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New Zealand PM’s diplomatic debacle and geopolitical hypocrisy over Fiji

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June 22, 2016

New Caledonia's territorial President Alcide Ponga signs the Elysée-Oudinot agreement

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New Caledonia’s new Elysée-Oudinot pact signed in Paris – despite boycott

Rongelap MP Hilton Kendall speaking at the welcoming ceremony for the Rainbow Warrior in Majuro

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Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history

A Kanak pro-independence protester banner declares "No to 'unfreezing' (the electoral rules)"

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‘Deadly spiral’ – state of emergency in Kanaky New Caledonia and the Paris vote that sparked riots

Morning Star flags of West Papuan independence on display at MACFEST2023

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Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and West Papua

A Vanuatu passport

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Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

January 27, 2026

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

A truck laden with humanitarian aid for Gaza

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PSNA condemns NZ’s ‘indifference to mass murder’ as Israel blocks aid...

May 27, 2025

Tavini’s historic leader Oscar Temaru (from left), French Polynesia’s current President Moetai Brotherson, and Tematai Le Gayic

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Rift widens within French Polynesia’s ruling party following municipal election losses

March 27, 2026

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West Papuans, activists protest against Sorong oil palm expansion

May 25, 2016

Kanak flags lifted high at a pro-independence rally in Nouméa

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New Caledonia crisis: Pacific leaders’ mission must ‘look beyond surface’

October 23, 2024

An aerial shot of the new 2024 RNZ Pacific transmitter

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RNZ Pacific – 35 years of broadcasting trusted news to the...

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January 25, 2025

Piango Pacific activists in Fiji prepare their Morning Star flags

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Why West Papuans are raising a banned independence flag across Australia,...

December 1, 2023

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RNZI remains ‘essential voice of the Pacific’, says broadcaster

February 1, 2017

Palestine - "a moral litmus test for the world"

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Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024

January 3, 2025

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Talks soon on second phase of Chinese-funded Vanuatu roads

May 2, 2016

VARS project for Vanuatu squatters

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World Bank grant to boost Vanuatu reforms for squatter settlements

August 1, 2022

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Radio storytelling and community empowerment in Philippines

January 6, 2020

Recent aid arrangements are emblematic of the geopolitical tussle playing out in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies

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Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations...

December 17, 2024

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)

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China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals

June 3, 2022

A home destroyed in tribal fighting in PNG's Highlands

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NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea...

February 2, 2026

Palestinian academic Sameer Barghouthi

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With the Gaza genocide, the world changed – sovereignty died and...

January 5, 2026

Efeso Collins

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Pacific residents express ‘hopelessness’ as Ōtara house sales hit $1m

December 21, 2020

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth

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Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

March 29, 2025

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Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...

June 13, 2017

Papuan students, with their body and face painted with the colours of the banned Morning Star flag

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Indonesia’s new plans for Papua can’t hide its decades of failures

June 22, 2022

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Pacific Climate Change Centre step closer – building starts next June

May 25, 2016

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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

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

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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

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

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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

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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"

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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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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.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

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The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka

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New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

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Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

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Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

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‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

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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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Al Jazeera journalist Tohid Asadi

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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

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‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...