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Elections crucial, says Commonwealth observer chief ahead of Tongan poll

November 15, 2017

Kingdom’s snap election curbs chance for overseas Tongan candidates

August 31, 2017

Tongan king sacks democracy PM, dissolves Parliament for election

August 26, 2017

Newly elected Tongan noble Lord Ma'afu

Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided

November 20, 2025

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

His Majesty King Tupou VI appoints ‘Aisake Valu Eke

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

January 31, 2025

A candidate’s campaign poster for Vanuatu’s snap general election next week on January 16

Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy

January 11, 2025

The Pacific 2025 year ahead

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

January 4, 2025

Avinis Siasau Ma'u with her family

NZ election 2023: First time Pacific voters want their voice heard

September 27, 2023

Pacific election promises in NZ

NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power

September 14, 2023

Pacific community members parade through Oamaru

NZ election 2023: Pay parity an electoral issue among South Island...

September 12, 2023

Dr Sitiveni Halapua

Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies

February 6, 2023

Mohammed Riyaz and his family after voting at Conua District School at Kavanagasau, Nadroga, in last month's Fiji general election

Steven Ratuva: What an election in Fiji – some reflections, lessons

January 4, 2023

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

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

Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence

January 24, 2022

Tonga's Office of the Electoral Commission

Tonga’s Democrats ‘dig their own grave’ in key election losses

November 19, 2021

Tongan missionaries ‘in hiding’ in PNG as angry looters target Asian...

March 2, 2021

Looking at the realities of Pacific food security – in Tongan

September 11, 2020

Move to sack Tongan police chief lays bare ‘prohibited’ guns imports

March 6, 2018

Prime Minister Pōhiva submits his cabinet lineup to the Tongan king

January 4, 2018

Tongan Parliament elects Pōhiva as PM for next four years

December 19, 2017

Tongan Democrat landslide delivers numbers for Pohiva government

November 16, 2017

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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"

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

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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

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

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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

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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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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as he looked three years ago

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The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World

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"FBI Director Kash Patel sounds super stoked about the chance to become a 21st century J Edgar Hoover"

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Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya

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NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead...

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Australia

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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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as he looked three years ago

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The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World

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"FBI Director Kash Patel sounds super stoked about the chance to become a 21st century J Edgar Hoover"

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