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Upgrade deadlock over Port Vila runway ends – China contract ok

April 3, 2017

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Development

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Guam and Tokelau

DeshBesh Enterprises group operations manager Mohammad Chan Mia

Development

Long term plan needed for underlying PNG problems, says academic

"It's got some usefulness to achieve."

Development

PNG govt’s latest ID plan unlikely to be achieved, says academic

New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend

Development

Gaza freedom flotilla – reluctance of the West to protest Israel’s thuggery enabled the abuse

People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum in 2019

Development

Bougainville takes the initiative in mediation over independence

April 22, 2025

Development

PNG police plan public meeting to address Lae ‘land grabbing’

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April 28, 2018

Fiji human rights protesters march through Suva City yesterday

Development

Violence against children in Fiji costs nation $460m, says Unicef study

December 11, 2024

NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May

Development

NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

August 21, 2025

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom

Development

Money link to illegal Israeli settlements ignites divestment battle in NZ...

December 13, 2024

Development

Veteran climate scientist forecasts loss of all coastal cities

April 17, 2016

Kanak great chief Hippolyte Sinewami Htamumu

Development

Kanak great chief resigns from New Caledonia’s customary Senate

August 1, 2024

Pacific leaders in Suva

Development

Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security

June 7, 2022

Development

New ‘Resource Roulette’ report exposes deep-sea mining risks for Pacific

June 7, 2016

Although New Caledonia is one of New Zealand’s closest neighbours, the French colony feels very isolated from the rest of the Pacific

Development

While Pacific is target of geopolitics, many nations still fight for...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2025

Development

Marap indigenous group claims back 3 oil palm plantations in Papua

April 30, 2016

FLNKS leader Christian Tein

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

October 23, 2024

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Development

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

April 29, 2026

Former PNG national Parliament regional representative for Bougainville Joe Lera . . . "We will try to make big changes in addressing sustainable development"

Development

Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development

July 23, 2025

Documentaries

Climate change doco highlights Tokelau as world leader in ‘solar revolution’

August 12, 2016

Development

Kava industry bounces back after Cyclone Pam devastated Vanuatu

March 16, 2017

Development

Shaping sustainable finance – a roadmap for NZ’s future

November 11, 2020

Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping . . . under fire for lack of transparency over nine deals

Development

Solomons PM’s ‘I’m back home’ comment in Beijing ‘shameful’, says Wale

July 12, 2023

Noumea Accord signatory Victor Tutugoro about the 2021 Kanak referendum boycott

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‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner

May 10, 2023

The New Caledonia Congress in session in November 2024

Development

New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package

January 2, 2025

NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for

Development

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

May 28, 2026

Malaita province Premier Daniel Suidani

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Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the...

December 8, 2021

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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

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

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Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

Culture

Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte

Analysis

Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

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Operation Earnest Will, 1987, when the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers for free

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The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its...

Disputed Hunter Island

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Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum 2025

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NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...

The spectacle and symbolism of assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral

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How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event

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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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Operation Earnest Will, 1987, when the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers for free

Analysis

The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its...

Disputed Hunter Island

Development

Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum 2025

Development

NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...

The spectacle and symbolism of assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral

Analysis

How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event