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Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad

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Dark political clouds forming in Fiji – expect more lightning strikes after two DPMs charged

October 28, 2025

"Dignity" PMV crew loading a truck with produce

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‘We’ve dreamed for a road into the villages and now it has happened’

‎Recognising and respecting local value systems is not about compromising press freedom

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Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific

Fiji Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Lynda Tabuya and her assistant minister Sashi Kiran

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Women ministers spell out their plan to ‘rebuild Fiji as it should be’

China's BeiDou communications satellite

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Iran’s plan to abandon GPS is more about a looming new ‘tech cold war’

More than half of Afghanistan's population rely on humanitarian aid

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Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers

December 27, 2022

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from left) and other Melanesian leaders at the MSG summit

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Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire

June 25, 2025

Some of the European MPs supporting West Papua

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Wenda calls on Euro politicians to sign Brussels Declaration on West...

January 25, 2024

Taking the world's biggest problem to the world’s highest court for global climate justice

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Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ

December 4, 2024

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NZ Foreign Minister questions China’s influence in the Pacific

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March 4, 2018

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Where in the world is the Pacific? NZ researchers talk strategy...

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June 29, 2018

Vulupindi Haus, Port Moresby

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Hackers hit PNG financial hub, fail in bid to hold state...

October 30, 2021

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence flies higm among dozens of climate activists - from both the Netherlands and abroad - gathered on a square outside the court

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UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...

July 24, 2025

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Pacific unity crucial in ‘crowded geopolitical landscape’, says Fiame

June 9, 2023

The Pacific Islands Forum troika delegation visits New Caledonia’s Congress President Veylma Falaéo

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Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission

October 28, 2024

Cook islanders protest in the streets of Avarua today

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Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government

February 18, 2025

Asia Pacific Media editor Dr David Robie

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Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism

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July 5, 2024

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Shifting demographics in West Papua highlight conflict, says academic

January 30, 2017

The Pacific Media Conference 2024 lineup

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Award-winning academics, journos lined up for Pacific Media 2024

July 3, 2024

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

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Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

May 28, 2025

Palau's leader Surangel Whipps Jr (left) and US President-elect Donald Trump

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Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis...

December 6, 2024

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PNG mobile revolution about to enter new high-speed cable phase

Pacific Media Watch -

December 21, 2017

Leading opposition MP Biman Prasad and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Steven Ratuva: Repression not the answer to Fiji’s political dilemma

August 10, 2021

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PM steps in to halt Air Vanuatu’s planned termination of ni-Vanuatu...

July 26, 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

January 20, 2026

FLNKS president Christian Téin

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French court clears accused Kanak leader to return to New Caledonia

October 20, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Kanak villagers yesterday in an area near Tuoho

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PNG plans 21-gun salute for Macron in historic visit to an...

July 26, 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 Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

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Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

The New Arab's report in Arabic with a photograph of a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

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New Zealand faces lawsuit over technology use during Gaza war

EDITOR'S PICKS

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

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Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

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Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

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Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi

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Four months on, still no charges in death of man in...

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

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Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

Education Minister Aseri Radrodro

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Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational...

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

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Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media