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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A New Zealander who took part in the global flotilla trying to break the illegal Gaza siege and who was abducted by...

‘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...

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...

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and...

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific

Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid...

Banners for Humanity stage powerful community MSF medical fundraiser event

SPECIAL REPORT: By Tony Fala Saturday, 18 April 2026, was a beautiful autumn day in Henderson, Tāmaki, Aotearoa, but with clouds gathering and rain promised...

Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as ‘voracious predators’

By Anealla Safdar in London The heads of Israel, Russia and the United States are leading the destruction of global human rights, says Amnesty International,...

South African activist praises World Court genocide case against Israel

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report A South African-born New Zealand critic of Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing today delivered strong praise for his home...

Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes

Pacific Media Watch At least 262 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war against the besieged enclave, marking one...