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    • "Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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      After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

      PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
      Democracy

      Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

      Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
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      Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, in April 2025
Analysis

Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military and silencing West Papua

APR editor -
May 11, 2025
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Siome of the participants in the Aotearoa Philippines national assembly in Auckland yesterday
Asia Report

Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election...

APR editor -
May 11, 2025
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Renowned Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot by an Israeli sniper in the head on 11 May 2022
Asia Report

Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 11, 2025
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English instead of his fluent Italian and Spanish during mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals
Climate

Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader

APR editor -
May 10, 2025
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Gordon Campbell's Scoop column on the Pope and the Israeli Institute
Asia Report

Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 10, 2025
0
Once a tropical paradise thick with coconut palms, Runit Island is capped by a massive concrete structure
Climate

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace...

APR editor -
May 10, 2025
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The Encampments
Asia Report

The Encampments vs October 8 – a battle of narratives on...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 10, 2025
0
Paula Whetu Jones (right) on finally completing her feature length documentary about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Dr Allan Kerr.
Asia Report

The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 9, 2025
0
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
Analysis

Pope Leo XIV faces limits on changing the Catholic Church −...

APR editor -
May 9, 2025
0
University of the South Pacific student journalists and guests
Democracy

USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and...

Wansolwara -
May 9, 2025
0
Some of the 100 PNG Defence Force personnel who deployed to Australia to help fight bushfires in January 2020
Australia

Experts split on Australia’s Papua New Guinea military recruitment plan

APR editor -
May 9, 2025
0
Post-Courier's senior political editor Gorethy Kenneth
Editor's Picks

PNG’s Gorethy Kenneth: 23 years of fearless journalism and unwavering truth

Pacific Media Watch -
May 9, 2025
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Mai TV's Stanley Simpson
Democracy

Fiji media’s Stan Simpson blasts ‘hypocrites’ in social media clash...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 8, 2025
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New Zealand protesters for Palestine delivering PSNA's open letter to Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Asia Report

NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation

APR editor -
May 8, 2025
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Sixteen Centaur armoured vehicles have been deployed by French security forces in advance of the anniversary of last year's rioting on May 13
Decolonisation

New Caledonia’s political talks – no outcome after three days of...

APR editor -
May 8, 2025
0
New Zealand protesters outside the headquarters of Television New Zealand
Asia Report

Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 7, 2025
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New Zealand journalist and author David Robie talks to Greenpeace activists last month about the Rainbow Warrior bombing and Rongelap voyage
Climate

‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior...

APR editor -
May 7, 2025
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Media education in Samoa
Democracy

Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 7, 2025
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Indonesia - "A true silent retreat . . . especially for journalists"
Asia Report

Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 6, 2025
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Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024
Cook Islands

Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed...

APR editor -
May 6, 2025
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Fiji Media Association secretary Stanley Simpson
Democracy

Fiji media welcomes credible news services, but not ‘pop-up propagandists’, says...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 6, 2025
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Fiji's acting prisons chief Sevuloni Naucukidi (centre)
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Viral video shows Fiji prison chief throwing punches at Suva bar

Pacific Media Watch -
May 5, 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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
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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

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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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

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EDITOR'S PICKS

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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Analysis

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

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
Democracy

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
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Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

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MOST COMMENTS

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

Jacinda Ardern
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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
Analysis

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PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
Democracy

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
Asia Report

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

Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom
Australia

Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain...

Editor's Picks

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

May 5, 2026
Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

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

May 4, 2026
PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

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
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"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

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May 2, 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

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

May 3, 2026
The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

April 29, 2026
Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

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May 4, 2026
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