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An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise

Economics

Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity

July 16, 2026

Economics

Reconciling New Caledonia: A vote to clear the air on independence?

Economics

Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus trade deal?

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Economics

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

Economics

Climate change costs at-risk countries $525 billion in damage, says report

Papua New Guinea

PNG landowners shut down the LNG project with ‘no hope’ to...

KINJAP Peter S. -

August 8, 2016

The Pacific Islands Forum's "Troika-Plus" leaders (right) hold a talanoa session with New Caledonia President Louis Mapou

Economics

Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia

October 31, 2024

The New Caledonia Congress in session in November 2024

Economics

New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package

January 2, 2025

Elite 1 percenters

Economics

We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts...

January 27, 2021

Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Sashi Kiran (second from left) with Fiji Women's Rights Movement staff during the launch of the research report "Beyond 33 percent"

Economics

Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new...

March 5, 2023

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese

Economics

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

July 4, 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

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Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...

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January 30, 2018

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Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste

April 30, 2020

Economics

NZ’s ‘corruption free’ perception ranking drops second year in row

February 1, 2016

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

Economics

New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap

August 26, 2026

New Zealand's first Emissions Reduction Plan ... car critics

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NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say...

May 17, 2022

A US protester holds placards reading ‘’war making is a crime’’

Economics

‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over...

March 23, 2026

US President Trump wrote in his social media post

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‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from...

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January 8, 2026

Need work

Economics

Bryan Bruce: Unemployment isn’t working – we need universal job creation

August 20, 2020

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

Economics

Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

August 27, 2026

Economics

PNG deep sea mining project another ‘failed investment’, says ex-minister

November 14, 2018

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

Economics

Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

June 17, 2025

Economics

PNG bid to buy Rio Tinto’s shares in mine company ‘unacceptable’...

January 10, 2016

Papua New Guinea

Don’t use force to resolve LNG shut down, warns PNG opposition

KINJAP Peter S. -

August 9, 2016

Mining giant RioTinto

Economics

Thousands of Bougainville residents support lawsuit against mining giant

July 24, 2024

Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe (left)

Economics

Pacific leaders urged to look at Kiribati president’s concerns for unity

July 14, 2022

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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

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

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Australian Green Senator David Shoebridge seeking information from the Department of Home Affairs

Australia

‘New level of bastardry’ – Australia releases NZYQ agreement with Naoero

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

Asia Report

Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced they would ban imports of Israeli products which originated from the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank

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Peters’ ‘hot air’ over Israeli settlement trade ban rules out of...

Gaza and West Bank atrocities by Israel

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Palestine Forum condemns NZ for talk, no ‘meaningful action’ over illegal...

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About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji

Development

‘Horrendously high’ number of HIV infections in Fiji babies – health...

Auckland's Waitematā Station on Monday morning

Development

Auckland’s City Rail Link – 25,000+ train passengers on first weekday

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."

Culture

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

The Vanuatu ferry MV Matui

Disasters

Vanuatu ferry disaster: ‘It’s a miracle anyone survived,’ says rescuer

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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

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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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About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji

Development

‘Horrendously high’ number of HIV infections in Fiji babies – health...

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."

Culture

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

The Panguna mine arson attack

Bougainville

Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

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Journalist Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby – and courage...