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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

Although New Caledonia is one of New Zealand’s closest neighbours, the French colony feels very isolated from the rest of the Pacific

While Pacific is target of geopolitics, many nations still fight for...

May 26, 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

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

"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version

Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

September 17, 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

Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".

David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

December 31, 2022

Cook Islands: Navigating the rise of third party politics and a...

August 11, 2022

Distributing water to ‘Eueiki

Concern grows over psychological trauma amid Tonga’s recovery

January 25, 2022

HMNZS Aotearoa (docked) and HMNZS Wellington in Nuku’alofa

Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence

January 24, 2022

HMNZS Aotearoa bound for Tonga

Global aid effort underway for Tonga’s recovery from the Hunga tsunami

January 23, 2022

Workers load the HMAS Adelaide with supplies for Tonga

‘Our resources on the ground aren’t enough’, says UN Tonga official

January 23, 2022

Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua

Overwhelming sense of relief that ‘apocalyptic’ Tongan tsunami spared most lives

January 23, 2022

New Tongan PM Siaosi Sovaleni

Education minister Sovaleni elected as Tonga’s new prime minister

December 15, 2021

Hon. Vuna Fā’otusia

Did sense of betrayal lead Tonga’s Fā’otusia to miss confidence vote?

January 13, 2021

For Australians, Tongan dismissal has parallels with 1975 Whitlam sacking

August 28, 2017

Tonga’s Democracy Coalition faces uncertain future, says academic

January 27, 2017

Pacific People's Mission to Kanaky

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

November 9, 2025

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine

Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

August 5, 2025

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Pacific verdict on COP29

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

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

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

In the Eye of the Storm

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

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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

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

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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

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

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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

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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

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

Professor David Robie

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

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

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

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

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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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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"Terror on Bondi Beach" last month

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

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

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Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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