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New Zealand's new energy fund initiative underpins the government’s aspirational goal of having 100 percent of electricity generated by renewable sources by 2035

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10 smart ways NZ can be strategic about addressing climate change threats

August 11, 2023

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Economics

Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says Brown – wins confidence vote

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Michael Powles: ‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash

Bryan Bruce

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Bryan Bruce: Economics and the NZ election – unpacking neoliberal agendas

True cost of covid pandemic

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Covid-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years

Fiji human rights protesters march through Suva City yesterday

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Violence against children in Fiji costs nation $460m, says Unicef study

December 11, 2024

Pacific election promises in NZ

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NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power

September 14, 2023

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#COP21: Expert warns climate crisis worse than we think, scientists self-censoring...

December 9, 2015

Professor Biman Prasad addressing the Pacific Update conference

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‘Other people’s wars’, climate crisis – South Pacific not in good...

June 21, 2023

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Driving the future – AUT launches NZ’s first electric bus

March 7, 2018

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NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir

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April 15, 2020

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West Papua: Mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

December 16, 2015

Port Moresby housing

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Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental...

January 6, 2021

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

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NZ lockdown – day 21: 20% pay cut for PM, ministers...

April 15, 2020

Level 3 takeaways

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Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after...

April 28, 2020

May Day rally in Jakarta 2022

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Indonesia’s Labour Party calls for ‘fair elections’ on time at May...

May 2, 2022

Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape greeted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta

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Marape flags Pertamina fuel deal amid trade, bilateral talks in Indonesia

April 1, 2022

Te Ipukarea Society's Kelvin Passfield

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US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if...

November 6, 2024

Fiji's first coup leader and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka with RNZ

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Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand

June 26, 2022

The “sponge city” concept is gaining traction as a way to mitigate extreme weather

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Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions...

August 19, 2023

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Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events –...

November 17, 2018

Mango dawn

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Jason Brown: 9/11 and a mango dawn – and here’s to...

September 13, 2021

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Savu border unsolved, but Timor-Leste leader praises ‘amazing’ Indonesia link

May 29, 2018

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

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (pictured) and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announce a $50 million support package

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support

February 20, 2023

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Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby

November 17, 2018

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Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts

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March 19, 2016

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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"

Economics

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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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A Fiji pro-Palestinian solidarity protest in the Suva harbour

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Israel attacks three countries as NZ protesters prepare for UN day...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown draws angry response from pro-Palestine advocates

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A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Selective Justice is Injustice"

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How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025

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Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

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Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Crime

Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Selective Justice is Injustice"

Asia Report

How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025

Analysis

Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

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East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

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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

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Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Crime

Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

A demonstrator holds a sign reading, "Selective Justice is Injustice"

Asia Report

How Israel has set a dangerous precedent in international law

Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025

Analysis

Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

Israel has not been able to fully control the enclave

Asia Report

Yellow lines and green zones – Israel’s de facto partition into...