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UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

Economics

UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’

July 4, 2025

Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center

Economics

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’

Fiji Finance Minister and DPM Dr Biman Prasad

Economics

Fiji’s Dr Prasad unveils $4.8b budget as deficit widens

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron

Economics

Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year

Economics

Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham

Ponsonby post office shop

Economics

‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open

June 11, 2025

Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps

Economics

Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

June 7, 2025

Rassemblement National's Marie Le Pen

Economics

French politicians in New Caledonia to stir the political melting pot

May 30, 2025

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

Economics

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

May 28, 2025

NZ Finance Minister Nicola Willis

Economics

Budget 2025: Pacific Ministry faces major cuts, yet new initiatives aim...

May 22, 2025

New Zealand is hurtling towards a sharply divided country of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

Economics

Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t

May 22, 2025

Vietnam today is united and free and millions of ordinary people have achieved security, health, education and prosperity

Economics

50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to...

April 30, 2025

The Norfolk Island flag at the 2023 Pacific Games

Economics

‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s...

April 4, 2025

Previous tariff announcements by the Trump administration dropped sand into the cogs of international trade

Economics

New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs –...

April 3, 2025

Fiji's port in the capital of Suva

Economics

Fiji slapped with Trump’s highest tariffs among Pacific countries

April 3, 2025

Māori entities have grown from contributing $17 billion to New Zealand's GDP

Economics

Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report

March 14, 2025

NZ's major print media and radio company NZME

Economics

Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence

Pacific Media Watch -

March 6, 2025

The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua

Economics

Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

March 2, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Economics

Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says...

February 27, 2025

Al Jazeera's senior political and media analyst Marwan Bishara

Economics

Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy

Pacific Media Watch -

February 22, 2025

Cook islanders protest in the streets of Avarua today

Economics

Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government

February 18, 2025

Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) in Harbin

Economics

China deal ‘complements, not replaces’ NZ relationship, says Cook Islands PM

February 15, 2025

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China

Economics

China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...

February 14, 2025

A personal perspective on USAID as an organisation

Economics

Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID

February 12, 2025

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (left) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Economics

Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for NZ to sit...

February 9, 2025

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Economics

NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...

January 28, 2025

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Dr Biman Prasad

Economics

‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate...

January 23, 2025

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Economics

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

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

Economics

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

BEARING WITNESS

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 Robie

Asia Report

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

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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

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Cook Islands will mark 60 years of self-governance in free association with New Zealand on August 4

China

Luxon and Peters to miss Cook Islands’ 60th Constitution Day celebrations

The Cook Islands' outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations

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Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations

Stéphane Hessel was a leading member of the French Resistance

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Palestine Action – terrorists or the real heroes of our time?

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama

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Bougainville election: More than 400 candidates vie for parliament

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The first-ever US military flight carrying 18 Marshall Islanders deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrives at Majuro

Crime

ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base

"Western media institutions promote a colonial narrative that reproduces the discourse of Israeli superiority, using linguistic and legal mechanisms to justify genocide."

Asia Report

Systematic bias: how Western media reproduces the Israeli narrative

Stéphane Hessel was a leading member of the French Resistance

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Palestine Action – terrorists or the real heroes of our time?

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses The Hague Group Summit

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12 countries agree to confront Israel collectively over Gaza after Bogotá...

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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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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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

Civil Society

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels

Asia Report

Is the international community finally speaking up about Israel’s Gaza genocide?

A Rainbow Warrior shipboard protest over the Gaza genocide today

Asia Report

Palestine solidarity rally greeted by Rainbow Warrior Gaza protest

The first-ever US military flight carrying 18 Marshall Islanders deported from the United States by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrives at Majuro

Crime

ICE deportation action lands Marshallese, Micronesians in Guantánamo ‘terror’ base