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    • PSNA co-chair John Minto
      Asia Report

      Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is…

      From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance
      Analysis

      Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now…

      French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson
      Asia Report

      French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions

      Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (far left) at the inaugural meeting of Trump's so-called Board of Peace
      Analysis

      West Papua’s humanitarian crisis stalls Prabowo’s ‘global peacemaker’ credibility bid

      Curse of Gold
      Asia Report

      Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

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An insight into the age and temperament of the PNG kidnappers
Crime

‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks...

APR editor -
June 29, 2023
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A French nuclear explosion at Moruroa atoll in 1970
Environment

French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades...

APR editor -
June 29, 2023
0
A hikoi (march) to deliver a petition
Analysis

Decolonising the news: 4 fundamental questions media can ask when covering...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 27, 2023
0
Some of the PNG teachers and their families after beating the kidnap bid
Crime

‘Heroic efforts’ save 7 PNG teachers and families in kidnap attempt

APR editor -
June 27, 2023
0
All Media and Democracy Workshop participants were required to submit stories each day
Democracy

Majuro workshop and summit spotlight media and democracy

Pacific Media Watch -
June 26, 2023
0
A Papuan protest against the "criminalisation" of Governor Lukas Enembe of Papua province
Analysis

Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal drama and tragedy in Jakarta

APR editor -
June 25, 2023
0
A new crime trend has emerged in PNG
Crime

PNG law change empowers police to use lethal force in kidnapping,...

APR editor -
June 24, 2023
0
Pro-independence Tahitian politician Vannina Crolas
New Caledonia

‘We carry the voice of the colonised people’, delegates tell UN

APR editor -
June 24, 2023
0
Papua Governor, Lukas Enembe on a video monitor
Decolonisation

Deposed Papua governor Lukas Enembe indicted on $3m bribery charges

APR editor -
June 24, 2023
0
The Bougainville Parliament
Bougainville

Bougainville minister angry over change in vote on independence

APR editor -
June 23, 2023
0
Tahitian anti-nuclear activist Hinamoeura Cross and her baby Marunui
Australia

Nuclear experts offer to ‘take a sip’ of Japan’s treated reactor...

APR editor -
June 23, 2023
0
PNG musician Jason Suisui aka Jayrex
Gender

Jayrex’s lawyers threaten lawsuit if PNG music ban isn’t lifted

Pacific Media Watch -
June 23, 2023
0
Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat
Decolonisation

ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta

APR editor -
June 22, 2023
2
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PNG Defence Minister Win Barki Daki
China

PNG academic says Port Moresby politicians naïve over US defence deals

APR editor -
June 22, 2023
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Striking Victoria University of Wellington staff and supporters protest over wages and conditions last October
Analysis

Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research...

APR editor -
June 22, 2023
1
New Zealand's public broadcaster RNZ is launching a review into wire news edits
Democracy

Donna Miles-Mojab: Is there such a thing as unbiased reporting?

Pacific Media Watch -
June 22, 2023
0
Pacific reggae singer Jayrex from PNG
Global

PNG’s censorship office bans Jayrex songs over partner abuse allegations

APR editor -
June 21, 2023
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Professor Biman Prasad addressing the Pacific Update conference
Australia

‘Other people’s wars’, climate crisis – South Pacific not in good...

APR editor -
June 21, 2023
0
Fiji

Fiji children ‘abandoned, forgotten’ by overseas workers, says counsellor

APR editor -
June 20, 2023
0
PNG Trade Minister Richard Maru
Agriculture

PNG’s trade minister ‘fed up’ with Canberra, eyeing China for future

APR editor -
June 20, 2023
0
USP Journalism outreach to Papua New Guinea
Education

USP signs ‘milestone Pacific MOUs’ for enterprising journalism initiatives

Wansolwara -
June 20, 2023
0
Papua New Guinea's Yasina Nature Park
Culture

Global tourism can thrive in PNG local communities, says Yasina Park...

APR editor -
June 19, 2023
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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

"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

Professor David Robievideo
Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

The mainstream media is doing what it always does in wartime: manufacturing consent, sanitizing atrocities and platforming war criminals
Analysis

The reporting on Iran and Gaza the US-Israel war machine can’t...

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Cook Islands

Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

A draft US military training document for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands provides for joint military training exercises
Global

US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint

Densely populated parts of Tehran are being pounded by wave after wave of US and Israeli bombs.  Shahid Hamedani School in Tehran was struck on the day of the funerals of he schoolgirls from Minab
Analysis

The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of...

EDITOR'S PICKS

PSNA co-chair John Minto
Asia Report

Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance
Analysis

Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now...

French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson
Asia Report

French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (far left) at the inaugural meeting of Trump's so-called Board of Peace
Analysis

West Papua’s humanitarian crisis stalls Prabowo’s ‘global peacemaker’ credibility bid

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MOST COMMENTS

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

PSNA co-chair John Minto
Asia Report

Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

The Heritage Foundation
China

Trump-aligned think tank proposes ‘Pacific Charter’, greater US involvement in the...

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Cook Islands

Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance
Analysis

Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now...

Editor's Picks

PSNA co-chair John Minto

Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

March 12, 2026
From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance

Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now...

March 12, 2026
French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson

French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions

March 11, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (far left) at the inaugural meeting of Trump's so-called Board of Peace

West Papua’s humanitarian crisis stalls Prabowo’s ‘global peacemaker’ credibility bid

March 10, 2026
Curse of Gold

Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

March 10, 2026
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PSNA co-chair John Minto

Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is...

March 12, 2026
Protesters wave flags and banners reading “Stop Bombing Iran” and “Stop Bombing the Middle East” as they gather at Victoria Tower Gardens in London

Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war...

March 8, 2026
A draft US military training document for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands provides for joint military training exercises

US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint

March 9, 2026
1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

March 12, 2026
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’10 classrooms full of children’ – US-Israeli war kills hundreds of...

March 10, 2026
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