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    • Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
      Analysis

      New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm…

      "Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland
      Analysis

      Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on…

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      Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa
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Video footage obtained by human rights researchers shows a crowd of angry Papuans throwing stones towards police infrastructure in Kobakma
Asia Report

West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning...

APR editor -
May 9, 2026
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Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom
Analysis

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

Pacific Media Watch -
May 9, 2026
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The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year
Business

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

APR editor -
May 9, 2026
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Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017
Decolonisation

Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 9, 2026
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Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
Democracy

TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns

Pacific Media Watch -
May 8, 2026
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Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara
Democracy

‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

Pacific Media Watch -
May 8, 2026
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu (left) and President Emmanuel Macron
Decolonisation

New Caledonia provincial elections set for June but voter roll changes...

APR editor -
May 8, 2026
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Ousted Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
Democracy

Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele ousted after just over two years...

APR editor -
May 8, 2026
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Singer, documentary maker, storyteller and TV presenter Moana Maniapoto
Analysis

Moana Maniapoto: Why trashing the BSA is a sign of journalism...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 7, 2026
0
"Everyone was taken by surprise [with the Israeli military attack]"
Asia Report

‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global...

APR editor -
May 7, 2026
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Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump
Analysis

Iran war almost over . . . and the end...

APR editor -
May 7, 2026
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NZ Media and Communications Minister Minister Dr Paul Goldsmith
Analysis

Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of NZ’s enforceable media...

APR editor -
May 7, 2026
0
Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila
Asia Report

UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

Pacific Media Watch -
May 7, 2026
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila
Business

New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

APR editor -
May 6, 2026
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Two foreign activists -- Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Spanish Palestinian Saif Abukeshek -- from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were kidnapped and taken to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May 3 and again two days later
Analysis

Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution

APR editor -
May 6, 2026
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
Democracy

Manele calls parliament for Thursday to face no confidence motion

APR editor -
May 6, 2026
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PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi
Asia Report

NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says...

APR editor -
May 6, 2026
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Fiji Times journalist Alifereti Josefa-Sakiasi speaking at the combined Fiji universities' World Press Freedom Day talanoa
Democracy

Media programmes at USP, FNU join forces for World Press Freedom...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 6, 2026
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Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23
Crime

Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report

Pacific Media Watch -
May 5, 2026
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PINA president Kalafi Moala
Asia Report

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 5, 2026
0
"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

APR editor -
May 5, 2026
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"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
Analysis

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

Pacific Media Watch -
May 5, 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

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

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale
Analysis

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"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland
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Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa
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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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Analysis

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"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland
Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

RIMPAC 2026 . . . NZ taking part
Asia Report

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A "No more complicity with war crimes" banner at a "Stop Wars" march at Devonport
Analysis

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Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

May 16, 2026
"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

May 15, 2026
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Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...

May 15, 2026
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa

‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape

May 15, 2026
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NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission

May 14, 2026
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