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NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley

RNZ Saturday Morning A former New Zealand prime minister, Dame Jenny Shipley, has warned the ACT Party is “inviting civil war” with its attempt to define the principles of the...

NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament

BACKGROUNDER: By Lillian Hanly, Craig McCulloch and Te Manu Korihi Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting...

Caitlin Johnstone: To be pro-Israel is to be pro-war

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The way raw video evidence debunked the “Amsterdam pogrom” narrative in real time in full...

The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – Rongelap podcast series

ABC Radio Australia and RNZ You probably know about the last moments of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in...

Caitlin Johnstone: Biden’s legacy is genocide, war, and nuclear brinkmanship

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Biden’s legacy is genocide, war, and nuclear brinkmanship. That’s all anyone should talk about when...

Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel

ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore In the aftermath of Palestinian group Hamas’ terror attack inside Israel on October 7 and the Israeli state’s even...

The Pacific Archives – a rich and detailed free archive of audio, video and text news articles and research

The Junction If you're ever writing about issues in Pacific nations, there is a rich and detailed free archive of audio, video and text news...

John Minto: Systemic NZ misreporting on Israeli occupation of Palestine and Palestinian resistance

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The Hamas attack on Israel yesterday has brought the usual round of systemic misreporting by New Zealand news outlets as they...

RSF hails decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian journalist

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has hailed the news that Narges Mohammadi — an Iranian journalist RSF has been defending for years —...

NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media strengthen social cohesion

This speech was this year’s David Beatson Memorial Address delivered at a Better Public Media meeting and debate in Grey Lynn last night on...

Media targeting public for a war with China, warns Declassified Australia

Pacific Media Watch Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing,...