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Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024

Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed...

May 6, 2025

Pacific flags . . . advancing advance discussions on the the Blue Pacific

Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms

March 28, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says...

February 27, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown speaking at a media conference in Avarua after returning from China

‘No areas of concern’, says Cook Islands PM on NZ’s China...

February 17, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China

China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...

February 14, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown with China's Ambassador to the Pacific Qian Bo

China: Cook Islands’ relationship with Beijing ‘should not be restrained’

February 11, 2025

Te Ipukarea Society's Kelvin Passfield

US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if...

November 6, 2024

The Islands Business cover story on the University of the South Pacific this week

USP faces a ‘gathering storm’ over leadership and a looming strike

March 30, 2024

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue

September 27, 2023

Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama

Pacific Islands Forum launches new 2050 strategic blueprint

July 14, 2022

Former Kiribati President Anote Tong

Kiribati ‘cooking something with China’, says ex-Kiribati president

July 14, 2022

Kiribati withdrawal from Pacific Islands Forum a major blow

July 11, 2022

Troika Plus dialogue

Surprise apology to Micronesia over Forum leadership election row

April 28, 2021

Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...

February 4, 2021

Farewell, Papa Joe – a Pacific beacon of calm and wise...

September 5, 2020

Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong...

July 15, 2020

Prof Pal Ahluwalia

Pacific leadership in spotlight as pressure rises over USP impasse

June 16, 2020

Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr

‘Act responsibly for humankind’ – Palau president on deep sea mining...

June 9, 2025

Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua

Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

June 2, 2025

The International Seabed Authority flag

Trump’s push on deep sea mining leaves Nauru’s commercial ambitions ‘out...

May 5, 2025

A "No Nuclear Winter" placard at a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland at the weekend

‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of...

March 4, 2025

A pro-Palestine rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

NZ must take robust Gaza stance – ‘stop tip-toeing’ around Trump,...

February 9, 2025

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Investigative journalist Richard Baker's SBS "Fallout" podcast on the Rainbow Warrior and the Norfolk Island connection

Australia

Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast

West Papua human rights advocate and independence leader Octo Mote

Civil Society

Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote

Starved for Peace - Mr Fish

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza’s Hunger Games – how Israel is weaponising starvation

Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman

Asia Report

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Civil Society

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman

Asia Report

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

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UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Civil Society

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific...

West Papua human rights advocate and independence leader Octo Mote

Civil Society

Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote

Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman

Asia Report

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

Protesters picketing a Rocket Lab manufacturing site in Warkworth

Asia Report

Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide