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It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985

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40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against nuclear colonialism

May 22, 2025

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

Climate

The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1: The Battlefield

Rongelap Islanders

Climate

Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior to return for 40th anniversary of French bombing

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English instead of his fluent Italian and Spanish during mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals

Climate

Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader

Once a tropical paradise thick with coconut palms, Runit Island is capped by a massive concrete structure

Climate

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner

New Zealand journalist and author David Robie talks to Greenpeace activists last month about the Rainbow Warrior bombing and Rongelap voyage

Climate

‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior...

May 7, 2025

"News Corp and its media bedfellows rely on snark, shrillness and outrage gimmickry

Climate

In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with...

May 5, 2025

Claire Charters (Ngāti Whakaue) addressing the UN Indigenous People's Forum last week

Climate

Māori leaders urge UN to act stronger on NZ’s ‘regressive’ policies

April 29, 2025

Damage to South Pentecost villages in the aftermath of last year's Cyclone Lola

Climate

Vanuatu communities growing climate resilience in wake of Cyclone Lola

April 28, 2025

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

Climate

Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms...

April 22, 2025

As a low-lying atoll nation, Tuvalu is particularly exposed

Climate

Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu...

April 13, 2025

350.org's Fiji community organiser George Nacewa

Climate

Pacific climate activists join 180+ groups calling on COP30 hosts Brazil...

April 12, 2025

Loading demolished house materials from Rongelap on board the Rainbow Warrior

Climate

From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear...

March 31, 2025

The Rainbow Warrior ship entering port in Majuro, Marshall Islands

Climate

‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ –...

March 31, 2025

This photograph shows Rongelap Islanders on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior travelling to their new home on Mejatto Island in 1985

Climate

Nuclear free Pacific – back to the future, Earthwise talks to...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 20, 2025

The Pacific and the world

Climate

Call for fresh Blue Pacific rules-based order: ‘Our home, our rules’

March 14, 2025

The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior arrives in the Marshall Islands

Climate

Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission

March 12, 2025

Trump supporters marching on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021

Climate

How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval

March 12, 2025

Development Policy Centre research fellow Dr Terence Wood

Climate

Political analyst hopes NZ, Australia will ‘step up’ over USAID cuts...

March 3, 2025

Rongelap Islanders on board the Rainbow Warrior bound for Mejatto in May 1985

Climate

Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear...

March 1, 2025

Dark Times Academy

Climate

US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 20, 2025

The New Zealand government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic

Climate

Will New Zealand ‘invade’ the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously

February 13, 2025

While PNG Prime Minister James Marape is criticising US climate policy

Climate

Marape calls US climate backtracking ‘irresponsible’ in rethink plea to Trump

January 30, 2025

Pacific Islands climate justice protesters among those demonstrating at The Hague

Climate

Deep freeze: Pacific ‘alarm’ as Trump leaves US diplomats with little...

January 29, 2025

Cartoon: Malc McGookin/Independent Australia

Climate

Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under

January 29, 2025

Climate

Vanuatu AG condemns Trump’s Paris climate treaty exit as ‘troubling precedent’

January 25, 2025

Climate crisis and the Israeli war on Gaza

Climate

Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide

January 23, 2025

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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"

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

In the Eye of the Storm

Climate

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Climate

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

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

BEARING WITNESS

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

Climate

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Climate

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Climate

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Climate

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

Climate

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

Climate

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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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)

Climate

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

A protest by more than 2000 people in Auckland on Saturday condemned the silence of the New Zealand government

Asia Report

Seven European nations jointly call for urgent action over Israel’s starvation...

A training session for the UN Pacific peacekeepers cohort

Australia

Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

Climate

The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...

The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji

Asia Report

Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits

EDITOR'S PICKS

The 1 May 2025 report by Talamua Online that led to the criminal libel case

Civil Society

Punitive criminal libel charge against Samoan journalist draws flurry of criticism

It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985

Climate

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against...

If the West so wished, it could be putting more economic pressure on Israel

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: NZ’s silence over Gaza genocide, ethnic cleansing

The people of Gaza are desperate. No food has entered Gaza for more than 76 days

Analysis

Starvation of Gaza – a distressing continuation of a decades-old plan

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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

"Israel is starving us" in Gaza, says the protest placard in Auckland

Asia Report

‘Starving’ masked Palestine protesters condemn Luxon’s Gaza ‘appeasement’

Air New Zealand is resuming its Auckland-Nouméa service

Aviation

Air New Zealand to resume Auckland-Nouméa flights from November

Talamua Online editor Lagi Keresoma

Global

Legal academic says Samoa’s criminal libel law should go after charge

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

Asia Report

Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans