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NZ climate action protest

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Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’

February 3, 2021

Port Moresby housing

Economics

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

The new New Zealand investment bill is convoluted and would significantly reduce effective scrutiny of foreign investments

Economics

Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Economics

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

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

Economics

Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

A "Netanyahu wanted for child killing" placard at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland this month

Economics

ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders ‘wake up call’ for NZ,...

November 22, 2024

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Attorney-General Siromi Turaga

Economics

Rabuka’s ‘wasteful spending’ spotlight now turns onto FBC, Fiji Sun

Pacific Media Watch -

January 9, 2023

Economics

#COP21: The Paris climate agreement: The real work starts now

December 14, 2015

Beachcomber Resort

Economics

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

May 24, 2022

Economics

HSBC accused of being ‘dirty banker’ financing palm oil forest destruction

January 17, 2017

NZ Finance Minister Grant Robertson

Economics

NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?

May 21, 2021

"Housing is a human right"

Economics

John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial...

September 9, 2022

Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps

Economics

Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

June 7, 2025

May Day rally in Jakarta 2022

Economics

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

May 2, 2022

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

Economics

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

February 20, 2023

Economics

Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different

September 22, 2020

President of the Congress of New Caledonia Roch Wamytan

Economics

Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement

July 25, 2022

Hawai'i Governor Josh Green talks to Face the Nation

Economics

Struggling Maui residents now ‘pleading’ for tourists to return

August 25, 2023

NZ's climate National Adaptation Plan

Economics

NZ’s new climate crisis plan: ‘Blueprint for more resilient communities’

August 4, 2022

Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe (left)

Economics

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

July 14, 2022

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

June 12, 2025

Fiji Parliament

Economics

Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief

June 3, 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

Russel Norman of Greenpeace Aotearoa

Economics

Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of...

August 12, 2022

NZ Finance Minister Nicola Willis

Economics

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

May 22, 2025

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad

Economics

Fiji tax system – ‘we’ll look after our vulnerable people’, says...

April 23, 2023

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

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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

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...

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

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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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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

Analysis

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

Analysis

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

Analysis

Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

Analysis

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

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About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

Analysis

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Asia Report

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .

Crime

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

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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

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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About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

Analysis

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Asia Report

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .

Crime

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat