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Recent aid arrangements are emblematic of the geopolitical tussle playing out in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies

Economics

Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations still lose out

December 17, 2024

Democracy Now host Amy Goodman interviewing economist Dr Laleh Khalili

Economics

End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global economy

Economics

Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told

Economics

Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic

SPREP’s Director-General Sefanaia Nawadra

Economics

High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times

Papua New Guinea . . . on the "grey list"

Economics

PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog

February 18, 2026

News Corp Google inquiry

Economics

Google aren’t ‘stealing’ news content, publisher Eric Beecher tells Senate

Pacific Media Watch -

February 2, 2021

NZ Climate Change Minister James Shaw

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COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but...

November 2, 2021

Economics

Freeport’s $3.8b divestment mine deal – what it actually means

July 15, 2018

PNG's deputy opposition leader James Nomane

Economics

‘Reckless’ kina devaluation spells disaster for PNG, says Nomane

May 8, 2024

Panguna gold and copper mine

Economics

PNG faces dilemma over ‘momentous’ decision to reopen Bougainville’s Panguna mine

February 18, 2022

Fiji Trades Union Congress board member Daniel Urai (left) and Fiji Trade Union Congress national secretary Felix Anthony

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Call for legal shield for Fiji National Provident Fund in review...

August 18, 2025

Economics

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

December 9, 2015

NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for

Economics

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

May 28, 2026

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Economics

Graham Davis: Fiji’s great ‘crash through or crash’ budget is counting...

July 19, 2020

"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version

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Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

September 17, 2024

Small island developing states facing the lowest global ODA level since 2014

Economics

Pacific nations among hardest hit as global aid drops, says OECD

July 2, 2026

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

Economics

Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble

May 12, 2020

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Economics

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

March 29, 2023

Economics

Critics question motives behind O’Neill takeover on Bougainville affairs

February 7, 2016

Fresh fish at a wet market

Economics

How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade

April 15, 2023

A sunset in the Mamanucas, Fiji

Economics

‘Tourists buzzing’ in resorts and islands as Fiji welcomes back visitors

December 3, 2022

Economics

TPPA national interest analysis criticised as flimsy and biased

January 27, 2016

Beyond the Bubble

Economics

Why the AI bubble will burst – with system threatening consequences

July 5, 2026

Economics

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

November 14, 2018

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

Economics

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins defends cost-of-living record, promises more action

January 25, 2023

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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

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"

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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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In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

Asia Report

John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)

China

Tonga ratifies nuclear test ban treaty amid China missile debacle

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

Asia Report

‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’...

New US Ambassador Jared Novelly to NZ

Asia Report

New US ambassador to New Zealand says Cook Islands a top...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

China

‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity

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‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...

Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jnr

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Palau’s President warns of rising nuclear anxiety in the Pacific, after...

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...