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
Saturday, April 4, 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
    • Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
      Development

      President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t…

      Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani
      Development

      US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s…

      Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
      Asia Report

      Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives

      Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra
      Development

      The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New…

      President Trump's obsession with Kharg island
      Analysis

      Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster

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

Development

Most popular
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
video
Development

The wanted man, the CIA, the Russians and a Tongan king’s jumbo dream

Kaniva News -
March 29, 2019
Development

President Widodo greeted by protests over Bali plan in San Francisco

video
Development

Hard-hitting documentary explores Tongan ‘deportee dumping’ lives

Development

In Timor-Leste, more power-sharing likely but election hard to pick

Development

Mysterious Australian businessman swoops on Bougainville’s minerals

The implications of greylisting are far-reaching for PNG
Development

PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist...

APR editor -
June 1, 2025
0
NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May
Development

NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

APR editor -
August 21, 2025
0
If the West so wished, it could be putting more economic pressure on Israel
Development

Gordon Campbell: NZ’s silence over Gaza genocide, ethnic cleansing

APR editor -
May 21, 2025
0
"Trump’s ceasefire is a political theatre of control"
Development

From the Knesset to Sharm el-Sheikh: How the US president offered...

APR editor -
October 16, 2025
0
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
Development

Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi

APR editor -
February 6, 2026
0
Prime Minister Mark Brown says the New Zealand-Cook Islands relationship is too strong
Development

Mark Brown rejects talk of ‘strategic shift’ in Cook Islands-New Zealand...

APR editor -
August 6, 2025
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
During the visit of the USS Cincinnati to Majuro in July, Marshallese veterans were honoured with a dinner and programme on board the US Navy vessel
Development

Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits

APR editor -
July 28, 2025
0
Arab New Zealanders have been increasingly articulate in Aotearoa
Development

This year, Arab-American political power came to the fore over Gaza

APR editor -
December 4, 2024
0
It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985
Development

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against...

APR editor -
May 22, 2025
0
Former UNDP adninistrator Helen Clark
Development

Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’

APR editor -
January 11, 2026
0
Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark speaking on the deck of the Rainbow Warrior
Development

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

APR editor -
July 21, 2025
0
The average household in PNG was five people, according to the 2024 Census final figures
Development

Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals

APR editor -
November 5, 2025
0
Curse of Gold
Development

Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

APR editor -
March 10, 2026
0
New Zealand peace protesters target a local company branch of an Australian armaments manufacturer
Development

NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian...

APR editor -
March 3, 2025
0
The traditional NZ Census will be replaced with a combination of government data and smaller annual surveys
Development

Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over NZ census overhaul

APR editor -
November 5, 2025
0
NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
Development

Luxon’s Niue visit demonstrates NZ ‘commitment to development’

APR editor -
June 4, 2024
0
The flag of Hawai'i waves beside a sign reading "Tourist(s) Keep Out" in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires
Development

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

APR editor -
August 18, 2023
0
Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves
Development

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

APR editor -
July 21, 2025
0
An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia
Development

Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

APR editor -
March 20, 2026
0
Asia Pacific Media editor Dr David Robie
Development

Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism

Pacific Media Watch -
July 5, 2024
0
How the Lae edition of the PNG Post-Courier reported the crisis
Development

Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis

APR editor -
June 5, 2025
0
1...454647...50Page 46 of 50

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

"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

Professor David Robievideo
Development

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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

Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra
Development

The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

President Trump's obsession with Kharg island
Analysis

Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster

New Zealand surgical team leader in Vietnam Dr Peter Eccles-Smith
Analysis

How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance

Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
Development

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
Development

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...

Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani
Development

US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
Asia Report

Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives

Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra
Development

The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

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

Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
Development

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...

Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani
Development

US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Global

NZ, allies express ‘deep concern’ about Israeli death penalty bill for...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
Asia Report

Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives

Editor's Picks

Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...

April 3, 2026
Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani

US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...

April 3, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian

Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives

April 2, 2026
Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra

The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

April 1, 2026
President Trump's obsession with Kharg island

Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster

April 1, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian

Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives

April 2, 2026
Former Fijian President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau

Fiji’s former President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau dies at 84

March 30, 2026
Israel is Washington’s most favoured client state

Jonathan Cook: Does the tail wag the dog? How both sides...

March 29, 2026
American actor Robert De Niro

‘No kings’: What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism...

March 30, 2026
President Trump's obsession with Kharg island

Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster

April 1, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8155
  • Politics5912
  • Human Rights4604
  • Syndicate4437
  • Global3855
  • New Zealand3499
  • Indigenous2855
  • RNZ Pacific2536
  • Media2230
  • Pacific Media Watch1935
  • Asia Report1900
  • Security1838
  • Democracy1838
  • Military1666
  • Fiji1645
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