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Samoa Observer: Pandora Papers show tax reform vital, but not just for Samoa

October 11, 2021

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Economics

NZ foreign minister Peters calls for ‘calm wise heads’ in New Caledonia crisis

Incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare

Economics

Solomon Islands political chess begins with Manasseh Sogavare re-elected in East Choiseul

Economics

Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent

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

Economics

NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by the people’

Economics

PM Luxon talks doubling RSE in PNG – plane breakdown almost...

June 17, 2024

Dr Ashley Bloomfield

Economics

Eight new cases of coronavirus in NZ – $12.1b rescue package...

March 18, 2020

Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad

Economics

Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild...

September 1, 2023

Fiji's 2023 Budget

Economics

Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on...

July 1, 2023

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Economics

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

July 14, 2026

Simona Marinescu (right) with former Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

Economics

UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’

November 29, 2021

Economics

Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told

KINJAP Peter S. -

July 18, 2016

Economics

Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific

Sri Krishnamurthi -

March 4, 2020

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama

Economics

Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need...

September 29, 2021

Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji 12072022

Economics

Empty seats mark first Pacific Islands Forum summit meeting

July 12, 2022

Beachcomber Resort

Economics

Fiji tourism back on its feet with a fresh focus on...

May 24, 2022

Economics

Biman Prasad: COP23 presidency — facing the gravity of the task...

January 15, 2017

Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust

Economics

Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

February 3, 2026

"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures

Economics

‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

March 1, 2023

Chinese diplomacy in the Pacific

Economics

Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?

June 27, 2022

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

Papua New Guinea

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

KINJAP Peter S. -

August 9, 2016

Fresh fish at a wet market

Economics

How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade

April 15, 2023

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

Economics

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

April 15, 2020

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

Economics

Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits

July 28, 2025

Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads

Economics

UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

July 8, 2023

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Economics

Caitlin Johnstone: The US keeps openly admitting it deliberately caused the...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 7, 2026

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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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Fiji, Samoa and Tonga all lost their rugby international games at the weekend

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All Blacks shine at Eden Park while Fiji, Samoa and Tonga...

Look at this image. The thin white lines are what remains of the world’s most important oil artery - the Strait of Hormuz

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Lim Tean: You cannot bomb a strait open – Hormuz, Chabahar...

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

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Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear –...

Lyttelton local and environmental campaigner Sara Campbell

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The International Court of Justice in The Hague

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Eugene Doyle: Sex crimes, Karim Khan and the West’s war on...

The Akaroa Mail editor and owner Michael de Hamel, 41 years at the helm

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NZ community newspaper The Akaroa Mail celebrates 150 years

Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)

Democracy

Fiji’s former chief prosecutor claims govt conspiracy to remove him

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch Western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: De-normalise Israel

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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

Global

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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The International Court of Justice in The Hague

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Eugene Doyle: Sex crimes, Karim Khan and the West’s war on...

PSNA flyers supporting Palestine

Asia Report

Israel accused of ‘buying Pacific votes’ over plan to open Nauru...

Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)

Democracy

Fiji’s former chief prosecutor claims govt conspiracy to remove him

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch Western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: De-normalise Israel