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The 1978 Camp David Accords

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Why Jimmy Carter’s opposition to Israeli apartheid failed to secure peace

January 12, 2025

The French political impasse

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What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia

Former UNDP adninistrator Helen Clark

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Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’

Helen Clark

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NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark

Previous tariff announcements by the Trump administration dropped sand into the cogs of international trade

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New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with US hit hardest

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Media face blockade over human rights reporting in Myanmar

November 8, 2016

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

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Lim Tean: Marco Rubio embarrasses himself – and America – over...

June 25, 2026

Climate protesters in Wellington in May

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NZ election 2023: Both Labour and National face multimillion dollar ‘climate...

September 22, 2023

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Chinese banks provide 40 percent of Fiji’s foreign loans

May 24, 2017

From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance

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Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now...

March 12, 2026

Fiji Women's Rights Movement executive director Nalini Singh

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Nalini Singh calls for media coverage that ‘reflects realities of all...

July 13, 2024

Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads

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UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

July 8, 2023

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Poor Vanuatu pay ruling risks negative impact on security, say upset...

January 27, 2018

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António Sampaio: Freedom of the press – rights, responsibilities and transparency

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January 30, 2019

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Auckland with the Fijian community for Fiji Day festivities

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Indo-Fijian ‘listen to us’ plea to NZ over Pacific ethnicity classification

November 1, 2024

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Mark Brown: Cook Islands ‘not consulted’ on NZ-China agreements

June 20, 2025

New Zealand's French Pacific territories Consul-General Felicity Roxburgh

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NZ consul hails long-standing ties with New Caledonia

September 20, 2022

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President Widodo greeted by protests over Bali plan in San Francisco

February 20, 2016

Pacific journalists at the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) media workshop

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Media partnerships ‘vital for growing Pacific awareness’, says Vanuatu finance chief

August 17, 2022

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi

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NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power...

September 22, 2023

Activist Mike Smith

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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

May 12, 2026

Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"

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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

June 30, 2025

The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year

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French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

May 9, 2026

PNG families being evicted from Two-Mile settlement in Port Moresby

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PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers...

February 2, 2026

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Rethinking the kaki lima: Australian and Indonesian students take on a...

Michael Neilson -

February 22, 2016

Black Wednesday

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PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots

May 1, 2024

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Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’

October 10, 2020

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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

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)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Colonel Nochi Mendel ordered the Israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers in April 2024

Asia Report

‘Not sorry’ – will international pressure mean justice for Zomi Frankcom?

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

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US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

A PNG Parliament press gallery monitor shows Opposition Leader James Nomane speaking during debate following the tabling of the Bougainville referendum result

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PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away

"Alii - welcome to Palau"

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Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

EDITOR'S PICKS

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

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Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

China

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

The MSG membership flags

Asia Report

Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein

Analysis

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...

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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

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

Development

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

China

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

The MSG membership flags

Asia Report

Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

Secular Jewish socialist and peace activist Tony Greenstein

Analysis

The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs...