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    • Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed
      Analysis

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      Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

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A Merkava tank in Gaza pictured at the moment a Hamas resistance fighter emerged from a tunnel to plant an explosive device
Analysis

A video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 14, 2025
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Fiji media specialist Kelepi Abariga
Asia Report

Fijian in Abu Dhabi worried about Pacific communities in Middle East

APR editor -
June 14, 2025
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How Iran's PressTV channel reported the Israeli attack
Asia Report

Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran

APR editor -
June 13, 2025
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Proof of the failure of Western media came this week with the coverage of Israel’s brazen act of piracy against a UK-flagged ship, the Madleen
Asia Report

Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they...

APR editor -
June 13, 2025
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Explosions have been reported across Tehran after the Israeli air force conducted air strikes
Asia Report

Editor calls for NZ to immediately expel Israeli envoy for unprovoked...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 13, 2025
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Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered
Bougainville

Bougainville legal dept looking towards sorcery violence policy

APR editor -
June 13, 2025
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The Rainbow Warrior III in action against industrial longlining fishing in the South Pacific
Australia

Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation

Asia Pacific -
June 12, 2025
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Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year
Bougainville

Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham

APR editor -
June 12, 2025
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Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick
Asia Report

New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say...

APR editor -
June 11, 2025
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A child victim of the Indonesian military raids in Sugapa district
Asia Report

More deaths reported out of Sugapa in West Papua clashes with...

APR editor -
June 11, 2025
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters gave the game away
Asia Report

NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 11, 2025
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Asia Report

US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers

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June 11, 2025
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Ponsonby post office shop
Business

‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open

APR editor -
June 11, 2025
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The Gambier Islands
Development

French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area

APR editor -
June 11, 2025
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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer at a pro-Palestinian rally outside the NZ Parliament
Asia Report

Te Pāti Māori condemns Israel for Gaza ‘horrific violence’ over Madleen...

APR editor -
June 10, 2025
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Nine of the 12 Madleen crew members before they were kidnapped by the Israeli military
Asia Report

Amnesty slams Israel for flouting international law with ‘chilling contempt’ over...

APR editor -
June 10, 2025
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Drones light up the night sky in Nice with a "One Ocean" message as a prelude to the UN Oceans conference
Civil Society

Pacific civil society groups challenge France over hosting UN oceans event...

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June 10, 2025
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla peace activist Thiago Ávila in an interview with journalist Abby Martin before being kidnapped by Israeli forces
Asia Report

Why Israel’s ‘humane’ propaganda is such a sinister facade

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June 9, 2025
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French-Palestinian MEP parliamentarian Rima Hassan
Asia Report

Palestinian supporters in NZ accuse Israel of ‘state piracy’ and condemn...

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June 9, 2025
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Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
Development

‘Act responsibly for humankind’ – Palau president on deep sea mining...

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June 9, 2025
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Brazilian activist Thiago Avila wearing a life jacket
Asia Report

Israeli forces intercept Gaza freedom aid boat Madleen – cut communications

Pacific Media Watch -
June 9, 2025
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"It is hard to argue with the conclusion genocide is happening"
Analysis

New Zealand’s foreign policy stance on Palestine lacks transparency

APR editor -
June 8, 2025
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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

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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

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BEARING WITNESS

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...

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

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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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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
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GLOBAL REPORTAGE

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
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Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March
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Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

May 4, 2026
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Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

May 4, 2026
Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

May 4, 2026
Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

May 4, 2026
Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

May 3, 2026
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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

April 29, 2026
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

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