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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center

Aviation

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’

July 1, 2025

Air New Zealand is resuming its Auckland-Nouméa service

Aviation

Air New Zealand to resume Auckland-Nouméa flights from November

Solomon Islands passports

Aviation

Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings

Virgin Australia

Aviation

Virgin Australia confirms ‘serious security incident’ with crew in Fiji

A group of schoolchildren boarding a military aircraft

Aviation

Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu

Domestic airline Air Calédonie’s ATR 72-600 to fly biweekly to Port Vila from October 2024

Aviation

New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets

September 11, 2024

Some of the passengers on the special flight out of New Caledonia

Aviation

NZ’s first New Caledonia evacuation flight lands in Auckland

May 22, 2024

A NZ Defence Force operation begins to uplift New Zealand tourists and visitors stranded by the New Caledonia crisis

Aviation

Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home

May 21, 2024

Flags of an independent Kanaky fly at a barricade near Nouméa

Aviation

Kiwis trapped in Nouméa: Air NZ won’t fly from New Caledonia...

May 20, 2024

Air New Zealand scheduled Saturday flight to Nouméa's Tontouta International Airport off

Aviation

New Caledonia’s Nouméa airport closed until Tuesday, says Air New Zealand

May 17, 2024

Celebrating International Women's Day in Papua New Guinea today with an all-women flight crew to Cairns

Aviation

All female Air Niugini crew fly out to Cairns on International...

March 8, 2024

Pilot and author Silva McLeod

Aviation

Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’...

Sri Krishnamurthi -

May 10, 2023

Hostage NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens in new video 260423

Aviation

‘I’m alive, healthy . . . stop the bombs,’ says kidnapped...

April 26, 2023

NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens held hostage by West Papuan rebels

Aviation

Search for NZ pilot taken hostage by Papua rebels extended, says...

April 10, 2023

Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abused security guards and airport staff at Buka

Aviation

Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence

April 4, 2023

New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens, flying for Susi Air, appears in new video 100323

Aviation

Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t...

March 10, 2023

United Liberation Movement for West Papua leader Benny Wenda

Aviation

Wenda calls on West Papuan rebels to release kidnapped NZ pilot

February 21, 2023

Hostage NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens pictured with his armed West Papuan rebel captors

Aviation

Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of...

February 17, 2023

New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens taken captive by Papuan rebels

Aviation

Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels

February 16, 2023

The Jakarta Post 090223

Aviation

Rescue mission underway for NZ pilot held hostage in Papua, say...

February 9, 2023

Pro-independence fighters from the Highlands-based Defence Region Command of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB). Image: TPNPB/RNZ Pacific

Aviation

Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ...

February 9, 2023

Senior Commander Benny Prabowo

Aviation

Indonesian security forces ‘have no idea’ where NZ pilot hostage is

February 9, 2023

A Susi Air Cessna similar to the one seized in Nduga pictured preparing for takeoff

Aviation

NZ Papua hostage: Pilots warned to take precautions in ‘danger’ zone

February 8, 2023

Pro-independence Papuan rebels fighters take a NZ pilot hostage

Aviation

Papuan rebels seize NZ pilot hostage, set local plane on fire,...

February 7, 2023

Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA) president George Faktaufon

Aviation

Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief

January 14, 2023

Stranded passengers at the capital Port Moresby's Jacksons Airport

Aviation

Stranded PNG air travellers angered at government’s lack of intervention

January 7, 2023

A "stop racial discrimination" banner at Magenta-Noumea Airport

Aviation

Ongoing union strikes disrupt more domestic flights in New Caledonia

August 16, 2022

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

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 Robie

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?

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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

POPULAR POSTS

Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves

Civil Society

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

A young girl holds a placard quoting from the late Pope Francis while calling for an end to the war on Gaza in Auckland last Saturday

Asia Report

Gaza not a religious issue – it’s a massive violation of...

Auckland protesters condemn Israel's systematic starvation tactics in the besieged Gaza enclave in a march in the Viaduct

Crime

PSNA calls on NZ to urgently condemn Israeli weaponisation of starvation

The 4330 km Trans-Papua Highway

Asia Report

Indonesian military set to complete Trans-Papua Highway under Prabowo’s rule

EDITOR'S PICKS

A "save the world" banner at last Saturday's pro-Palestinian march in Auckland's Viaduct precinct

Decolonisation

Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters

"It's more than ironic that while Western countries like Britain and New Zealand are calling for an end to the war in Gaza, they continue to be hostile toward the anti-war protest movements in their own countries"

Asia Report

Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries

The first-ever US military flight carrying 18 Marshall Islanders deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrives at Majuro

Crime

ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base

"Western media institutions promote a colonial narrative that reproduces the discourse of Israeli superiority, using linguistic and legal mechanisms to justify genocide."

Asia Report

Systematic bias: how Western media reproduces the Israeli narrative

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 4330 km Trans-Papua Highway

Asia Report

Indonesian military set to complete Trans-Papua Highway under Prabowo’s rule

If successful, the ICJ ruling could have major ramifications for international law and how climate change disputes are litigated

Climate

ICJ climate crisis ruling: Will world’s top court back Pacific-led call...

A "save the world" banner at last Saturday's pro-Palestinian march in Auckland's Viaduct precinct

Decolonisation

Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters

Former PNG national Parliament regional representative for Bougainville Joe Lera . . . "We will try to make big changes in addressing sustainable development"

Analysis

Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development