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
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
  • 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
    • Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero
      Asia Report

      A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’…

      West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA
      Asia Report

      West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

      New Zealand author David Robie
      Climate

      David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow…

      Tucker Carlson
      Analysis

      Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights…

      Pro-Palestinian protesters over the Gaza genocide
      Asia Report

      Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine…

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

Arts

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

Celebrating Pasifika – the art of Samoan female tattooing

Kendall Hutt -
March 26, 2017
video
Arts

Disney’s Moana: First Pacific movie princess the real deal

Arts

The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom

video
Arts

Vanuatu’s Romeo and Juliet epic Tanna nominated for Oscars

Arts

Veiqia Project reawakens woman’s role in Fijian society

Arts

From Tanna to Hollywood: Film success for Vanuatu love story

PMC Reporter -
September 29, 2016
0
Arts

Images: Auckland’s Whau Pacific Festival celebrates young artists

Husain Malvi -
August 29, 2016
0
Arts

Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman

Pacific Media Watch -
June 17, 2019
0
video
Arts

High risks for Fiji divers in Pacific documentary ‘disturbing’

APR editor -
March 6, 2016
0
Arts

Samoan photographer wins ‘changing lives’ artist residency in Apia

APR editor -
July 21, 2016
0
Arts

WJEC16: Oceania Interrupted give journalism educators a taste of Papua

Husain Malvi -
July 13, 2016
3
video
Arts

Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto

PMC Reporter -
October 9, 2019
0
video
Arts

Festival success for young Pasifika filmmakers

TJ Aumua -
August 31, 2016
0
video
Arts

Films about 1965 anti-communist stigma dominate Indonesian festival

Pacific Media Watch -
August 11, 2018
0
Arts

Female Melanesian tattooists to make their mark in Spain

Hele Ikimotu -
March 14, 2017
0
Arts

Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban

Pacific Media Watch -
June 18, 2019
0
Arts

Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher

APR editor -
October 24, 2018
0
Media

Top journo students honoured at USP’s award night

TJ Aumua -
October 26, 2016
0
Arts

Pasifika Renaissance calls for Pacific oral histories on video

APR editor -
January 31, 2016
1
video
Arts

An Indonesian oasis of progressive creativity emerges in culture city

David Robie -
May 12, 2017
1
Arts

Sounds of Caribbean planned for Auckland’s first steelband festival

APR editor -
February 16, 2018
1
Arts

How a talented bone carver fuses tikanga, art and wellbeing

Irra Lee -
October 17, 2018
0
Arts

Waititi ensures strong indigenous presence for his new film

PMC Reporter -
August 4, 2016
0
video
Arts

NZ delegation welcomed in Guam for Pacific Festival opening

Pacific Media Watch -
May 24, 2016
0
video
Arts

Daily Digest: Tanna filmmakers respond to exploitation claims

Pacific Media Watch -
January 29, 2017
0
video
Arts

Amnesty International criticises denial of NZ visa to Iran filmmaker

Pacific Media Watch -
April 18, 2016
0
video
Language

Pacific Voices: Fijian language week celebrations honour the past

TJ Aumua -
October 6, 2016
0
12Page 1 of 2

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

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts
Democracy

East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown draws angry response from pro-Palestine advocates
Asia Report

Activists slam Mayor Brown’s ‘free beer’ cavalier response to Palestine genocide...

West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA
Asia Report

West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

Tucker Carlson
Analysis

Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero
Asia Report

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA
Asia Report

West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

New Zealand author David Robie
Climate

David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...

Tucker Carlson
Analysis

Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights...

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

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero
Asia Report

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA
Asia Report

West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

A West Papuan Morning Star flag being held in defiance of the Indonesian ban in a remote village
Asia Report

Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says...

New Zealand author David Robie
Climate

David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...

Editor's Picks

Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

December 2, 2025
West Papuan supporters raise the Morning Star flag in Leichhardt, Sydney, today as protesters around the world mark the 1 December 1961 "independence" flag-flying day. Image: AWPA

West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces

December 1, 2025
New Zealand author David Robie

David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow...

December 1, 2025
Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights...

November 30, 2025
Pro-Palestinian protesters over the Gaza genocide

Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine...

November 29, 2025
Load more

Popular Reports

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

November 27, 2025
Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025

Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

November 27, 2025
The Tahiti search operations involved about 200 emergency staff

Tahiti landslide: no survivors – all 8 bodies retrieved

November 28, 2025
The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report

Civicus raps 8 Pacific countries for ‘not doing enough’ to protect...

November 26, 2025
Wenceslao Vinzons . . . the local war resistance hero

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’...

December 2, 2025
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report7947
  • Politics5654
  • Human Rights4413
  • Syndicate4186
  • Global3606
  • New Zealand3381
  • Indigenous2676
  • RNZ Pacific2454
  • Media2147
  • Pacific Media Watch1781
  • Asia Report1738
  • Security1702
  • Democracy1687
  • Fiji1617
  • Papua New Guinea1610
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