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    • "I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month
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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
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Loading demolished house materials from Rongelap on board the Rainbow Warrior
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From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear...

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The Rainbow Warrior ship entering port in Majuro, Marshall Islands
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‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ –...

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March 31, 2025
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"Journalism is not a crime"
Asia Report

NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 29, 2025
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Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth
Asia Report

Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

Asia Pacific -
March 29, 2025
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"Guilty" . . . Filipino protesters in New Zealand at the Black Friday vigil had no doubts on the accountability and fate of former President Rodrigo Duterte
Asia Report

Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to...

APR editor -
March 28, 2025
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Pacific flags . . . advancing advance discussions on the the Blue Pacific
Cook Islands

Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms

APR editor -
March 28, 2025
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Auckland University PhD candidate Veronika Kanem
Asia Report

Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving

APR editor -
March 27, 2025
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NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) and Papua New Guinea's James Marape
Development

PNG’s Marape and NZ’s Luxon sign new partnership marking 50 years

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March 26, 2025
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To President Trump, the USAGM [Voice of America] has become a promoter of "anti-American ideas" and agendas
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Trump silences Voice of America – end of a propaganda machine...

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March 26, 2025
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The father of Palestinian TV journalist Mohammad Mansour pleads
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‘Tell the world the truth,’ father tells dead son as Israel...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 26, 2025
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PNG government agencies responsible for communications and ICT
Democracy

PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny...

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March 25, 2025
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Lord of the Flies . . . by Mr Fish
Analysis

Chris Hedges: The last chapter of the Gaza Strip genocide

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March 25, 2025
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A Fijians for Palestine supporter shows off his "No embassy on occupied land" tee-shirt
Asia Report

Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem

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March 25, 2025
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Participants at a Pacific Islands Festival in Europe show their support for the Free West Papua campaign
Asia Report

Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ

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March 25, 2025
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French aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle and its Strike Group
Australia

France’s Southern Cross regional military exercise moves to Wallis

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March 24, 2025
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Face to face . . . a pro-Palestinian and human rights protester up close with police at the Christchurch Town Hall
Asia Report

Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech

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March 24, 2025
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Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick
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Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’...

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March 22, 2025
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Bougainville

Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence

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March 22, 2025
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Some of the 1000 protesters who took part in a demonstration in the heart of New Zeland's largest city Auckland today
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Israel’s former chief justice Aharon Barak fears state risks ‘civil war’

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March 22, 2025
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RFMF Territorial Brigade soldiers taking part in the three-day Operation Genesis exercises in Fiji
Disasters

Joint Fiji forces tackle civil strife, flash flood crisis and rebels...

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March 21, 2025
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NZ's Foreign Minister Winston Peters now more optimistic
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US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister

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March 21, 2025
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (right)
Bougainville

PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue

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March 20, 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
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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.
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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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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
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"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month
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Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

"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
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"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month
Analysis

Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
Analysis

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

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

Editor's Picks

"I stand against genocide" placard at a Stop Wars protest in Auckland's Aotea Square last month

Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists

May 5, 2026
"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
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