 2024

FAA-licensed Rocket Lab, a spaceport at Mahia Pensinsula

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Collins and Rocket Lab challenged over satellites linked to Israeli war...

November 14, 2024

Condemnation of "despicable acts" by French colonialism

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‘Stop the violence, killing against Kanaks’ plea by Vanuatu MPs

June 21, 2024

The GCSB building in Wellington

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Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns...

March 22, 2024

An upgraded HMAS Stirling in Western Australia

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Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place

March 20, 2024

PNG riot police and Defence Force officers on duty

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PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots

January 26, 2024

"Shame on the NZ govt"

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Israel wants a Palestinian intifada in the West Bank. It may...

January 19, 2024

Gaza devastation as the result of the relentless Israeli bombardment

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Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from...

November 24, 2023

Aotearoa New Zealand's defence and security puzzle

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Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public...

August 13, 2023

A lone protester raises the Morning Star flag of West Papua

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Indonesia upgrades NZ pilot operation in West Papua to ‘combat ready’

April 19, 2023

An airstrike narrowly misses a civilian vehicle in Myanmar

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Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’

Pacific Media Watch -

February 2, 2023

International peace researcher Owen Wilkes

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Memories from Sweden of the dedicated peace researcher Owen Wilkes

December 15, 2022

A video still showing Indonesian security forces using water cannon to suppress peaceful West Papuan protesters

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This is more sinister than you think – my people’s freedom...

Pacific Media Watch -

December 13, 2022

Myanmar’s democracy movement wants the international community to impose tough sanctions on the junta

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China’s influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in...

November 21, 2022

Not enough to protect academic freedom

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Universities must act to prevent espionage and foreign interference, but national...

March 31, 2022

HMNZS Aotearoa (docked) and HMNZS Wellington in Nuku’alofa

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Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence

January 24, 2022

Fua'amotu International Airport coated in ash

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Tonga eruption: Airport runway cleared of ash, says WHO official

January 20, 2022

Atatā island, Tonga 18012022

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Tonga eruption: Images appear to show most of Atatā island wiped...

January 19, 2022

Mango island, Tonga

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Tongan government confirms all homes on Mango destroyed, fears death toll...

January 19, 2022

A P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over Nomuka island

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Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka –...

January 18, 2022

James O'Dea ... oral historical account of struggles in Aotearoa

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James ‘Jimmy’ O’Dea: How he upheld Te Tino Rangatiratanga and many...

December 9, 2021

Zhang Zang

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Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards

Pacific Media Watch -

November 20, 2021

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

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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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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"This is cruelty - this is not a war," says this young girl's placard quoting the Pope

Asia Report

NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip...

The first-ever US military flight carrying 18 Marshall Islanders deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrives at Majuro

Crime

ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base

"It's more than ironic that while Western countries like Britain and New Zealand are calling for an end to the war in Gaza, they continue to be hostile toward the anti-war protest movements in their own countries"

Asia Report

Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries

The Cook Islands' outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations

Cook Islands

Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations

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An "Israel-USA - blood on your hands" banner at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland last Saturday

Asia Report

Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence...

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence flies higm among dozens of climate activists - from both the Netherlands and abroad - gathered on a square outside the court

Climate

UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...

A "save the world" banner at last Saturday's pro-Palestinian march in Auckland's Viaduct precinct

Decolonisation

Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters

"It's more than ironic that while Western countries like Britain and New Zealand are calling for an end to the war in Gaza, they continue to be hostile toward the anti-war protest movements in their own countries"

Asia Report

Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries

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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

An "Israel-USA - blood on your hands" banner at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland last Saturday

Asia Report

Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence...

Vanuatu's Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu talks to the media

Climate

Historic ICJ climate ruling ‘just the beginning’, says Vanuatu’s Regenvanu

A warning on mass starvation in Gaza

Analysis

Israel waging ‘horror show’ starvation campaign in Gaza, says UN chief

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence flies higm among dozens of climate activists - from both the Netherlands and abroad - gathered on a square outside the court

Climate

UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...