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    • "Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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      Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed
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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
      Asia Report

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

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"News Corp and its media bedfellows rely on snark, shrillness and outrage gimmickry
Analysis

In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with...

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May 5, 2025
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PINA president Kalafi Moala
Democracy

PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex...

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May 5, 2025
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Forums such as the Pacific Media Summit are critical
Democracy

Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day

Pacific Media Watch -
May 5, 2025
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Freedom Flotilla humanitarian activists
Asia Report

Gaza-bound aid ship attacked by ‘Israeli piracy’ in talks with Malta

Pacific Media Watch -
May 5, 2025
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The International Seabed Authority flag
Development

Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out...

APR editor -
May 5, 2025
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US President Donald Trump has deprived more than 400 million citizens of reliable information overnight
Analysis

New deal for journalism – RSF’s 11 steps to ‘reconstruct’ global...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 4, 2025
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A deputation from Palestine supporters take a letter to TVNZ management on World Press Freedom Day
Asia Report

‘Dead weight comes to mind’ when thinking about Gazan parents and...

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May 4, 2025
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted

Pacific Media Watch -
May 4, 2025
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Protesters march to Television New Zealand headquarters on World Media Freedom Day
Asia Report

Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -
May 3, 2025
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Some of the fire damage in the foredeck of the MV Conscience after the drone attack
Asia Report

Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla...

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May 3, 2025
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Advance director Sandra Bourke (left) and Roslyn Mendelle
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Australia ‘Islamic Caliphate’? Dark money and the 11th hour election propaganda...

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May 2, 2025
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Press freedom in the Asia-Pacific 2025
Asia Report

NZ fares well in latest RSF press freedom index as authoritarian...

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May 2, 2025
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French journalists stage a "die-in" and launch a petition at a solidarity rally for Gazan reporters
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RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 2, 2025
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Judges of the International Court of Justice
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New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case...

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May 2, 2025
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"Don't let the Teals trick you"
Analysis

Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals...

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May 2, 2025
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Senior Wellington Hospital doctors
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NZ doctors defend nationwide strike action over recruitment

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May 1, 2025
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Fight back together for health workers
Asia Report

Gallery: Doctors, health workers challenge NZ government over national crisis

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May 1, 2025
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"What is happening in America is having a profound impact on journalism (and by extension journalism education) in Australia
Analysis

Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more...

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April 30, 2025
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In the wake of an ugly eruption of violence on the streets of Amsterdam in November 2024, the Western media coverage of the story was put under the microscope
Asia Report

Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA

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April 30, 2025
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A recent solidarity protest for Gaza in Auckland's "Palestine Corner"
Asia Report

On ‘moral panic’ and the courage to speak – the West’s...

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April 30, 2025
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Greenpeace activists from around the world have paddled and protested around MV Coco, a specialised offshore drilling vessel
Environment

Greenpeace slams deep sea mining bid as ‘rogue’ disregard for global...

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April 30, 2025
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Vietnam today is united and free and millions of ordinary people have achieved security, health, education and prosperity
Analysis

50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to...

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April 30, 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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West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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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Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
Analysis

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

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

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Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila
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MOST COMMENTS

Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern
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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
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
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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

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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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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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May 3, 2026
"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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