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Foreign espionage increasing in Pacific, says NZ’s spy agency

August 16, 2026

Atatā island, Tonga 18012022

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

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

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Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene

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’

Lawyer Juleen Fatiaki, counsel for Charlie Charters

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Fiji judge orders motion seeking return of journalists’ e-devices seized by...

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August 14, 2026

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

Not enough to protect academic freedom

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

March 31, 2022

Staff leave the Newshub studio in central Auckland

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RNZ Mediawatch: Under the sinking lid from offshore tech companies

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December 15, 2024

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...

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December 13, 2022

Zhang Zang

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Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards

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November 20, 2021

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PNG students in China say Facebook move is ‘irrelevant’ and damaging

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May 30, 2018

The Afghan Files

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Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to...

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June 6, 2019

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RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against...

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February 29, 2020

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Australia needs a Media Freedom Act – here’s how it could...

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October 22, 2019

The GCSB building in Wellington

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

March 22, 2024

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How Christchurch mosque assault has made a mark on NZ media

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March 25, 2019

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

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Public interest journalism at a ‘crossroads’, says MEAA

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July 31, 2017

An artists' impression of the controversial Southland AI "data factory"

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Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says...

June 29, 2026

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Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene

Pacific Media Watch -

September 7, 2020

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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ABC warrant case shows ‘system is broken’ – change law, says...

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February 28, 2020

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Why data power of social media giants like Facebook troubles human...

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April 3, 2018

Myanmar press

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Myanmar’s Bloody Sunday – security forces ‘live tracking’ media, protesters

March 2, 2021

China's BeiDou communications satellite

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Iran’s plan to abandon GPS is more about a looming new...

July 28, 2025

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

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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

Asia Report

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)

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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"A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East

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‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...

Auckland's new metro rail station Karanga-a-hape

Development

‘Just lovely’: Karanga-a-Hape train station delights locals and visitors on open...

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

EDITOR'S PICKS

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

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Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

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Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi

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Four months on, still no charges in death of man in...

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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

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

Education Minister Aseri Radrodro

Asia Report

Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational...

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

AI

Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media