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New book has focus on Pacific activists against militarism, for climate justice

Pacific Media Watch -

August 12, 2022

The flags of the Solomon Islands and the US for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal

Japan

Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever

The authorities deal with the stabbing attack at Bloody Ridge, Solomon Islands

Japan

Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

Japan

New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities

Australia’s aid to the Pacific has been "greenwashed"

Japan

Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’

Researcher engagement

Japan

Unis want research shared widely. So why don’t they properly back...

January 11, 2021

Wairakei Terraces

Japan

NZ traveller who arrives in Japan with covid-19 visited Rotorua and...

August 15, 2020

Nagasaki

Japan

Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki

August 11, 2019

Japan

Japanese development aid funding splits Pacific unity on key WHO post

Pacific Media Centre -

September 21, 2018

Japan

‘Sick joke’, threats cited in Asia-Pacific declining media freedom summit

July 10, 2018

Japan

Pacific’s role and history of nuclear suffering boosted treaty success

October 25, 2017

Japan

Australia, NZ slug it out for FIBA Asia Cup crown

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

August 16, 2017

Japan

‘A price they never should’ve paid’: Hiroshima, Nagasaki victims remembered

August 7, 2017

Japan

Indonesia and Japan agree to step up maritime security, plan rail...

January 17, 2017

Japan

Scorsese’s Silence and the Catholic connection to the atomic bomb

November 29, 2016

Japan

Pacific Climate Change Centre step closer – building starts next June

May 25, 2016

Japan

Media freedom: A nice RSF postcard from the Pacific, but not...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 20, 2016

Japan

Panama Papers: China censors allegations, but Russian media note contents

April 6, 2016

CLIMATE AND COVID

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

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

Climate

How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

Dr Collin Tukuitonga

Analysis

Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

CORONAVIRUS

The Pacific Explorer

Australia

NZ’s first cruise ship since beginning of pandemic arrives – next...

Facemasks on in Majuro

Coronavirus

Marshall Islands loses ‘covid-free’ status with 6 cases confirmed

Auckland city protesters

Coronavirus

Public health ‘patriot’ protesters march onto central Auckland streets

Shortage of healthcare workers

Analysis

Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in...

Dr Ashley Bloomfield

Analysis

Nick Rockel: ‘Over and out from me’ – Dr Ashley Bloomfield

Covid-19 in Niue

Coronavirus

Niue enters covid-19 red alert level as case numbers rise to...

BEARING WITNESS

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?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

Bearing Witness

Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

Bearing Witness

Banabans of Rabi short climate change documentary chosen for Nuku’alofa

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APJS NEWSFILE

APJS newsfile

While PNG promotes APEC big money, youth are building grassroots resilience

APJS newsfile

40 luxury Maseratis for PNG, but little effort put into climate...

APJS newsfile

Tukuitonga goes into battle on behalf of Pacific for WHO position

APJS newsfile

Memo NZ: ‘Get on the right side of history’ over West...

POPULAR POSTS

Māori and Pacific STEM postgraduates

Education

Māori and Pacific students ‘battle racism and tokenism’ at university

Prominent Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu

Analysis

Amnesty, Civicus condemn Fiji spelling mistake contempt lawsuit as ‘violation’

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Cook Islands

Ruling party in Cook Islands closer to power after gaining 2...

Cook Islands PM Mark Brown

Cook Islands

Mark Brown confirmed as Cook Islands PM with slim grip

EDITOR'S PICKS

Russel Norman of Greenpeace Aotearoa

Agriculture

Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of...

Arama Ngāpō

Civil Society

‘Face of democracy is going to change’ in NZ, say Māori...

Prominent Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu

Analysis

Amnesty, Civicus condemn Fiji spelling mistake contempt lawsuit as ‘violation’

Police direct traffic outside Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

Democracy

As the FBI raids Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump reaches for unconvincing historical...

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

Journalist Muhammad Asrul behind bars

Analysis

Press freedom in jeopardy amid Indonesian authoritarianism

Russel Norman of Greenpeace Aotearoa

Agriculture

Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of...

The Pacific Explorer

Australia

NZ’s first cruise ship since beginning of pandemic arrives – next...

The flags of the Solomon Islands and the US for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal

Japan

Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever