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NZ media workers call for ‘decisive action’ by Luxon over Gaza journalists

Asia Pacific Report About 120 journalists, film makers, actors, media workers and academics have today called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and two senior cabinet ministers in an open letter...

21 questions about the claim that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Australia

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Canberra will be expelling the Iranian ambassador...

Rallies across NZ honour Gaza Strip journalists, condemn own news media

Pacific Media Watch Three media commentators addressed the 98th week of New Zealand solidarity rallies for Palestine in Tāmaki...

Facing up to genocide – a New Zealand journalist bears witness with Gaza and West Bank

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie Protesters in their thousands have been taking to the streets in Aotearoa New Zealand...

Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show

Pacific Media Watch “Speak Up Kōrerotia” — a radio show centred on human rights issues — has featured a...

New Koi Tū future report calls for overhaul of outdated NZ mediascape to restore trust

Koi Tū New Zealand cannot sit back and see the collapse of its Fourth Estate, the director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures,...

27 years in captivity – free Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle He is the most popular Palestinian leader alive today — and yet few people in the West even know his...

Biden hails ‘press freedom, democracy’ but ignores Gaza media death toll of 142

Pacific Media Watch US President Joe Biden has spoken at the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington in spite of protests over alleged “complicity”...

Palestine protesters stage Gaza ‘die-in’ as leaders call for step up in boycotts

By David Robie A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga...

Craig Murray: Western and Arab political class utterly divorced from their people over Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Craig Murray Governments cannot take big decisions extremely quickly except in the most extreme of circumstances. There are mechanisms in all states that...

Naomi Klein: Jews must raise their voices for Palestine – oppose the ‘false idol of Zionism’

DEMOCRACY NOW! Address by Naomi Klein Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they...