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Gaza and Rocket Lab protesters on Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau's Queens Wharf

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NZ protesters condemn ‘IDF kill chain’ link to Gaza genocide

February 14, 2026

Palantir has been mired in controversy

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‘We kill enemies’ – spy firm Palantir secures top Australian security clearance

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine

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Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

China's BeiDou communications satellite

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Iran’s plan to abandon GPS is more about a looming new ‘tech cold war’

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’

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...

March 21, 2025

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

March 17, 2025

The Pacific and the world

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

March 14, 2025

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...

March 4, 2025

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

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

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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

"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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

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

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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

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

A scene of NSW police brutality raining blows on a young man in a keffiyeh in Sydney

Asia Report

Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against...

"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...

"Illegal Israeli settlements are slowly circling and strangling Palestinian towns

Asia Report

Beyond Gaza, Israel pushes to occupy more of the West Bank

EDITOR'S PICKS

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

"New Zealand has an opportunity to get ahead of the global backlash"

Analysis

Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics

"Tahiti is mentioned in various email exchanges involving Epstein"

Cook Islands

‘The girl from Tahiti’ – Pacific Islands in the Epstein files

Many critics are saying the Trump plan could “sideline” the Palestinians

Asia Report

Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza

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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

Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9

Analysis

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

"New Zealand has an opportunity to get ahead of the global backlash"

Analysis

Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics

"Tahiti is mentioned in various email exchanges involving Epstein"

Cook Islands

‘The girl from Tahiti’ – Pacific Islands in the Epstein files

Many critics are saying the Trump plan could “sideline” the Palestinians

Asia Report

Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza