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New Caledonia celebrates Bastille Day and thinks about independence

July 27, 2018

FLNKS leader Christian Tein

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Kanak leader Christian Tein’s jailing in France overturned in new legal twist

PNG's Information and Communication Technology Minister Timothy Masiu

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PNG government must withdraw ‘media control’ policy, says RSF

Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

Development

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

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

Development

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

A school bombed out by Israeli forces provides some shelter to a family in Khan Younis, Gaza

Development

Gaza had educational justice. Now the genocide has wiped that out,...

April 21, 2025

Former PNG PM Peter O'Neill

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Former PNG PM O’Neill to stand trial over Israeli generators purchase

December 2, 2020

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Development

What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...

April 13, 2026

In contrast, today it is the youth taking the lead and using violence because they feel they have no other choice.

Development

Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the...

May 17, 2024

"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version

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Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

September 17, 2024

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Chinese President Xi’s early PNG arrival upstages APEC rivals

November 16, 2018

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‘Beautiful’ Manus needs Australian development, says journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

October 9, 2019

PNG Post-Courier

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PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?

June 19, 2024

Across the Gaza Strip, the engineered humanitarian disaster

Development

Amnesty International accuses Israel of ‘defying’ ICJ ruling over genocide

February 27, 2024

Solomon Islands capital Honiara

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US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base...

April 27, 2022

Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party is expected to form a coalition with the Democratic Party

Development

Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition

May 24, 2023

Pacific shipping corridors

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China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific

September 4, 2023

Former Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) director Nga Puna

Development

Cook Islands deputy PM, 2 former officials found guilty of corruption

February 2, 2024

Taeri MP and former journalist Ingrid Leary

Development

Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

Pacific Media Watch -

June 4, 2025

Indonesia's coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Fatia Maulidiyanti

Development

NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist...

June 14, 2023

The University of Papua New Guinea

Development

Mass eviction back on again near UPNG as police give green...

January 28, 2022

New research argues the priority now should be addressing the real driver of multiple ecological crises

Development

Slow solutions to fast-moving ecological crises won’t work – changing basic...

October 23, 2023

"New Zealand has an opportunity to get ahead of the global backlash"

Development

Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics

February 16, 2026

Development

Tonga’s communications blackout ‘a problem out of their control’

Pacific Media Watch -

January 24, 2019

How Kanaky New Caledonia's public broadcaster NC La 1ère reported the news

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New Caledonia’s political parties commit to ‘historic’ statehood deal

July 13, 2025

China's ambassador to Samoa Fei Mingxing (left) hands over a ceremonial cheque for US$200,000 to SPREP director of legal services and governing bodies Aumua Clark Peteru in Apia

Development

China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after...

January 15, 2026

Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast

Development

West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and...

March 8, 2026

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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"

Development

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

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...

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

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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

Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026

Development

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield

Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home

Asia Report

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans

Civil Society

Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

EDITOR'S PICKS

Film director Dandhy Laksono

Development

‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary

A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons

Analysis

Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...

US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

Development

PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

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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

Film director Dandhy Laksono

Development

‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary

A recent New Zealand pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian rally which condemned the double standards over Israel's nuclear weapons

Analysis

Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...

US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

Development

PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy