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US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz begins

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Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke

April 14, 2026

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Fiji may change mind over PACER Plus if labour mobility issues ironed out

The New Zealand government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic

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

Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump

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President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV

Black Wednesday

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PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots

Black oil shipments

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PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments

May 26, 2022

Three flags in Tahiti

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French Polynesia’s economy on ‘good path’, says Paris-based institute

May 9, 2023

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Peters announces NZ$10m boost to fund dedicated Pacific TV channel

September 4, 2018

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Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation

February 15, 2020

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Barry Coates: Setting NZ on a path for transformative change

September 22, 2017

Maher Nazzal

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Maher Nazzal: I walked through Palestine

June 3, 2026

USTKE and other inter-union members met French Overseas Minister Naïma Moutchou on her visit to Camp Est prison in Nouméa

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French Overseas Minister holds marathon political talks in New Caledonia

November 13, 2025

Protesters march down Auckland's Queen St

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Greenpeace protests Conservation Amendment Bill in downtown Auckland

September 19, 2026

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Jokowi’s investment vision worrying environmental activists

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July 18, 2019

Marian Rivera as Mirama

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Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines

January 16, 2026

Pro-independence Progressist Union in Melanesia (UPM) leader Victor Tutugoro (centre with hat) and the party’s political bureau at a media conference this week in Nouméa

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New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS

November 21, 2025

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PM blames Bougainville missing budget on ‘administrative error’

November 26, 2018

PNG Prime Minister James Marape addressing the Australian Federal Parliament

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Marape thanks Australia for providing an ‘anchor’ for independent PNG

February 8, 2024

The flag of Hawai'i waves beside a sign reading "Tourist(s) Keep Out" in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires

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Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires

August 18, 2023

Pacific leaders in Suva

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Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security

June 7, 2022

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NCTV team drops in on AUT’s Pacific Media Centre and Screen...

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June 7, 2017

Labor's Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese

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Dan McGarry: A new day in the Pacific – but will...

May 23, 2022

Fiji's Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara

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Fijian chief calls for scrutiny of Fiji-Australia security treaties

September 22, 2026

A group of Papuan women and children wave Melanesian state flags

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West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership

June 17, 2023

PNG's Communication Minister Timothy Masiu

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PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’

Pacific Media Watch -

March 29, 2023

Republic of Marshall Islands President David Kabua

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‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity

February 21, 2023

A sunset in the Mamanucas, Fiji

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‘Tourists buzzing’ in resorts and islands as Fiji welcomes back visitors

December 3, 2022

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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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

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

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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

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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

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA

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The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

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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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