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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 Palestine, New Zealand journalist David...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cancelling the journalist: Furore over ABC’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza

By Binoy Kampmark The Age has revealed the dismissal of ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf last December 20 was the nasty fruit of a campaign waged against...

Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs

ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an additional threat to...

When Yemen does it it’s ‘terrorism’, when the US does it it’s ‘the rules-based order’

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration has officially re-designated Ansarallah  --  the dominant force in Yemen also known as the Houthis  -- as a...

Fiji’s defence and security review – a pivotal step towards stability

ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh Fiji Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua’s national defence and security review initiative announced last month marks a bold and pivotal step...

New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability

ANALYSIS: By Karen Scott In 2023, the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a permanent member of...

RSF condemns Israel over ‘silencing of media’ – 31 Palestinian journalists in jail, 80 plus killed

Pacific Media Watch Israel has arrested a total of 38 Palestinian journalists since the start of its war with Hamas on October 7 and is...