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About 65,000 people will be eligible to vote on November 20

Tonga election: What are the main issues ahead of the upcoming...

October 31, 2025

Matangi Tonga publisher Pesi Siale Fonua

Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua –...

October 14, 2025

Since the data breach, the Tongan government has said "a small amount" of information from the attack was published online. This included confidential information,

Tonga cybersecurity attack wake-up call for Pacific, warns expert

July 2, 2025

Aotearoa Tongan Response Group's Anahila Kanongata'a (from left), Pakilau Manase Lua and Karlo Mila

Tongan advocates condemn Treaty Principles Bill, slam colonisation

February 28, 2025

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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

February 3, 2025

His Majesty King Tupou VI appoints ‘Aisake Valu Eke

His Majesty’s pleasure: King reigns over Tongan government despite democratic reform

January 31, 2025

The Pacific 2025 year ahead

Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set...

January 4, 2025

King Tupou VI (from left), outgoing Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu'akavameiliku and interim vice-chancellor Dr Tangikina Steen

Tonga’s PM Hu’akavameiliku throws in the towel – behind the timeline

December 11, 2024

Resigned Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni

Tonga’s Speaker confirms new PM to be chosen on Christmas Eve

December 10, 2024

Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni

‘Teary-eyed’ Tongan PM resigns ahead of no-confidence vote

December 9, 2024

King Tupou VI receives Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku

King’s move takes Tonga back to the ‘dark ages’ – democracy...

March 26, 2024

King Tupou VI and Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku

Tongan PM resigns as defence minister to ‘appease’ king over throne...

March 25, 2024

Lord Tu’ivakanō

Kaniva News: Noble’s letter demanding PM resign over royal memo takes...

March 8, 2024

Tonga's King Tupou VI

Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers

February 6, 2024

Sparkling kava being served at the Reload Bar

‘Sparkling’ kava on tap: Tongan entrepreneur adds twist to tradition

February 2, 2024

The late professor 'Epeli Hau‘ofa

Auckland University to award Tongan academic, author ‘Epeli Hau’ofa honorary doctorate

September 27, 2023

Scotland's wing Darcy Graham is tackled by Tonga's tighthead prop Ben Tameifuna during the Rugby World Cup

RWC2023: Tonga outscored and outpointed by Scotland in Nice

September 25, 2023

Manu Samoa preparing for their match against World Cup debutants Chile

RWC2023: Tonga, Samoa name strong line-ups as Fiji due to make...

September 15, 2023

Pilot and author Silva McLeod

Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’...

May 10, 2023

A public meeting that included government minister Michael Wood

‘We’re still being dawn raided’, Tongan leader tells emotional public meeting

May 6, 2023

Dr Sitiveni Halapua

Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies

February 6, 2023

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau

Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

January 16, 2023

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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

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The average household in PNG was five people, according to the 2024 Census final figures

Development

Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals

The traditional NZ Census will be replaced with a combination of government data and smaller annual surveys

Civil Society

Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul

The winds of political change are blowing in a populist-left direction globally

Analysis

Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up...

Pacific People's Mission to Kanaky

Decolonisation

‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for...

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Concern over the Pacific Ocean being hyper-militarised

Civil Society

Pacific civil society warn of growing militarisation and mining pressure on...

Pacific People's Mission to Kanaky

Decolonisation

‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for...

Amnesty International secretary general Agnès Callamard

Asia Report

NZ government has ‘Trumpian accent’, says global human rights advocate

For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy

Analysis

Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development...

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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

Concern over the Pacific Ocean being hyper-militarised

Civil Society

Pacific civil society warn of growing militarisation and mining pressure on...

Dame Jacinda Ardern, Special Envoy for Oceania and former prime minister of Aotearoa New Zealand (right) and Coral Pasisi, Director of Climate Change and Sustainability at the Pacific Community (SPC)

Civil Society

Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in...

Pacific People's Mission to Kanaky

Decolonisation

‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for...

"Let Gaza Live" says a placard in a New Zealand protest against the Israeli genocide and environmental devastation in West Auckland

Asia Report

Gaza’s water supply turns poisonous as Israel’s genocide leaves toxic legacy