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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
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      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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      Asia Report

      Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

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Boship Kaiwi . . . found guilty
Crime

PNG court finds Boship Kaiwi guilty over death of Jenelyn Kennedy

APR editor -
June 19, 2023
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Kanak Harvard graduate Joe Xulue
Decolonisation

‘A win for all Kanak people,’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate

APR editor -
June 19, 2023
0
Tongan entrepreneur ‘Anau Mesui-Henry and her photographer husband Todd Henry
Culture

Pasifika people using kava and talanoa to boost mental health

APR editor -
June 19, 2023
0
Marshall Islands Journal Giff Johnson and Tia Belau publisher Moses Uludong
Democracy

Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’

Pacific Media Watch -
June 19, 2023
0
Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe and members of his legal team
Analysis

Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?

APR editor -
June 19, 2023
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Indonesian health workers in Jakarta protest against the controversial draft Health Law
Asia Report

Indonesian critic condemns draft health law as based on ‘fake paper’

APR editor -
June 18, 2023
0
Dr Joan Donovan speaking to media executives and editors
Democracy

Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’

Pacific Media Watch -
June 18, 2023
0
"We are all learning lessons about the FijiFirst party (FFP)."
Analysis

Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still...

APR editor -
June 17, 2023
0
A group of Papuan women and children wave Melanesian state flags
Decolonisation

West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership

APR editor -
June 17, 2023
0
Fijiana 15s team
Fiji

‘I am sorry’ – Fiji Rugby admits it shortchanged women players

APR editor -
June 17, 2023
0
A PNG Post-Courier newsboy on the streets in Port Moresby
Democracy

Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 16, 2023
0
Former PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill
Military

O’Neill says defence pact giving US forces ‘immunity’ threatens PNG sovereignty

APR editor -
June 16, 2023
0
Young Guam students do school work
Disasters

Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres

APR editor -
June 16, 2023
0
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region
Analysis

I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...

APR editor -
June 15, 2023
1
Tribal fight at Warumanda in Enga province
Crime

‘We’re outgunned,’ says local PNG police chief – ‘give us firepower’

APR editor -
June 15, 2023
0
FLNKS permanent representative at the UN Magalie Tingal-Lémé
Decolonisation

UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence

David Robie -
June 15, 2023
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations

APR editor -
June 15, 2023
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Indonesia's coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Fatia Maulidiyanti
Development

NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist...

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June 14, 2023
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The RNZ situation is the more serious of the two episodes
Analysis

Gavin Ellis: Proof our newsrooms need a ‘second pair of eyes’

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June 14, 2023
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New Zealand's public broadcaster RNZ is launching a review into wire news edits
Media

RNZ appoints panel to investigate inappropriate editing of online stories

APR editor -
June 14, 2023
0
About 50 people held a protest at Brisbane's immigration detention centre
Australia

‘Mental torture’: Protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee

APR editor -
June 13, 2023
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Manukau ward Councillor Alf Filipaina
Democracy

Pacific councillors offer passionate defence of Auckland city’s assets in budget...

APR editor -
June 13, 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

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1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Cook Islands

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

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

The Heritage Foundation
China

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

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

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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
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Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

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An oil tanker docked at the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand

US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific

March 6, 2026
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War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

March 6, 2026
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