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Drone footage of Atafu, a low-lying motu of Tokelau

Economics

Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

January 23, 2026

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Economics

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll and its 230 people

Economics

New Timor treaty will finally set borders to resolve oil, gas row

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta

Economics

‘Don’t put all eggs in one basket with China,’ warns Mahuta

PNG former prime minister Peter O'Neill speaks to media

Economics

PNG chief secretary’s complaint prompted arrest of former PM O’Neill

The Kiribati Parliament House

Economics

What are the issues facing Kiribati as it prepares for elections?

August 5, 2024

Suburban housing in Dunedin

Economics

The coming storm for New Zealand’s future retirees: still renting and...

March 30, 2022

Pandora Papers - Samoa

Economics

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

October 11, 2021

Mark Brown and Jacinda Ardern

Economics

Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’

May 4, 2021

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

$Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital$

Economics

Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance...

April 17, 2026

Economics

Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts

Pacific Media Watch -

March 19, 2016

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Economics

Fiji’s economic summit addresses ‘daunting’ challenges, says Rabuka

April 20, 2023

China's regional Pacific ambitions

Economics

Kiribati ‘forced’ to allow China visit on Pacific mission, says journalist

May 27, 2022

Economics

Indonesia risks ending up with a doomed ‘can’t-do’ climate plan

July 17, 2018

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Economics

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

September 1, 2026

SPREP’s Director-General Sefanaia Nawadra

Economics

High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times

January 21, 2026

Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum 2025

Economics

NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...

July 15, 2026

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

Economics

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

August 11, 2023

Pharmaceutical supplies

Economics

PNG auditor calls for ‘sanctions’ in private probe over medicines row

October 22, 2020

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

Economics

Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

April 18, 2026

Rassemblement National's Marie Le Pen

Economics

French politicians in New Caledonia to stir the political melting pot

May 30, 2025

Davao City’s Chinatown is a popular shopping street

Economics

China railway for Davao dream dashed as Marcos tilts towards the...

March 27, 2024

NZ's major print media and radio company NZME

Economics

Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence

Pacific Media Watch -

March 6, 2025

Economics

Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic

March 17, 2020

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

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

Economics

Marape blasts foreign media, claiming ‘fake news’ on mining conference

Pacific Media Watch -

December 9, 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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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Democracy

No-confidence motion against Solomon Islands PM withdrawn

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting

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Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale

Protester Craig Tynan "shows the flag"

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Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

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US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora

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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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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Democracy

No-confidence motion against Solomon Islands PM withdrawn