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It would be clearly unwise for New Zealand to threaten or cut aid to Kiribati

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau’s inability to engage with NZ difficult to defend

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February 1, 2025

Asia Pacific Media Network's Dr David Robie talks to PMN's Pacific Mornings

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David Robie talks media challenges, education and decolonisation on Radio 531pi’s Pacific Mornings

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono

Development

Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new rights report

China is clearly in the Pacific for the long haul

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To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to put its money where its mouth is

Climate adaptation

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Pacific voices urge experts to ‘decolonise’ adaptation at New Zealand’s largest climate forum

A PNG Maserati luxury sedan

Development

PNG’s donated APEC vehicles given to state agencies, NGOs and churches

July 29, 2019

Fiji aid

Development

$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji

June 12, 2019

The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025

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Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

March 5, 2025

A My Lai massacre display in the Vietnam War Remnants Museum

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The fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was...

April 21, 2025

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

Activists protest against World Bank policies

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9/11 killed it, but 20 years on global justice movement is...

September 11, 2021

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

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Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

May 22, 2025

The flag of Hawai'i waves beside a sign reading "Tourist(s) Keep Out" in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires

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Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires

August 18, 2023

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

Outbrain propaganda

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How Israeli propaganda filters into NZ media – drop it, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 16, 2025

President Emmanuel Macron

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Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks

January 19, 2026

Asia Pacific Media editor Dr David Robie

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Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism

Pacific Media Watch -

July 5, 2024

Environment

Solar energy plans for American Samoa

October 11, 2016

Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark speaking on the deck of the Rainbow Warrior

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Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over...

July 21, 2025

Micronitor publisher as reporter Joe Murphy

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 6, 2022

Community leaders and residents discuss priorities at the first Manurewa Pan-Pacific strategy workshop

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Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices

March 5, 2025

Development

Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure

November 15, 2017

A PNG Post-Courier newsboy on the streets in Port Moresby

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Mr Speaker, we’re not your enemies. We’re reporting without fear or...

Pacific Media Watch -

June 16, 2023

Development

Angore landowners set LNG machinery on fire in more PNG unrest

June 20, 2018

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Development

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

June 15, 2026

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

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

February 2, 2024

Author Antony Loewenstein speaking about his new book, The Palestine Laboratory, in Auckland last night

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Israel’s arms and spyware: Used on Palestinians, sold to the world

July 21, 2023

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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

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

Analysis

Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

Thai Mai Thon members delivered a protest letter to the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok

Asia Report

Thai protesters picket Israeli embassy over tourist harassment

PSNA's Leeann Wahanui-Peters reading out Te Pāti Māori's statement for co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Asia Report

NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’...

Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei

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Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

EDITOR'S PICKS

All smiles for Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Solomon Islands PM Wale rushes home from Palau after confidence challenge...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

"Gaza is not for sale" . . . the spray painted slogan at President Trump’s Turnberry golf resort

Asia Report

Palestine Action activists face ‘terror’ charges over Trump golf resort spray-painting

The Realm of New Zealand's four leaders

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New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong...

MOST COMMENTS

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

All smiles for Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Solomon Islands PM Wale rushes home from Palau after confidence challenge...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

PSNA's Leeann Wahanui-Peters reading out Te Pāti Māori's statement for co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Asia Report

NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’...

The Realm of New Zealand's four leaders

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New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong...