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
Friday, June 5, 2026
Login
About Asia Pacific Report
Contact
EveningReport.nz
Pacific Media Centre
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
Analysis
Maher Nazzal: I walked through Palestine
Asia Report
Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts
Asia Report
Indonesia has ‘kidnapped’ Pesta Babi star to cover up ecocide, claims…
Asia Report
Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting…
Asia Report
Fiji police question protesters over picket against opening of Israel embassy
Multimedia
Multimedia
PMC on Demand
Audio
Gallery
Video
PMC on Demand
Home
Crime
Crime
Random
Latest
Featured posts
Most popular
7 days popular
By review score
Random
Crime
PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence
APR editor
-
October 28, 2022
Crime
PNG condemned for sorcery attacks, police brutality and over refugees
Crime
Indonesian security forces ‘have no idea’ where NZ pilot hostage is
Crime
The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji
Crime
Four human rights groups call for Indonesian ‘truth-seeking’ inquiry, apology
Crime
PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin
APR editor
-
July 4, 2022
0
Crime
RSF shines light on ‘forbidden coverage’ of women’s rights
Pacific Media Watch
-
March 7, 2018
0
Crime
PNG lawyer Paraka found guilty of misappropriating K162m
APR editor
-
May 29, 2023
0
Crime
PNG plans to shut down Facebook for one month to target...
Pacific Media Watch
-
May 29, 2018
0
Crime
Fears of covid-19 ‘time bomb’ of sorcery accusations, violence in PNG
APR editor
-
June 29, 2021
0
Crime
Christchurch mosque attacks: ‘Inhuman’ terrorist jailed for life without parole
APR editor
-
August 27, 2020
0
Crime
Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama jailed over block of USP probe
APR editor
-
May 9, 2024
0
Crime
Indonesia’s 1965 purge – the persecuted and persecutors in safe space
APR editor
-
May 2, 2016
0
Crime
PNG police shoot dead 3 suspects in botched Lae armed robbery
APR editor
-
April 3, 2018
0
Crime
West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation
APR editor
-
September 5, 2022
0
Crime
NZ Royal Commission to probe security agencies, says Ardern
APR editor
-
March 25, 2019
0
Crime
Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70...
Pacific Media Watch
-
June 28, 2025
0
Crime
Tight security at NZ court for start of mosque attacker sentence...
APR editor
-
August 24, 2020
0
Crime
When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war
APR editor
-
October 11, 2022
0
Crime
Buildings burned in looting after Solomon Islands protest
APR editor
-
November 24, 2021
0
Crime
Police warn PNG public about robbers after attack on Unitech students
APR editor
-
May 25, 2022
0
Crime
Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case
APR editor
-
March 28, 2024
0
Crime
Call for PNG police and courts to work closely with media...
APR editor
-
July 6, 2020
0
Crime
Top Israeli military lawyer arrested over abuse video scandal, but focus...
APR editor
-
November 5, 2025
0
Crime
PNG judge condemns ‘brutality’ of rogue acts by disciplinary forces
APR editor
-
May 7, 2020
0
Crime
‘I will have you jailed too,’ Trillanes warns President Duterte
APR editor
-
February 25, 2017
0
Crime
Gunman arrested ‘within 21 minutes’ and saved lives, says police chief
APR editor
-
March 20, 2019
0
1
2
3
...
34
Page 1 of 34
CLIMATE AND COVID
Climate
COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’
Asia Report
COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...
Analysis
Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific
Analysis
How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic
Load more
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus
Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation
Coronavirus
Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO
Coronavirus
Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence
Analysis
NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...
Coronavirus
NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...
Coronavirus
Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report
Load more
BEARING WITNESS
Analysis
Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...
Crime
Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived
Analysis
Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...
Crime
27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...
Bearing Witness
Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...
APJS newsfile
Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response
Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie
APJS NEWSFILE
APJS newsfile
Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice
APJS newsfile
Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers
APJS newsfile
Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...
APJS newsfile
Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top
POPULAR POSTS
Asia Report
Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts
Asia Report
Indonesia has ‘kidnapped’ Pesta Babi star to cover up ecocide, claims...
Asia Report
Fiji police question protesters over picket against opening of Israel embassy
Asia Report
Pro-Palestinian activists plan protest against ‘Israeli pond’ diplomacy push in Pacific
EDITOR'S PICKS
Analysis
Maher Nazzal: I walked through Palestine
Asia Report
Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts
Asia Report
Indonesia has ‘kidnapped’ Pesta Babi star to cover up ecocide, claims...
Asia Report
Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting...
Load more
MOST COMMENTS
Australia
Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...
Analysis
Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace
Global
Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ
Asia Report
Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva
GLOBAL REPORTAGE
Analysis
Maher Nazzal: I walked through Palestine
Asia Report
Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts
Asia Report
Indonesia has ‘kidnapped’ Pesta Babi star to cover up ecocide, claims...
Asia Report
Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting...
!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-100x70.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")