CLOSE
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
    • PNG Prime Minister James Marape
      Editor’s Picks

      Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa…

      Contesting the Cook Islands elections
      Development

      Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for…

      Australia's Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal
      Analysis

      The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for

      Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team
      Development

      Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’…

      An Iranian naval speedboat patrolling the Strait of Hormuz
      Asia Report

      The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Home Development

Development

Random
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo
Development

After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine history’

APR editor -
May 16, 2022
"And now the world acts shocked because foreign activists were finally subjected to a fraction of what Palestinians have endured for decades
Development

Shameen Suleman: Outrage over the flotilla activists but where were they for Palestinians?

Al Jazeera Middle East analyst Marwan Bishara
Development

Al Jazeera’s Bishara says ICJ critics ‘demolished shameless defences’ of Israel occupation

The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World
Development

Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people and handed to predator companies

Garden Hills eviction POM 1
Development

Garden Hills squatters evicted in Port Moresby crackdown on church land

US Vice-President Kamala Harris
Development

US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region

APR editor -
July 13, 2022
0
Fiji protesters supporting decolonisation of West Papua, Kanaky - and Palestine
Development

Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s...

APR editor -
December 2, 2024
0
Development

Angore landowners set LNG machinery on fire in more PNG unrest

APR editor -
June 20, 2018
0
Shattered homes . . . community leaders at Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement
Development

Academic’s warning over PNG settlement evictions – doomed to failure?

APR editor -
March 10, 2026
0
Former Tuvalu prime minister Enele Sopoaga
Development

‘Completely stupid’ – ex-Tuvalu PM plea to NZ to rethink fossil...

APR editor -
May 9, 2024
0
PNG's Communication Minister Timothy Masiu
Development

PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’

Pacific Media Watch -
March 29, 2023
0
The new draft PNG communication policy
Development

Media not a ‘tool for government’, says critic of new PNG...

Pacific Media Watch -
February 16, 2023
0
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
Development

Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining

APR editor -
February 6, 2026
0
Women protesters daubed in the colours of the Morning Star flag of West Papuan independence
Development

Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the...

APR editor -
August 23, 2023
0
A PNG soldier guarding Bougainville's Panguna mine in 1989
Development

Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave...

APR editor -
June 7, 2025
0
Professor Steven Ratuva
Development

‘Call it what it is – climate crisis, not just change,’...

APR editor -
May 8, 2022
0
Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea
Development

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

APR editor -
April 13, 2026
0
Thirty two newborns in Fiji have been diagnosed with HIV
Development

‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing...

APR editor -
June 6, 2025
0
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Development

Why New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands over...

APR editor -
June 19, 2025
0
Development

Phillip Miriori: Why Bougainvilleans are having their say – ‘No to...

APR editor -
October 13, 2017
0
Development

New Chinese-built Koura Way road construction on target in PNG

APR editor -
July 11, 2017
0
Development

New Vanuatu PM acts fast – Bauerfield airport repair contract awarded...

APR editor -
February 13, 2016
0
Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt
Development

RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of...

APR editor -
March 5, 2025
0
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (centre) flanked
Development

Luxon warned over ‘meddling’ on Te Tiriti – ‘Māori will not...

APR editor -
January 24, 2024
0
Development

First report tracking Samoan youth unemployment to help policy

Brandon Ulfsby -
June 28, 2017
0
PNG's Information and Communication Technology Minister Timothy Masiu
Development

PNG government must withdraw ‘media control’ policy, says RSF

Pacific Media Watch -
February 24, 2023
0
PNG's Sir Julius Chan
Development

Twice PM, but state failure prompts Sir Julius in last shot...

APR editor -
June 28, 2022
0
123...54Page 1 of 54

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
Development

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Development

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

Load more

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

Load more

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...

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber
Asia Report

Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state,...

KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo
Asia Report

KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary

The Free Palestine Party
Asia Report

Free Palestine Party becomes latest political party in Aotearoa

PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Editor's Picks

Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

EDITOR'S PICKS

PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Editor's Picks

Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

Contesting the Cook Islands elections
Development

Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

Australia's Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal
Analysis

The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for

Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team
Development

Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...

Load more

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

PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Editor's Picks

Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

Australia's Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal
Analysis

The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for

Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team
Development

Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...

The Free Palestine Party
Asia Report

Free Palestine Party becomes latest political party in Aotearoa

Editor's Picks

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

August 11, 2026
Contesting the Cook Islands elections

Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

August 11, 2026
Australia's Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal

The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for

August 10, 2026
Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team

Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...

August 10, 2026
An Iranian naval speedboat patrolling the Strait of Hormuz

The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding

August 10, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo

KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary

August 5, 2026
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva

Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against...

August 8, 2026
A Rising Tide climate protest with a Newcastle Port blockade

Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges

August 8, 2026
Pacific Islands Forum member flags

Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

August 7, 2026
Fiji has been an independent nation since 1970 and a republic since 1987

Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad: Fiji’s flag – a conversation we must have

August 10, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8467
  • Politics6292
  • Human Rights4914
  • Syndicate4815
  • Global4226
  • New Zealand3698
  • Indigenous3128
  • RNZ Pacific2675
  • Media2382
  • Pacific Media Watch2183
  • Asia Report2157
  • Democracy2094
  • Security1993
  • Military1914
  • Justice1855
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz