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David Robie: New Zealand must do more for Pacific and confront nuclear powers


By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor
The New Zealand government needs to do more for its Pacific Island neighbours and…

Phil Twyford: Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995

MP Phil Twyford’s speech while opening the APMN-organised Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995 exhibition at the Ellen Melville Centre today.

By Phil Twyford
Kia ora…

Helen Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’


Asia Pacific Report
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in…

Eyes of Fire - the book, and nuclear-free legends of the Pacific


Asia Pacific Media Network
10 July 2025 and 12-18 July 2025
Next week is the start of several events organised by the Asia Pacific Media Network with our partners. The…

Gaza plea: RSF, CPJ and 150+ media outlets call on Israel to open Strip to foreign journalists, protect Palestinian reporters

Pacific Media Watch
More than 150 press freedom advocacy groups and international newsrooms have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in issuing a public…

Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing


Pacific Media Watch
Taieri MP Ingrid Leary reflected on her years in Fiji as a television journalist and media educator at a Fiji Centre function in Auckland celebrating Fourth Estate…

Radical legal step towards ending impunity for Israel over killing Gaza journalists

Pacific Media Watch
Journalists have been targeted, detained and tortured by the Israeli military in Gaza — and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has now taken a new approach towards bringing…

Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

Pacific Media Watch
Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie was honoured with Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) at the weekend by the Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro…

Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

By Stanley Simpson in Suva
I am saddened by the death of one of the most inspirational Pacific women and leaders I have worked with — Motarilavoa Hilda Lini of…

Punitive criminal libel charge against Samoan journalist draws flurry of criticism


A punitive defamation charge filed against one of Samoa’s most experienced and trusted journalists last week has sparked a flurry of criticism over abuse of power and…

Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor

The co-founder of Auckland’s Fiji Centre is concerned that Indo-Fijians are not classified as…

Israeli attack on hospital to kill Gaza journalist condemned as ‘heinous’

Pacific Media Watch
Israel’s military has admitted attacking the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaih and another person while…

Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’


Democracy Now!
NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the…

PNG’s Gorethy Kenneth: 23 years of fearless journalism and unwavering truth

PROFILE: By Alu J Kalinoe
At Papua New Guinea’s Post-Courier, our senior journalists often operate in the shadows, yet their courageous efforts are often overlooked — continuously pushing boundaries…

Too many journalists remain silent over the Gaza genocide, a threat to our media credibility

By David Robie on World Press Freedom Day 2025
I ask you now: Do not stop speaking about Gaza.Do not let the world look away.Keep fighting, keep telling our stories…

NZ fares well in latest RSF press freedom index as authoritarian regimes stifle Asia-Pacific media

Pacific Media Watch
While Aotearoa New Zealand improved three places in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index — up to 16th — and most other Pacific countries surveyed did…

Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever

COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake
Despite all the political machinations and hate towards the media coming from the president of the United States, I always thought the majority of…

Pacific editor welcomes US court ruling in favour of Radio Free Asia

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
The former head of BenarNews’ Pacific bureau says a United States court ruling this week ordering the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM)…

How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and truth

By Mandy Henk: Address to the APMN 2025 annual general meeting
When the US Embassy knocked on my door in late 2024, I was both pleased and more than a…