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Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

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The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of “racial hatred” against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who called it a victory for free speech, reports Consortium News.

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Australia snubs Torres Strait in Melanesian Spearhead Group bid

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Stefan Armbruster and Jennifer Enosa for the Torres News
Australia is seeking observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) but has not committed to giving…

Rabuka calls on Fijians to use freedom of expression ‘responsibly’

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Rashika Kumar in Suva
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is calling on Fijians to use their freedom of expression responsibly, stressing that people can disagree strongly and…

RSF slams ‘outrageous’ failure to bring justice 9 years after killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: Reporters Without Borders
Angered by the lack of full justice nearly a decade after the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Reporters Without Borders…

Social media misinformation ‘biggest hurdle’ for journalists, says MCPNG’s Belinda Kora

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Lomanai Kenny in Port Moresby
Misinformation on social media is the biggest challenge for journalists, says Belinda Kora, secretary of the Media Council of Papua New…

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them for their…

APMN Committee Meeting planning for strategic review

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APMN COMMITTEE MEETING  #1/2026
Date:   Sunday, 20 September 2026
Time:   10.30am-12.00pm
Venue: Whānau Community Centre and Hub
Unit 7A/165 Stoddard Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1041

Posting profits but what is the future bottom line? - Knightly Views with Gavin Ellis

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COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
We have become all too familiar with New Zealand media company interim and full year reports oozing red ink, so it was pleasant surprise to see…

Never again for anyone: Why the NZ Holocaust Centre shouldn’t be involved in developing a new curriculum

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CAFÉ PACIFIC: By Jeremy Rose and Rick Sahar
Rick Sahar, a former board member of the New Zealand Holocaust Centre, soldier in the IDF, and son of concentration camp survivors…

China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Some years ago when I headed the Pacific Media Centre that I founded at Auckland University of Technology, we…

West Bank: RSF condemns Israeli army over escalating violence against Palestinian journalists

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH:
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned and highlighted recent attacks and obstructions committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian journalists reporting from the occupied West Bank.

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza? It’s the media

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ANALYSIS: By Robin Andersen
In a Double Down News (DDN) video report, British filmmaker Richard Sanders begins a summary of a “horrific new [United Nations] report” with a listing…

Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn Bradbury’s ‘gagging’ case

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH
A court struggle featuring Daily Blog editor and media freedom defender Martyn Bradbury has taken a surprise turn, with Free Speech Union (FSU) board member and…

Medieval literature and how the values of friendship relate to us today

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ASIA PACIFIC MEDIA NETWORK:
Congratulations to our Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN) chair, Dr Heather Devere, who has another book on the politics of friendship out. Published by Palgrave Macmillan…

The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible time

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: Commentary: By Joel Jenkins
Of late, Australia’s public broadcaster ABC has been altering the way it sees the world around it. Bound by a national charter, but…

Gagged NZ editor’s ‘free speech’ case adjourned as judge warns Daily Blog over ‘contempt’ risk

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH:
Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury’s gagging case has been adjourned until next week, with the judge warning today that latest posts defending “free…

Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in Papua

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH: By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says that the Indonesian government is silencing environmental activists and journalists in Papua region…

Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

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COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose of APMN
Israel’s Environment Ministry has removed the protected status of Nile crocodiles to allow them to be used in a moat guarding the country’s largest…

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in Palestine’s West Bank

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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH
New Zealand journalist and video story teller Cole Martin has given a heartfelt and challenging personal account of what it is like living in Palestine under…

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

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ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste
One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue…