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

SPECIAL REPORT:  By Eugene Doyle New Zealander Jay O’Connor had finished a long but satisfying day as a crew member aboard Eros 1, one of dozens of vessels that formed...

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons

By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory...

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

POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in...

After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New...

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli interception

RNZ News The Global Sumud Flotilla is demanding the New Zealand government intervene to uphold international law, after being...

In the US, investigative journalists are blacklisted, ostracised and even jailed – in New Zealand, they are honoured

Nicky Hager received a major national award in New Zealand after having written a book exposing a secret spy base in New Zealand and...

NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new state houses a year

Asia Pacific Report Opposition National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis was among three political leaders who made a surprising commitment at a debate last night...

Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group

RNZ Pacific The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared it will now base itself in the Pacific region after years of partial...

Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

By Koroi Hawkins A Radio New Zealand journalist says an Indonesian government official attempted to bribe and intimidate him at last month’s 22nd Melanesian...

NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon

By Russell Palmer National says a series of attack ads targeting its leader Christopher Luxon funded by the Council of Trade Unions in the Aotearoa...

Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not be silenced’

Pacific Media Watch Vanuatu Daily Post civil society correspondents have written in unison condemning the failure of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to admit West Papua...