CLOSE
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Monday, February 9, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
    • The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau
      Asia Report

      Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

      New Zealand silent over the cemetery desecration
      Decolonisation

      PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand…

      "From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"
      Australia

      Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

      "While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"
      Analysis

      Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and…

      While Australia's Palestine Action Group plans protests against the visit of the Israeli President Isaac Herzog
      Analysis

      Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t…

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Home Analysis

Analysis

Random
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
Analysis

Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?

APR editor -
January 5, 2021
Willie Jackson, former broadcaster and Labour's Broadcasting and Media Minister in the current government
Analysis

NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media strengthen social cohesion

"No to neocolonialism" say Christian Tein of the protest group CCAT and thousands of Kanak protesters
Analysis

Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's supporters
Analysis

‘Freedom for Assange and journalism are at stake’ – the Belmarsh Tribunal

Digital platforms
Analysis

The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News Media Bargaining Code

Journalists with facemasks
Analysis

Pacific governments accused of using virus crisis to cover media crackdown

David Robie -
May 6, 2020
0
Nicky Hager (left) with his publisher Robbie Burton
Analysis

A publisher writes on ‘the terror’ of publishing Nicky Hager

Pacific Media Watch -
September 22, 2022
0
By killing the top Palestinian negotiator, Israel delivered a final and decisive message that Israel remains invested in violence, and in nothing else.
Analysis

Why Israel assassinated Haniyeh – desperation over Gaza failure

APR editor -
August 1, 2024
0
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has shown no sign he is capable of leading the rejuvenation policy the party needs
Analysis

NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with...

APR editor -
October 2, 2023
0
TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati
Analysis

Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

Pacific Media Watch -
February 9, 2025
0
West Papua . . . Indonesia is claiming to oppose genocide in Gaza
Analysis

From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...

Pacific Media Watch -
April 1, 2024
0
Analysis

Democracy and media freedom – the paradoxes of Fiji, Kanaky

APR editor -
November 29, 2018
0
Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa
Analysis

Samoa’s first female leader has made history – now she faces...

APR editor -
August 1, 2021
0
Supporters of justice for Palestine are being "shadow banned" and censored
Analysis

Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -
March 30, 2024
0
Analysis

Dan McGarry: Fighting for media freedom and truth in the Pacific

APR editor -
August 15, 2018
0
PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday
Analysis

Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

APR editor -
May 28, 2025
0
Analysis

Why New Zealand was the first country where women won the...

APR editor -
September 19, 2018
0
Iranians hold posters of late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps head Hossein Salami (left), and late Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri (right), who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in recent days
Analysis

Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you...

APR editor -
June 18, 2025
0
A pro-independence protest march en route to central Nouméa
Analysis

French Senate endorses new election rules for New Caledonia – but...

APR editor -
April 3, 2024
0
Analysis

Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy

APR editor -
May 21, 2023
0
How Al Jazeera reported the global reaction to the viral video of Indonesian military torture
Analysis

Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan...

APR editor -
March 29, 2024
0
Papuan students farewell Dr David Robie
Analysis

Gavin Ellis: The Pacific Media Centre must break free to survive

APR editor -
March 31, 2021
0
video
Analysis

Tiny Timbulsloko fights back in face of Indonesia’s ‘ecological disaster’

David Robie -
November 18, 2017
0
Palestinian demonstrators protesting in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank against Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in the aftermath of the death of activist Nizar Banat
Analysis

‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on...

APR editor -
September 17, 2023
0
NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
Analysis

Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win...

APR editor -
February 1, 2023
0
Analysis

Indonesian president’s belated call for tolerance leaves minorities at risk

APR editor -
August 18, 2018
0
Palestinians perform prayer next to the rubble of a mosque that was destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces during the Gaza genocide
Analysis

Trump’s ‘annexation ban’ is a ploy to push Israeli normalisation

APR editor -
October 30, 2025
0
123...41Page 1 of 41

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

Load more

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

Load more

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 Robievideo
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?

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"
Australia

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

"While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"
Analysis

Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and...

Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust
Analysis

Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026
Cook Islands

Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau
Asia Report

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

New Zealand silent over the cemetery desecration
Decolonisation

PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand...

"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"
Australia

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

"While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"
Analysis

Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and...

Load more

MOST COMMENTS

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 defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau
Asia Report

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

New Zealand silent over the cemetery desecration
Decolonisation

PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand...

"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"
Australia

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

"While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"
Analysis

Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and...

Editor's Picks

The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

February 9, 2026
New Zealand silent over the cemetery desecration

PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand...

February 9, 2026
"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

February 8, 2026
"While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"

Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and...

February 8, 2026
While Australia's Palestine Action Group plans protests against the visit of the Israeli President Isaac Herzog

Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t...

February 7, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Pacific Media at Informit

Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database

February 5, 2026
New Zealand spent $6.7 million over the last six years on the electrification project

New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project

February 4, 2026
The Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation participated in a pōwhiri with iwi taketake at Te Tii Waitangi Mārae yesterday

Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te...

February 4, 2026
West Papua Solidarity Forum

West Papua Solidarity Forum, mini film festival aim to educate

February 4, 2026
Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026

Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

February 5, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8041
  • Politics5759
  • Human Rights4493
  • Syndicate4289
  • Global3708
  • New Zealand3433
  • Indigenous2750
  • RNZ Pacific2492
  • Media2178
  • Pacific Media Watch1835
  • Asia Report1797
  • Democracy1756
  • Security1750
  • Fiji1626
  • Papua New Guinea1619
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz