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Every time a Fiji student misses school because the river that she crosses is flooded or at risk of flooding, that student is denied the full enjoyment of this right

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Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with clarity and impact

January 6, 2026

Head of Greenpeace Pacific Shiva Gounden

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COP30 ends with ‘extremely weak’ outcomes, says Pacific campaigner

Surangel S. Whipps Jr addressing the Climate Summit 2025

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Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host COP31

Pacific youth climate activist at a demonstration at COP27 in 2022

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COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific delegate

More than 100 New Zealand police - half of them Samoan

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‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?

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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

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...

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Lyttelton local and environmental campaigner Sara Campbell

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Saige England: Capitalism. Colonialism. Why the DP World money trail leads...

Filipino National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag takes an oath before testifying

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Sara Duterte impeachment trial – Matibag says no hitman yet, but...

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

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New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

Iranian missile attack on US base in Jordan

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Two US soldiers dead in Jordan – Trump’s ego has restarted...

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Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)

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Fiji’s former chief prosecutor claims govt conspiracy to remove him

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch Western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF

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Caitlin Johnstone: De-normalise Israel

Iranian Ambassador to New Zealand Reza Nazar Ahari

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Iranian Ambassador: Why the US blundered so badly – diplomacy and...

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)

Democracy

Fiji’s former chief prosecutor claims govt conspiracy to remove him

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch Western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: De-normalise Israel

Iranian Ambassador to New Zealand Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Report

Iranian Ambassador: Why the US blundered so badly – diplomacy and...

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and rightwing Israelis under military protection storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Asia Report

Palestine Forum of NZ condemns ‘provocative’ Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque,...