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The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury
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Why I am willing to go to prison tomorrow for Free...

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August 3, 2026
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Analysis

Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative

APR editor -
August 3, 2026
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Public broadcaster Television New Zealand
Asia Report

John Minto: When TVNZ’s Israeli ‘counter-terrorism’ op against Palestinians is actually...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 3, 2026
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"Democracy not deals"
Civil Society

Saige England: We spoke truth to power and the powerful folded

Pacific Media Watch -
August 3, 2026
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political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".
Cook Islands

Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’

APR editor -
August 3, 2026
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Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers
Asia Report

Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 2, 2026
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Trump's bluster works once
Asia Report

When Trump’s Iran ‘deal’ isn’t a deal – it’s the third...

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August 2, 2026
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The Daily Blog has been served legal directives
Democracy

The Daily Blog: We have secretly been taken to court and...

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August 2, 2026
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American advocacy journalist and film maker Abby Martin in conversation with Auckland journalist Simon Wilson
Climate

Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide

APR editor -
August 1, 2026
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Kanaky New Caledonia's new Territorial President Milakulo Tukumuli
Democracy

‘Kingmaker’ candidate elected new president of New Caledonia’s government

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August 1, 2026
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7amleh's Nadim Nashif
Analysis

Meta censoring Palestinian content – and here’s proof of ‘platformicide’

Pacific Media Watch -
August 1, 2026
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Slurs by NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters makes the global news for Al Jazeera
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Responding to NZ Foreign Minister’s racist slurs on China and Green...

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July 31, 2026
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Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono o te Tiriti
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NZ tribunal finds Treaty reforms breach Te Tiriti principles, prejudice Māori,...

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July 31, 2026
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Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Mallielegaoi
Fiji

World Rugby says no ultimatum given to Samoa over governance fiasco

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July 31, 2026
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The Samoan rugby crisis as reported by the Samoa Observer
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Samoa face World Rugby ban over PM’s ‘political madness’, opposition warns

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July 31, 2026
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Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process
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The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

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July 30, 2026
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Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands
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Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port...

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July 30, 2026
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Lyttelton Port . . . controversial DP World-backed Tonui Consortium proposal rejected
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Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton...

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July 30, 2026
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An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed
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Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in...

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July 30, 2026
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US President Dionald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia
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Lim Tean: What is an American signature by Trump actually worth?

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July 27, 2026
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Israel and the US rejected the ICC legal ruling and demanded a political vote of all member states of the ICC to remove Karim Khan
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PSNA challenges Luxon to reveal NZ’s vote in ICC chief prosecutor...

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July 27, 2026
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Tuvalu police inspecting the bridge of the arrested Chinese longliner Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138
Asia Report

Tuvalu deploys conservation NGO to arrest Chinese longliner

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July 27, 2026
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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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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

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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

An Iranian naval speedboat patrolling the Strait of Hormuz
Asia Report

The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
Analysis

Solomon Islands PM urges ‘no more secrecy’ over treaties with other...

Fiji has been an independent nation since 1970 and a republic since 1987
Analysis

Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad: Fiji’s flag – a conversation we must have

Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba
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An Iranian naval speedboat patrolling the Strait of Hormuz

The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding

August 10, 2026
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August 10, 2026
Fiji has been an independent nation since 1970 and a republic since 1987

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Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

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