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Opposition Labour's Peeni Henare

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Opposition promises to repeal NZ marine and coastal rights law change

October 22, 2025

Micronitor publisher as reporter Joe Murphy

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No money, little experience, but Marshall Islands media icon leaves lasting legacy

Kanak independence candidate Emmanuel Tjibaou

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A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties

Australian lawyer Greg Sheppard 130621

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High profile lawyer faces fresh fraud, money laundering charges in PNG

Missionary pilot Anton Lutz

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Break this cycle of sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer at a pro-Palestinian rally outside the NZ Parliament

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Te Pāti Māori condemns Israel for Gaza ‘horrific violence’ over Madleen...

June 10, 2025

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NZ Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific

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March 4, 2018

West Papuan leader Benny Wenda with Vanuatu and Papuan officials

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Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua

January 23, 2023

Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo

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Making sense of the scary Philippines election – 10 seconds into...

May 12, 2022

Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop AUT

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Pacific research of ‘hard’ social issues profiled in new publication

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May 28, 2019

What now for Aotearoa after Queen Elizabeth?

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From evolving colony to bicultural nation, Queen Elizabeth II walked a...

September 9, 2022

"All Eyes on Papua" . . . a campaign against Indonesian exploitation of Papuan rainforests

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Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s...

July 24, 2024

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Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’...

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September 20, 2020

Auckland University's Dr Melani Anae 190621

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Tagata Pasifika Special: Celebrating 50 years of the Polynesian Panthers

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June 19, 2021

Kiwirok villagers show some of the areas that have been bombed in the attack on their village

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Wenda accuses Indonesian troops of bombarding village in Star mountains

October 16, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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

June 20, 2025

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

Papuan students protest over the 1962 Rome Agreement at one of last Saturday's many demonstrations

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West Papuan, Indonesian youth protest over ‘illegal’ 1962 Rome Agreement

October 5, 2023

Guam Governor Leon Guerrero welcomes Taiwan's President Lai to Guam

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Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam

December 5, 2024

Labor's Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese

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

May 23, 2022

Climate

New research highlights potential cost of climate resilience for Pacific countries

July 28, 2016

Outgoing New Caledonia President Louis Mapou

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‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government

December 27, 2024

Sex currency of bribes

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‘Sextortion’ problem for Pacific states – but lower for Fiji, says...

November 18, 2021

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

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

July 12, 2023

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (left) and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape met at APEC Haus

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Jokowi visit strengthens PNG ties but sidelines West Papua human rights

July 10, 2023

Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Sashi Kiran (second from left) with Fiji Women's Rights Movement staff during the launch of the research report "Beyond 33 percent"

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Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new...

March 5, 2023

Expanding the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim

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Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

February 27, 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"

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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

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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

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

Solomon Islands journalists Eddie Osifelo (from left), Jenny Kay and Robert Iroga at the 2026 World Press Freedom Day celebration in Honiara

Democracy

‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

Fijian Jone Vakarisi

Crime

Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death

Video footage obtained by human rights researchers shows a crowd of angry Papuans throwing stones towards police infrastructure in Kobakma

Asia Report

West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning...

Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen

Asia Report

‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .

Crime

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

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

Analysis

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

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

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Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...

MOST COMMENTS

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

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

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .

Crime

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

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

Analysis

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

Mistreatment of the Sumud prisoners also breaches the Convention Against Torture

Analysis

Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack...